·so4 Book.IV.Parc.4. Laoki11g unto fefus. Chap. 2. SeCt . 9 pQfely unhinged .the ~abbath from the Iaft day to the firfl: day of ..the week, that tt mtght be fpent as a weekly day ofpraife and thankJgiving for the more glorious work of our redemption . that love might not only be equally admired with power,bur eve~ go before it. It is the advife qf a godly Divine, that we fhould .B :~xtcr metbod impro'!le the happy ~pportunity of the Lo~·ds day wholl] to devote our of peace a11d felves to his work, And he advifeth Minifters and others, that 'omf qr:. the] JPmd more of thofe d4JeJ ·in praife and thank;giving, and 6e briefer in their r:onfeffions and lamentation1; -that they wOJt/d makJ it the maine bujinef{e of their folemne affemb!ies on thofe dayes to foundforth the high praijes of their Redeemer, and to begin here the praifes of Goa and the Lamb, which they muft perfe£! in heavenfor roer.-':fhat thry would [pend a greater part of thofe dayes in :Pfldmesandfoltmne praifluoJheir Redeemer :-and that fome hymes and P Jaimes might beinvented .ufit for the ftate ofthe GofPei- (hurth andworjhip to laud the Redeemer, come in the flefo, M ex- , pref{e!y M the work..ofgrace u now expreffed. 0 that thefe d.ired:i- ~ns were but in prad:ifeJ 0 that our Churches and families -would ·make our .frreets to refound with the eccho's of our ·..praifes ! 0 that this were the burthen of each.duty on thefe dayes, 116'11' bieJTed be the .God and Father ofour Lard{efm; Chriff. "Who hath begotten m again unto a lively hqpe, b] the refurre£fion of 'jefw Chrift from the dead. _ ~ ____, ___ ~ooo------------- SE .CT. 9- ·0fconforming to 'Je(M in that reJPeff. 9· LEt us canforme to 'fefm in refpet!: of his refurred:ion~- In this partkularl fhall examine thefe quere' s. 1. Wherein we meft ronforme·? 2. ·How this conformity is wrought? 3· What ar.e the ·meanes of this .confotmir.ie as -on our ·parti? for the firft wherein we muft conforme ? I anfwer in a word. inour vivification. There is a refemblance of our vivification ·to Chrifts refurred:ion ; and if we would know wherein the Analogy or rdernblancc of our vivification to Chrifts refMrre. d ian
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