533 ` he T,rearáer; p'e i. fPro.ar,ts. decayf,thehthey will neuerbe cloyed: omit leaft,iffaciety through the inbred corruptionofournature creepe vpon them,by the remembrance hereo,it will quickly be recouered. Thirdly, doe but markewhat courfe ofpreachingit is, whichit pleafeth forne to callouer-common:namely, a fetledcourfe for cuery Sabbath,and it may be tome week!-dayLeâure,as iris called vfually. Now I wouldfaine fee,how anyman canfay with reafon,that this is oueroften. Pad g$Thu,4.a. eòmmandethtoprenebin [Mfrs s.If thischarge carry anywaight , what bet. ter feafon can there be,then the Sabbath,a dayofleifure, a day in whichmen if not forcoafcience, yet for cuflome,and becaufeof the 'awes , alfemblethem- felues in one place,for the performanceof on6common duty andferuice vnto God ?' I rememberit is permittedas a circumftance to the hiftoricall relation offomeofChrifisSermons,thatwhen bejaw the multitude, :utdgreat troupes refer. bMac t.t,r;s tsd to bim,then hefpakamangy thingsto th,emh; andin another place i t is laid , that -6"A"" t. beholdingthe fwarmesof'people, and conGdering their fpirituall wants, cam i Mark.6' 34. his very bowet, didwork! within him heebegan toteachtherm. Sono doubt it is, raanaT s n. and ought tobee witheuerygood MiniRcr : hee cannot (as wefay) find inhis heartto difmiffe a multitudeaffembled toworfhipGod, withoutforreword of exhortation: Mee thinketh, that when a Paftor of apariilais come into the Church vpon the Sabbath day, andbeholdeth' hiswhole lockegathered together as oneman, he fhould even imagine, that the very prefenceof the people doe call to him, (as the Raker of the Synagogxedid to Pauland Bor.. kA&, 13. rf,"a6") thatifheebole nay wordefexbortatioxfarthem, beefhould faywok. So that, if to preach in feáfon, beea Minifter hisduty ; and the fulneffeofan affembly vpon the Sabbathbee a feafonable occafion , (as no mancan deny ir) I cannot Ire how fofeafonable an exercife,can bee charged with oser -com- monnelfe , or blamed asameans tomake the word ofGod leffe preciousa, mangamen. Godrequireth, that wee fbouldcdthe Sabbath a delightteconfe. rafayyu. , crate it,:now,howCanthat day beehallowedand confecratedas it ought, iffo fpecial l apart ofGods fpirituall worlhip,as preaching is, beIdiom?how mull not the whole other feruiceofthe day, beeeuen as a lameand maimed facrifice beforeGod?lknowindeeditpleafethfome to fay,thatthe meetingof thepeo. pietogether to thehearing oftheword preached(aphrafe fcoffed at,as though esaTiau4a. Itwere not the language ofthe Scripture "') ;snot thechiefe inftitution of the Mark. xa. Lords day.But whatfoeuer mens idle conceits be,yet the truth is,that the molt Preaching excellent parts ofGods feruice,confifterh in the exercile ofhis word,thefaith the prinepadl full difpenfing whereofis the beauty ofthe Lords houfe,and thevery lifeofthe erefc of publike Sabbath. Theother ofGods worfhi doe but asit were wait and the Sabbath. P giueattendance vpon this. forwherefore is prayer, but roprepare vn torba word, andto beg ofGodtobellow thofe bleflings which are promifed in rise word?& if we wilcredit the Scripture, mencannot pray,till by preachingthey nRom.to.r4 are taught topray;HewfbaBthey cello, hou ,vpoawhomtheybane notbeleeaed "P&S'e. Theplacé isknownwell enough.Againe,what is the vfeofthe Sacraments,but tobe fealesto the word? The preachingof the word is the tenorof thecone- nant betwixt God andvs: the Sacraments are fealestoaffurevsofthe perfor- manceofthegracious promifesmadevntovs intheword.Sothat indeed theo- ther fpecialtiesof Gods worfhipareofnovfe,but onlyfofar forth asthey haue reference to theword. Indic2. of Efay his Prophecy , wherethe Date of the Churchofthe Gofpell is defcribed,the peopleare brought iu,prouoking onea- PEGya;3; . father toafcendopte the moxntaveofthe Lerd,re thehoufeefebsa:def./des e.To encourage themfelues andother herennto,theyvfe this reafon,6r wilteatbvt hie waierno doubt in theirmeetings theywere toviebothpeaier & the Sacraméts. Butyer,thartherethey fhouldbetaught,was viedas theprincipal(motiue;be. pPfaliam. caufe,as to be taughtthe waits ofthe Lord,is the principal]bleRngr,fo obedi- intly to heare,,isthe principal!feruice. Wherein bathtin lard fa great pleafine, as
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