~- 64 . The Clmm4nJemtnt. · cotnmeth but frorn the teeth Olltward, his maf.ler is .not gready{crie within, he ~leUer vexethhis heart fqr the tnat~ ter, ~nd therefor~ he careth not for ft.~,eh ~-~iding, he will to i~the next Sabbathagaine. Then feconqly, this ferueth for the inflru~tion ofall houfholders, that de fire to be indecde, : care that as well as to beeaccountedChriHjans, that they lhouldhaue their fer· an eye to their f~ruams, fot the keeping of the Lords day, ~~~~sa~~ep Euen as, en the wecke day, chey wili call them vp, and 1 ~:h;ife fehc thfhat the 1 dy b~~eadhy to :heihr·buGne~e: fo ondthe Sabbath, ~arclyon t ey ou ra11e t cm tn t e mormng, an fee that they ~ · · theSab. bee prepared for the worke of God ; efpeciallie, fith the · bath. wotkesoftheir c•lling bee fuch as they doe, withouf-3ny great prepara,.tion. Amanmay rife out of his J:,ed, arid goe iiraight to his ordinarie labour, as vvell as ifhee had an houres (onlideration : but vnldfe one haue fometitne te disburden his heart of worldly thoughts, and to fit kim.. felfe by prayerJ and holic meditation to heare the Word, hee can neuer doe it well, nor fo as the Word may bee pro– fitable vntohim. Therefore, theymull bee !Hrred vp;, that theymay haue time to make rcadie their hearts, that they co.n1e before God with a quiet and well affe&~d minde. Now,in this.dutie many ofGods childrenfaile, euen them– felucs, and their whole familie take libertie to fleepe out a great part ofthe ~ornin~handthin~e it enough to.rife, ~nd goe toChurch,nor regatdmg any ume ofpreparauon :And hence it is, that the Exercifes be fo vncomfortable, ~nd vn.. Heufhol· 1 d profitable to them. And then, fecondly, the maflcr mull ders fhou b fi 11 h h' r.. '1' • h h' • d he :~ccopJ. . ec care u to aue lS 1amtte come Wlt 1m, m goo nie~~with'. and due feafon to the houfe of God, with the whole conthear fam~· . N d h r }' h lies to the gregatton. 1 ot as many ·oe, t at arc a> neg tgent, as t ·at publique much is pafl before they come. The husband comes at the ~:~,~~f fecond Ldfon, arid the wife drops in at thecHdofthe pray"' t}le saber, and the feruants follow when halfe the Sermon is done. · b.athday. Theywould not doe thus at haruell worke: but bee would n1ake them get all things uadie, that theymi ght goe toge– ther to get in his' corne; and not come fcattc red, one now, and anotheranon. Why iliould not one thcrfotebe as care- , illl for the harucfi ofhis fo.Ue, and to eate ofthe bread of · - - - · - -life,
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