Practical truths tending to promote the power of godliness

ACTS 20. 9. And there sat in a Window a certain Young Man named Enrichus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long Preaching, be sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third Loft, and was taken up deed.

IN this Context, the Evangelist, giveth an account of a solemn Church meeting, which was attended by those Christians, who in the Apostles days lived at Troas. Concerning which overs things are noted.

IN this Context, the Evangelist, giveth an account of a solemn Church meeting, which was attended by those Christians, who in the Apostles dayes lived at Troas. Concerning which o•vers things are noted.

1. The day of the week, when those Christians did assemble themselves together, I was ⟨p. 191⟩upon the first Day of the Week, ver. 7. Inasmuch as Christ rose from the Dead, upon the first Day, that is become the Christian Sabbath. One specialty whereby Christians are distinguished from Jews, is in that Jews observe the Seventh, but Christians the first Day as a Sabbath. It was foretold by the Prophets in the Old Testament; that in the times of the Gospel there should be a change as to the Day to be observed for solemn Worship. Thus Ezekiel foresaw that under the Gospel, the Lord would accept of the holy offerings presented unto him by his People, not upon the Seventh (is it was in the Jewish Church) but upon the eighth Day intimating a change, as to the day of Worship, from the seventh Day, unto that which follows next after it, Chap. 43. verse. 27. And David Prophesied, that the day of Christs Resurrection, (viz. the first day of the week) should become the Day wherein the Church would praise the Lord, or that it would become an holy day, wherein the Worship of God should be solemnize from time to time,