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REader, beside those general directions which I have largely insisted on, I shall annex here some short directions, how thou mayst spend a Lords day from the begining to the end of it, as
may be most for the honour of God, and the fur∣thering thine own everlasting good.
1. Be sure thou takest some paines with thy heart the afternoon (or evening at least) before, to prepare thy soul for the ensuing Sabbath. As our whole life should be a preparation for death; yet the nearer we draw to the night of our dissolution, the more gloriously (as the setting Sun) we should shine with holiness; so in the whole Week we should be preparing for the Lords day; but the more the day doth approach, the more our prepa∣ration must increase. The bigger the Vessel is, the more Water may be carried from the Fountain. According to the measure of the Sacks which the Patriarchs carried to Joseph, so were they filled with Corn by Joseph; preparation doth not onely fit the heart for grace, but also widen the heart that it may receive much of the Spirit of God. Some Servants when they are to bake in the Mor∣ning, put their Wood in the Oven over night, and thereby it burneth both the sooner and the better. Men make much the more riddance of their work, who being to travail a great journey, load their Carts, or put up their things, and lay them ready over night. If thou art a Christian, thy experience will tell thee, that after thou hast on a Saturday called thy self to account for thy carriage on the foregoing Week, bewailed thy miscarriages be∣fore the Lord; in particular, thy playing the Tru∣ant on former Lords days, when thou shouldst have been learning those Lessons which Christ hath set thee in his Law, and hast been earnest with
God for pardon of thy sins, and a sanctified improve∣ment of the approaching Sabbath; I say thy expe∣rience cannot but teach thee that thy profit after such preparation will make thee abundant amends for thy pains; and that thou hast the best visits, the sweetest kisses, when thy lips, thy heart, are thus made clean beforehand.
2. If the weakness of thy body do not hinder rise earlier on the Lords day then ordinary. When the Israelites were encompassing Jericho; on the seventh day, they rose early in the morning; and according to many Expositors it was on the Sab∣bath day the walls of Jericho fell down, Josh. 6.15. One main work which thou hast to do on a Lords day, is, to batter down the strong holds of sin, to conquer those Canaanites which would keep thee out of the promised land; do thou rise ear∣ly for this end. He that riseth and setteth out early, goeth a considerable part of his way before others awake. Its sordid to lie lazing and to turn upon thy bed as a door on the hinges (and never the far∣ther off) upon any day, butmost sad and sinfull on a Lords day.
3. When thou first awakest, turn up thy heart to God in praise for his protection the night past, for the light of another day, especially of his own day; and in Prayer for the light of his countenance, and for assistance in every duty, and his direction through∣out the day. As thou art rising, if no other more profitable Subject offer it selfe to thy thoughts, Meditate how the night is spent, the day is at hand; it concerneth thee therefore to
put off the works of darkness, and to put on the armor of light. When thou thinkest on the nakedness of thy body, how unseemly it would be for thee to walk up and down without raiment do not forget the nakedness of thy soul by sin, and how uncomely thou art in the sight of God, without the robes of Christs righteousness and the graces of the Holy Ghost.
4. When thou art drest, let nothing hinder thee from thy secret devotion. When thou art in thy closet consider of the price which God hath put into thy hand, the value and worth of a Lords day, the weight and concernment of the duties therein, and the account thou art ere long to give for every Sabbath and season of grace. These thoughts, as heavy weights on a clock, would make thee move more swiftly in the work of the day. After some time spent in meditation, in some short, yet re∣verent and hearty petitions, intreat Gods help in the present and subsequent duties of the day; After which read some portion of the Scripture and pour out thy soul in prayer. Get thy heart effectually possessed with this truth, That God must work his own work in thee and for thee, or it will never be done; that as the Spirit moved on the waters at first, and then the living creatures were formed; so the Spirit must move upon the waters of Ordinances, before they can produce or increase spirituall life. Hereby thou wilt be stirred up to more fervent supplication for, and more importunate expectation of help from heaven; In thy prayers remember all the assemblies of the
Saints that they may see Gods beauty, power and glory, as they have sometimes beheld them in his sanctuary. Intreat God to cloath his ordinances with his own strength that they may be mighty through him for the bringing in, and building up many souls. In speciall, when thou art at prayer, think of the Preachers of the Gospel; Conceive that thou hearest every one of them speaking to thee as Paul to his Romans, I beseech thee for the Lord Iesus Christs sake, and for the love of the spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me, Rom. 15.30. Their work is of infinite weight, it is God∣work, Soul-work, Temple-work; Not one of them but may say (with Nehemiah) on a Lords day, upon much greater reason, O I am doing a great work. Nehem. 6.3. Their opposition is great The Devill will do what may be to hinder them; the world hates them, their own hearts will distub them; Their strength is small, their graces are weak; Alas what can they do! O therefore pray for them.
