.· 2~G A SAint or 4 Brtde. Part II • , ) . The puhlik_e worfhi! being all thus f weei, how f we et are-the L~rdsdap, rhefe holy feafons that are wholly confecraced ro thls,wo,rk? How light is the Chrifiian, that bath this day cafl: off his world1y cares and buGnefs and cogitations, and ha eh fee himfelf apart for God, as if there were r..<> world ro mind? On the »'eek. days he ~oth walk.. With Go.d: But fo that his neceffary worldly bufinefs dorh freqnently divert <Uild diflract his mind. ~~t what a fw~et and happy day is this, when he may {hip hirn1elf of thefe ddl:ractions, as he doth of his work-day coerfer doaths, and may wholly apply himfelf ro God l As the Bee goes from flower to flower, labomringat all, bur with a Pleafant Iaboer, to gather Honey, and prepare_for winter, fo dorh the Chrifiian, efpecially on the Lords da], employ hirnfelf in lttbour and delight; and the more be labaureth, the more is his delight : From Pr~tyer he goetb ro Reading ; and to the inftruCling hn ft~mil], if he be a fupcriour; or learning if be be an inferiour and have helps : Fromprivate wor/hip to publi~e; and fro~ pub/ik.f t~ privttteagain; and gatheringHoney (foud and fwmmjs ) to bts foul from all. . 1ell me you chilclith brucifh wantons ; Do you think in your heart:, that you have as much folid joy and pleafure, in aplayday, or in your idle1,amel, or in fpending the Lords day in idlenefJ or JPortJ, as we have in the hely work! of God ? Do you think our Delight is not more then yours ?. To O\Ur flume, but . to the praifc:: of God, we mufi fay, that we have trycd both ways. We know what it is to play ~tway much of the Lords day, and what it is t'o imploy it in waiting on the Lord. But fince we knew the later, we wiili we had never known the former . Tbacs our recreation which is your toile : and that would be our pri· fan, and flocks, and toile, which is your fport and recrea~ tion. (j, Another Delightful portion of our work, is Holy c~nfe· rence with the experienced fervant of the Lord . There are many things confidcrable in holy crmfermce that maketb it delightful. · I. It is the conference of dearefl friends : the fpecial Love that all the Godly have to one another, doth excredingly fwceten their communion .1 he veryprefenceof chofe that we moft dearly love, is a pleafure to us.: Much IUQre their fweetefi edifying difcourfe. · · 2. Their . .
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