Reader, I desire thee to take notice, that the more holy any action is, the more heedful thou oughtest to be about it: Upon which account, the duties of this day require extraordinary diligence; for they have a double die of holiness upon them, they are double gilt: Thy task on that ⟨p. 338⟩day, or the exercises thereof, are of Divine Institution, and so is the time, the day: Thou hast Gods hand and seal to the duties, he commands thee to pray, hear, sing, meditate, receive the Sacrament; and thou hast also Gods hand and seal to the day, Acts 20.7. 1 Cor. 16.2. Revel. 1.10. It is considerable, that in the fourth Command, God doth not say, Remember the seventh day, to keep it holy; but, Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy; this Zanchy takes great notice of: further, the seventh, or a seventh, is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; so then the morality of that Command is one day of even. The Jews seventh day was buried in Christs grave, though its shadow walked a little while after. Take heed how thou observest this day, Gods eye is very much upon thy behaviour in his house; therefore in the Tabernacle, the place of public worship, it was commanded, 1Exod. 25.37. Thou shalt make seven lamps, and they shall light the lamps that they may give light: to teach us, that nothing there escapes his sight, for in his house there is always light: His eye beholds all thy commission of evil, and all thine omission of good there: In his Sanctuary thou canst not sin in secret; there are seven Lamps to discover thy miscarriages in the Lords house, and therefore it behoves thee to be very pious in that place. Afterwards, when the Temple was built, and became heir to the Tabernacle, as that succeeded this in the Celebration of Gods Worship, so also in Gods observation of all the works done there: Mine eye (saith God) shall be there perpetually, 1 Kings 9.3. There is a threefold eye of God present in the Assemblies of his people.
Reader, I desire thee to take notice, that the more holy any action is, the more heedful thou oughtest to be about it: Upon which account, the duties of this day require extraordinary diligence; for they have a double die of holiness upon them, they are double gilt: Thy task on that ⟨p. 338⟩day, or the exercises thereof, are of Divine Institution, and so is the time, the day: Thou hast Gods hand and seal to the duties, he commands thee to pray, hear, sing, meditate, receive the Sacrament; and thou hast also Gods hand and seal to the day, Acts 20.7. 1 Cor. 16.2. Revel. 1.10. It is considerable, that in the fourth Command, God doth not say, Remember the seventh day, to keep it holy; but, Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy; this Zanchy takes great notice of: further, the seventh, or a seventh, is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; so then the morality of that Command is one day of even. The Jews seventh day was buried in Christs grave, though its shadow walked a little while after. Take heed how thou observest this day, Gods eye is very much upon thy behavior in his house; therefore in the Tabernacle, the place of publike worship, it was commanded, 1Exod. 25.37. Thou shalt make seven lamps, and they shall light the lamps that they may give light: to teach us, that nothing there escapes his sight, for in his house there is always light: His eye beholds all thy commission of evil, and all thine omission of good there: In his Sanctuary thou canst not sin in secret; there are seven Lamps to discover thy miscarriages in the Lords house, and therefore it behoves thee to be very pious in that place. Afterwards, when the Temple was built, and became heir to the Tabernacle, as that succeeded this in the Celebration of Gods Worship, so also in Gods observation of all the works done there: Mine eye (saith God) shall be there perpetually, 1 Kings 9.3. There is a threefold eye of God present in the Assemblies of his people.
- 1Ne putest in domo Dei male posse conversari, & occultari. Oleaster.Ne putes te in domo Dei male posse conversari, & occultari. Oleaster.