5. After thy secret duties thou mayst (if nature require) refresh thy body with convenient food. Thy God alloweth thee to cherish, though not to overcharge thy outward man, I shall speak to thy carriage about eating and drinking in the twenty third chapter, and therefore omit it here. * 1.1
6. In the next place it will be fit that thou call thy family together and enter upon family duties. Namely to read the word of God, to call upon the name of God, and to sing to the prayse of God.
7. Let as many of thy family as can conv••••••enny be spared accompany thee to publick Ordinances. * 1.2
Remember the command, Thou, thy Son, thy daughter, thy man-servant and maid-servant, and all within thy gate. Do not pamper their bodies, and starve the souls of thy houshold; It is Recor∣ded of Dr. Chaterton, Mr. of Emannel Colledge, that he never caused any of his Servants to stay at home on a Lords day, barely to dress meat; be able to say with Cornelins, (who feared the Lord with all his house) we are all here present before God.
8. As thou art going to the place of publique Ordinances, consider with thy self that thou art going to converse, not with men, but with God; even with that God who searcheth the heart, who will not be mocked, and who is of purer eyes then to behold iniquity, that thou mayst hereby be quickened unto uprightness, and seriousness, and to dart up some ejaculatory prayer to God for aid and assistance.
9. In every part of publique worship, carry thy self with reverence, humility, love, faith, and sincerity. Hear, sing, pray, receive the Sacra∣ment as one that doth all in Gods sight, as one that is working for his immortal soul, and as one that within a few days shall enter the gates of death, and never have a season more for such sacred duties. Depart not from the Church till all be done. In a Court of civil Judicature, thou willt stay till the Court riseth; If thou wouldst have Gods blessing with thee, do not leave it behind th•••••••• As thou comest from the Church, medi∣tate on what thou hast heard, chew that meat which the Minister hath put into thy mouth,
thereby thou mayst get much spiritual nourish∣ment.
10. When thou art come home, usually let nothing hinder from prayer, either in thy family or closet, wherein I would advise thee to turn the heads of the Sermon and Chapters read, into Petitions, as also to beg pardon of thy wandrings in the Worship of God, and beseech him who with his own hand wrote the Law in two Tables, that he would write the word Read and Preached in the Tables of thine heart.
11. At Dinner take heed of excess, whereby thy body will be unfitted to serve thy soul; yet do not pinch or punish thy body, because the day is a day of joy and delight; I would wish thee to watch thy heart and tongue all the day long, but especially at meals, that thou mayst not think thine own thoughts, nor speak thine own words. If thy self or others start any unseasonable or earthly discourse at Table, give conscience leave to speak to thee, as Judas to the Apostles, What needeth this wast? What needeth this wast of preci∣ous time, of so rich a treasure as every part of this day is. Let the first dish at Table be Gods, I mean when a blessing is desired, let presently some savory discourse be offered; hereby fin may be prevented; The Jews had two notable defeats on the Sabbath day, because they would not defend themselves; * 1.3 the first defeat was by Antiochus, the second by Pompey the Great. Reader if thou wouldst not have Satan to foil thee on a Lords day, keep a strict watch over thy thoughts, words, and works. After
Dinner, as time will give leave, either Sing, or Pray with thy family, or repeat what thou hast heard, or busie thy self in Godly conference chiefly about what was Read or Preached that morning.
