------------~----------------------------- 158!,____:r __ he_S_-a_i_nt_s_fo_r_-e___ ~be peopl~, -before the g-i· ving of the .Law. ' li.xM.I9oiO. beleeving hearts,wee !haltnet hunger, we.e fhall never thi.rft ~ - Bllt the moil: famous afld fitte£1: place for my purpofr,and preparation in that particular holy bufineffeofhearing the Word,is tba.t inExod.19 • r o. The peupletverefonUifted, and wafhedtheirclothu_, and prepAred themfelves for tfll8 dayes, ~tnd the third dt~y they were reAdie to attend what the Lord n:et~lil [ay untl them. As in that extraordinarie promul– gation ofthe-Law, tile people were to be prcp~-red extraordinarily ; fg, from proportion of that praClice, and precl!dencie,'ordinarie preparation is necetfarie for the ordinarie preaching of the Word , if wee looke that it thould powerfully and profitablyw-orke-upon ourConfcjcnces and affed:ions. Theiimtfbingoftheir !Jodies,andcluthe.r, their ahflinence from their~7it:es, and fuch folemne and,ceremonious puritications,were typicall fig.. nifications and reprefentations unto u~, ·that wee fhou1d weane · ourhearts"~rom earthly thoughts, purge them from fecret corruptions:, and -l)ring them-faireand free, from finfull fpotand worldly entanglement, whenwee come toheare tile Lord fpeake unto us byhis Minifters. . . · Holymen ofGod werewonr,addreffing them– felves to prayer, to have their ejaculations, lif– ting up of their hearts, certaine fhort prayers, before they entred into that facred,and folemne aaion. ' . l , . Belides Precept and Pra(.tice in the Booke The prone of of God, for Preparation ; the profit .is great, ·c. th-e benefits aBd bleffings that redound unto us, · and
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