Use. The Use I shall make is, That we should have this Christian Sabbath we now Celebrate in high Veneration. The Jews called the Sabbath, Desiderium Dierum, The Desire of Days, and the Queen of Days. It is a Day of sweet Rest. This Day we must call a Delight, the Holy of the Lord, Honourable, Isa. 58.13. Metal that hath the King's Stamp upon it is Honourable, and of great value. God hath set his Royal Stamp upon the Sabbath: It is the Sabbath of the Lord, this makes it Honourable. This Day we should look upon as the best Day in the Week. What the Phoenix is among the Birds, what the Sun is among the Planets, that the Lord's Day is among other Days. This is the Day which the Lord hath made, Psal. 118.24. God hath made all the Days, but he hath blessed this. As Jacob got the Blessing from his Brother, so the Sabbath hath got the Blessing from all the other Days in the Week. The Sabbath is a Day in which we converse in a special manner with God. The Jews called the Sabbath, Dies Lucis, A Day of Light; on this Day the Sun of Righteousness shines upon the Soul. The Sabbath is the Market-day of the Soul, the Cream of Time; this is the Day of Christ's rising out of the Grave, and the Holy Ghosts descending upon the Earth. This Day is perfumed with the sweet Odour of Prayer, which goes up to Heaven as Incense. This Day the Manna falls, that Angels Food; this is the Soul's Festival Day; on this Day all the Graces act their Part: The other Days of the Week are most employed about Earth, this Day about Heaven: Then you gather Straw, now Pearl. Now Christ takes the Soul up into the Mount, and gives it transfiguring Sights of Glory. Now Christ leads his Spouse into the Wine-Cellar, and displays the Banner of his Love; now he gives her his Spiced Wine, and the Juice of the Pomegranate, Cant. 8.2. The Lord doth usually reveal himself more to the Soul on this Day. The Apostle John was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, Revel. 1.10. He was carried up in Divine Raptures towards Heaven. This Day a Christian is in the Altitudes, he walks with God, and takes as it were a turn with him in Heaven, 1 Joh. 1.3. On this Day holy Affections are quickened: The Stock of Grace is improved, Corruptions are weakened. On this Day Satan falls like Lightning before the Majesty of the Word. Christ wrought most of his Miracles upon the Sabbath: So he doth now. The dead Soul is raised;
Vse. The Use I shall make is, That we should have this Christian Sabbath we now Celebrate in high Veneration. The Jews call'd the Sabbath, Desiderium Dierum, The Desire of Days, and the Queen of Days. It is a Day of sweet Rest. This Day we must call a Delight, the Holy of the Lord, Honourable, Isa. 58.13. Mettal that hath the King's Stamp upon it is Honourable, and of great value. God hath set his Royal Stamp upon the Sabbath: It is the Sabbath of the Lord, this makes it Honourable. This Day we should look upon as the best Day in the Week. What the Phoenix is among the Birds, what the Sun is among the Planets, that the Lord's Day is among other Days. This is the Day which the Lord hath made, Psal. 118.24. God hath made all the Days, but he hath blessed this. As Iocob got the Blessing from his Brother, so the Sabbath hath got the Blessing from all the other Days in the Week. The Sabbath is a Day in which we converse in a special manner with God. The Jews call'd the Sabbath, Dies Lucis, A Day of Light; on this Day the Sun of Righteousness shines upon the Soul. The Sabbath is the Market-day of the Soul, the Cream of Time; this is the Day of Christ's rising out of the Grave, and the Holy Ghosts descending upon the Earth. This Day is perfum'd with the sweet Odour of Prayer, which goes up to Heaven as Incense. This Day the Manna falls, that Angels Food; this is the Soul's Festival Day; on this Day all the Graces act their Part: The other Days of the Week are most employed about Earth, this Day about Heaven: Then you gather Straw, now Pearl. Now Christ takes the Soul up into the Mount, and gives it transfiguring Sights of Glory. Now Christ leads his Spouse into the Wine-Cellar, and displays the Banner of his Love; now he gives her his Spiced Wine, and the Iuice of the Pomegranate, Cant. 8.2. The Lord doth usually reveal himself more to the Soul on this Day. The Apostle Iohn was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, Revel. 1.10. He was carried up in Divine Raptures towards Heaven. This Day a Christian is in the Altitudes, he walks with God, and takes as it were a turn with him in Heaven, 1 Ioh. 1.3. On this Day holy Affections are quickened: The Stock of Grace is improved, Corruptions are weakened. On this Day Satan falls like Lightning before the Majesty of the Word. Christ wrought most of his Miracles upon the Sabbath: So he doth now. The dead Soul is raised;