12. Neglect not afternoon Ordinances. Some Persons are like some Physitians, Fore-noon men; they must be sought to in the morning onely, if you would find them about Religious duties. Friend, If thy soul ever met thy Saviour in pub∣lique duties, thou canst not but love and prize them at an high rate. In the close of the day some∣times God sendeth in the cheif blessing of the day. A Sabbath Tide hath brought in many a good draught of Fish. Be present at, & serious in publique Ordinances. As an error in the first concoction can never be mended in the second, so an error or care∣lesness in publique, cannot be mended by careful∣ness in private.
13. When thou returnest from publique Ordi∣nances, take some time to meditate on the word or Works of God; thou mayst read over the eighth particular in the twenty one Chapter to help thee therein.
14. Do not lessen thy secret or private duties on that day; let them rather be increased then di∣minished. The Offerings under the Gospel were Prophesied to be greater then under the Law. Un∣der the Law one Lamb was to be offered; Under the Gospel six Lambs, Numb. 28. Ezek. 46.
15. Call thy Children and Servants to account what they have learned that day, and explain what
they understand not; hereby thou wilt benefit both thy self and others. Chemnitius observeth that our blessed Saviour in the 4. of Mark, and 14. of Luke, * 1.4 after he had instructed the people as a publique Preacher on the Sabbath day, did examine and teach his Apostles as a private Master of a Fa∣mily.
16. At Evening, Sing, Pray, and (if thou canst) repeat (the heads at least of) both the Sermons. Plutarch reporteth of a River which runneth sweet in the morning, and bitter at night; Let it not be said of thee, that thy Morning was like Nebu∣chadnezzars Image of Gold, and thy evening like the feet of it, of clay.
17. Before thou goest to rest, examine thy self what thou hast got or lost that day. Reflect upon the carriage of thy heart in the several duties, as also what welcome thou hadst at the Throne of grace; what covered dishes were brought thee by the spirit from Gods own Table; that accordingly thou mayst beg pardon or return praise. If thou hast been melted with Gods affection, obtained any strength against thy corruptions, or received any degree of grace, take heed of ascribing the glory to thy self; In Justinians law it was decreed, That no Work-man should set up his name within the body of that building which he made out of ano∣ther mans cost. If thou didst pray, or hear, or sing, or read, or meditate with any life or delight, seriousness or sincerity, in any measure agreeable to his Word and Will, all was from God; there was not a stone used by thee towards this spi∣ritual
building, but it was taken out of his Quar∣rey. As he is the Author, so let him have the ho∣nour.
18. Be watchful over thy self at the latter end of the day, with all imaginable circumspection, that the last part of the day, may be the best part of the day; Some Souldiers prevail in the day, but lose all again at night, because they are sloth∣ful when their Quarters are beaten up by their Enemies. Some lose at night what they got in the day; like Hannibal, they know how to obtain a Victory, but not to improve a Victory. Usually the Evenings are cold though the days are hot.
19. As Oratours at the close of their speech, use all their Art and Skill to move the affections of their Auditors, so at the close of the Lords day, put forth all thy grace and spiritual strength, to prevail with God for a blessing. Say of the Sab∣bath, as Jacob to the Angel, I will not let the go with∣out a blessing.
20. Labour to keep the influence of Lords day Ordinances warm upon thy spirit all the week af∣ter; let not thy devotion pass away with the day. Some Children when they put on new Shooes on a Sabbath, are very careful to keep them clean, are unwilling to set their feet to the ground for fear of dirt, but in the week days will run up to the Ankles in Water or Mire. O let not childrens play be thy earnest, but endeavour that thy practi∣ces in secret and private, in thy calling and in all companies on the Week days, may be answerable
to the great priviledges which thou didst enjoy, and the grace which thou didst receive on the Lords day.
