Work upon the ark. Meditations upon the ark as a type of the church

APPLICATION.

Remember now the Sabbath-day, to keep it Holy. If a Christian in the Primitive Times were asked Dominicum serva•ti? Do you keep the Lords-day? He would answer, Christianus sum, Intermittere non possum, I am a Christian, and I dare do no other! Some Churches have had but poor Sabbaths, and such Sabbaths have made but poor Churches. The Churches of God in Foreign Nations, have indulged themselves in Loose Principles and Loose practices, about the Sabbath; and what has come of […] withered among them very miserably; and then Destruction has followed thereupon; as They have broken G•ds Rest, so God has broken Theirs; and astonishing plagues have made them ⟨p. 42⟩very desolate. The Churches of God in our own Nation, were once Defiled, with an Allowance for Sports on the Sabbath; and what […], but heavy speedy confusion upon the Invaders of this glorious Day? Even some of themselves have made their considerate Reflections on it! Know That our Churches will flourish, as our Sabbath• do; and we shall not be made Joyful in the House of Prayer, if we regard not the Sabbaths of the Eternal God. Our Churches ▪ yea, so will our Estates, and our Houses too It is said in Isa. 58 13, 14. If thou call the Sabbath a Delight, and the Holy of the Lord, […] will cause thee to Ride upon the High places […] the Earth. It has been by some eminent & Judicious Observers noted; That their Success usually is, as their Sabbath is; that by their carriage on the Sabbath, they have bin able to make a conjecture at their Success •n their whole Business all the Ensuing Week. And a mean Trades-man, obliging himself to those Two Things; First, To keep the Sabbath with a wonderful exactness; Secondly, To set apart a Tenth of his Income for pious uses; has quickly come to Live upon his Rents. Let us devote our Sabbaths to the Blessed God, with all our might; and believe His Word in