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., ~ -· • ~ .. ~, .::J~ .. ifthe ·dayc·Mi~~!n"'e _ day· ~nfl night, when hefaifh,1Siie 'daies' (haltthowlabo4f-; an~ we vpon that permifftbn and· allQW• ' ...... ance ofGod,rak~it for grantedz tHat h1·the n·ight \vee ·may GOC what bufioeffe WC ~aue tO Qoe; and '~'.lhert WC Oe in bed, · 1 :nay fpend the dn1e in ordering o~r priuatc aftaires, an~ ponderinghow t~ ~~ale ~n fu.d1 ~hin~s as b.elo·ngvn~o vs,by xeafonofour c:allm-g: I fay, tfwee doe du.s; ~nd ~.hmke (as_ _, j • indeede it 'is true) hce giu~s ys' qoth 'tl1_e nigfit ana 'the 4 1 ay .r! ·1 ' for our callings~: why is it nhi fa in the~aobath • then,tharhe taketh'the feuenth day and nigf1t to himfdfe,as·well as he, giueth fixe to vs?Therefore wee muft know, that theLords daymuH contain.e z4.houres. And for want ofthis,wee depr~ue ottr felues 'of thofe bleffings, vyl1ich elre ·wee might baue,becaufe ·weevndoe ihat iil ch~e nighr;~.·hirh wee did in the day :wee,d1d.Gods ~orke one part ofthe day,an:~hhat . , V\·a"well; but wee take the re'mainder to our feloes,and that is~ faulc. · , ... , :.. , . Thirdly,-t-his·ceacheth-vs to doe·'the 'dutie·i 'oftheLqrds J i> · ~ . day,vpon~~s day. Which'be ~ither ··publike·cir .p,riuate. The ·:· · ·· . . f. priuaceare thcfe.. After examiuadonofour O\NOC hearts, and ~riuatedh"• £ . . f . r. t: 11 . . h . d r , uc:s on t e undmg eut_o our nnru wa1cs, wtt repentance an 10trow Lords day. for the fame, to befeechGod that hewould prepare and fit OUr heartS tO profit;by the publike CJ{ctcif~s ofreligion on .the Sabbath. And ;to'tntr~ate him; that heewou!-d fo dire& PrayiRg • . theMinHlers moutll;· as that hee n1ay fpeake toour hearts, fifi~~e Mt'! and fay fome hing tHat (erueth tokill our finne,and to eom.; n ' fort and bmld vp our foulcs: that, as·he,is appointed for a · Phyfitian/ohcewouJd fit vs ,with fome Qleditinc, a's wella~ othe'rs. -.AsiSaint-Pdtitbids·rhem pray f9r hitn, that he'may Col.-4-·J• bauc the ddr~ofvtte)ancc opened vntohim. And whc·none doth this in at1 humblehearrJde!1rh1g to repdl't,and to turnct from his finnes in g~od e.~rnefl, he !hall neu_er come to the Sern1on, but hee: lhall heare fome one leffon or other, that will make him bettcr,and hee fhall haue caufe to thanke GodJor it~ ;But if ·orie'come rudely into ;Gods houfe, from br~wling and .chi~ing ~t ~ome, or (o f'?one ~s hee. is our of his bed, comes to t-!le .Ghurch with~ut ,preparing l:is nearr; ~1' fitting himfclfe byall-y··p1·ayt>r to '(!Jdil, or (onfcffionand o; .K 4 forrow

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