THe first day of the Week being of divine institu∣tion, * 1.5 and Baptized by God himself with that Honorable name of the Lords day, partly in regard of its Author, This is the day which the Lords hath made; partly in regard of the blessed Redeemer, who rose that day and Triumphed over the Grave, the Devil, the Curse of the Law, and Hell; it being a day Sanctified for the glory of my Saviour, of which I may say as of Jacob, The Lord hath chosen it to himself for his peculiar Treasure, Psa. 135.4. and a day set apart for the spiritual and eternal good of my precious soul, wherein I may enjoy communion with my God in all his Ordinances, without interrup∣tion, I wish in general that as the Spirit may be in me in the week days, so that I may be in the Spi∣rit on the Lords day, filled therewith, and enabled thereby to have my conversation all the day long in Heaven. O that my care in fitting my soul for it, my holy carriage at it, and my sutable conversation after it, may testifie that I had rather be a Door-keeper in the House of my God, then to dwell in the Tents of Wickedness; and that I esteem one day in his Courts, better then a thousand else-where. I wish in particular that I may prepare for it, * 1.6 as for a Wedding day, wherein Christ and my soul are to be espoused together, and to that end before it cometh,
may be careful, so to order my earthly affairs that they may not incroach upon this Holy ground; and so open the door of my heart, and adorn it with spi∣ritual excellencies, that the King of Glory may enter in, and think himself a welcome Guest in my soul: O that I might never give my God cause to complain of me, as once of the Jews, Your Sabbaths and so∣lemn feasts I cannot away with, for your hands are defiled. As Nehemiah shut the Gates of the City, that no burdens might be carried in on the Sabbath day, so let me secure the Gate of my heart, that no Worldly things may disturb me in Sabbath duties. O let me not like Martha be careful, and troubled about many things, but on this day especially, sit at Christs feet, mind the one thing necessary, and chuse the good part which shall never be taken from me. I wish that I may long more for it then ever a Bride-groom did for his Bride; that when it is come in, I may bid it heartily Welcome, and that as my Saviour rose early, that morning to justifie me, so I may rise early on this day to glorifie him.
I desire that this holy day may be an high day in my account, both because the Lord of the Sabbath hath separated it to sacred uses, and because it is the day of his resurrection, whence so much good cometh to my soul. * 1.7 By his passion he layd down the price of my redemption; but by his rising again (the Judge of Quick and dead sending his officer, an Angel, to roul away the stone, open the prison door, and let him out) he manifesteth to the world that the debt is discharged and the law fully saatisfied: O of what value should this day be to me! My Redeemers humili∣ation
indeed, was like Josephs imprisonment, but his delivery out of the grave, like Josephs enlargement and preferment, whereby he came into a capacity to advance and enrich all his relations.
I pray that I may look on this day as a special season to sow to the spirit in, and improve it accordingly. * 1.8 I believe that my God will not hold him guiltless that takes his name or spends his day in vain. O let me not like a foolish child, play by that candle which is set up for me to work by, lest I go to the bed of my grave in the dark of sin and sorrow. * 1.9 I wish that I may not neg∣lect either secret or family duties on this sacred day, but yet that I may so perform them, that they may be helps, not hinderances to publique Ordinances; that since God loveth the gates of Sion above all the the dwellings of Jacob, I may set an high price upon, and have an ardent love to the habitation of Gods house, and the place where his honor dwelleth; * 1.10 that as a true child of my heavenly Father, I may love most, and like best, that milk which is warm from the breasts of publick ordinances: I wish that I may call the Lords day my delight, it being a day wherein I enter into the suburbs of the holy City; and begin that work of praysing, pleasing, and enjoying my God, which I hope to be employed in to eternity; that it may be my meat and drink to do the Will of my God. O that I might so savour the things of the Spirit, and so taste the Lord to be gracious, that love may be the Load∣ston to draw me to my closet, family and to Church; and season every service I am called to upon the Sabbath; * 1.11 Because every part of this day is of great price, more worth then a whole World, I desire that not the least
moment of it may be squandred away, but (as the Dis∣ciples after the miracle of loaves) I may gather up with care and conscience, the smallest fragments, that nothing be lost. My God giveth me good mea∣sure, heaped up, pressed down, shaken toge∣ther, and running over; why should I be niggardly to him (to my self indeed, for it is my profit, not his) when he is so liberal, so bountiful to me. I wish in regard the blessed God is not onely the Master, * 1.12 but also the Marrow of his day, that no Lords day may satisfie me, without the Lord of the day. Alass what is the best time, without the Rock of eternity? what is the best day without the Ancient of days? what are the Ordinances of God without the God of Or∣dinances? what are Sabbaths, Sermons, Sacraments, and Seasons of Grace without the dearest Saviour, but as broken Cisterns, glorious Dreams, or guilded nothings? I have read of a good soul who answered his Friend, Speak to me while you will, no words can satisfie, except you mention Christ; write to me what you will, it will not satisfie, except in your Letters I may read Christ. O that in no Ser∣mon I might be contented till I hear Christ, and that in no Chapter I might be pleased till I can read Christ; that as the Needle touched with the Load-stone, never resteth till it turn to the North, so my heart may be re•••• less in holy duties, till it turneth to, and hath fellowship with the Lord of Heaven. The Lords day is an excellent resemblance of my future blessed∣ness, wherein I shall enjoy my Saviour fully, and my God shall be all in all to me; Lord, let never this day pass without some taste of those celestial pleasures.
