CHAP.9. OfWYifedome, &c. Sc35 maybe at leifure for Fallingand Prayer. And fo you (hall fee in b all the Feafis recorded in the Booke of God. And if the Fafi beepublike of a whole Church,Citie,or Kingdome,then it bath allo the preaching ofthe Word, and all other holy exercifes. So the Prophet c I o E L willeth them to gather the, People, and toproclaimea* Af- fembly.AndLetttt.a3.27.a Law is made,thaüon the I aft day, there-fhouldbe an holy Communion. To returne now from whence wee are digreffed : A queftion of great moment doth here offer it felfe : If fin bee mingled with all our anions, how can they pleafe God , or how can wee looke for a reward for them ? Which á Paul affurethvs of, tellingvs that G.idlineffe is profitable to all things, and that it bath thepromifen both of this life,andof the life to come. The anfweris : They are pleafing and acceptable vn- toGod,byhis forgiuingofthe fin that cleaueth to them, c©ueringand hiding that which isours,and lookingvp- onhis owne v<orke withinVS. So e Chrift being the An- gel that hands before theAltar, hauing a goldenCen- fer,is laid to haue muchOdours giuen vnto him , which bee offereth, with the Prayers of all the Saints,vpon the golden Altar which is before the Throne : Infomuch as the fmokeofthe Odours,with the Prayersofthe Saints, goe vp beforeGodout ofthe Angels hand : that is , by the vertue of his Prayer and Intercefí'ion,all the workes and Prayers ofGods children are made acceptable vn. tohim, and as" a fweet finelling fauour before-him :So the f Prophet doth fore-tell, when the Angel of the Couenant (hall once come, The Oblation of I v n A and I E R v SALEM (tall be fweet veto 1 E H O V Ali. And g PA v z doth exhort vs to prefent our bodies a liuiugSa- cri five, bolt', acceptable veto God : h PE TER in like fort, To offer vp/,pirituall Sacrificesacceptablevn to ÿod,throuigh IESYS CHRIST. Touching b IudFes:o. tß, EKra 9, S, Nehem. r,4; Dan.9,3. z.0 {9ro,Zc.4, q,6 c loedz.if,Ió. arcnot onely pleating vino God,through his forgiucnes of the finny: d I.Tim.4,5. e Reue/ 8, 3, 4. f Mal.3.4. g ñOPVf.I Z.I. h I.Pet.i.y.
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