Meditation on the Works and Word of my God, being a duty most in its prime and season on a Sabbath day, I beg that what time I spare from publique, private, or secret performances, I may imploy to this purpose, that I may behold my God to be infinite in wisdom, power, and goodness in his foot-steps of creation, and stand amazed at that rare Workmanship, those curious con∣trivances of his (which Angels look into with admira∣tion) that appear in his Master-peice, that work of Redemption: and for his word, let my heart be able to say with David, O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
I wish that I may watch over my thoughts, words, * 1.13 and actions all the day long; in special, that as when the holy things belonging to the Sanctuary were to be remo∣ved, they were covered all over, lest any dust should soil them; so I may cover my heart with such cir∣cumspection that no dust of sin may cleave to it. O that I might be so wise and watchful, that there may not be the least minute of the day wherein I may not either do, or receive some good. Lord, let no Sabbath pass without some saving good to my precious soul.
I desire Finally, * 1.14 that I may not lose the heat of the day in the cool of the Evening; I mean, that what good, If gain from my God, through his Ordinances in the day, may not be lost by my negligence at night; but that as a wise Commander, I may then double my Guard, and expect with much importunity some even∣ing dews of comfort and grace. O that I might so keep the Sabbath of my God, chuse the things that please him, and take hold of his Covenant, that I might so turn away my foot from the Sabbath, from
doing my pleasure on his holy day, * 1.15 and call the Sab∣bath my delight, the holy of the Lord; that I may have (with the Eunuch) within the House of my God, a name better then of Sons and Daughters, even an everlasting name that shall not be cut off. Amen.
HAil thou that art highly favoured of God, * 1.16 thou map of Heaven, thou golden spot of the week, thou Market-day of souls, thou Day-break of eter∣nal brightness, thou Queen of days; the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among days. I may say to thee what the Angel said to Daniel, * 1.17 O day greatly beloved. * 1.18 Thou art fairer then all the Children of time, grace is poured into thy lips; God, even thy God hath anointed thee with the Oyl of gladness above thy fellows. Of the Jewish Sabbaths and other Festivals, in comparison of thee it may be spoken, They perish, but thou remainest, and they all wax old as a Garment; * 1.19 And as a vesture hast thou folded them up, and they are changed, but thou shalt (maugre the malice of men and Devils) continue the same and thy years shall not fail. As the Temple succeeded and exceeded the Tabernacle; this was fleeting, that was fixed; so dost thou all former Sabbaths, they were but morning stars to usher in thee, the Sun, and then to disappear. Other Festivals in all their Royalty are not arrayed like unto thee. All the graces triumph in thee, all the Ordinances conspire to enrich thee; the Father ruleth thee, the Son rose upon thee, the Spirit hath overshadowed thee. Thus is it done to the day
which the King of Heaven delighteth to honour. Thou hast not onely a common blessing with other days by the law of nature, but a special blessing above all other days, from the love of thy Maker. Let thousands mark thee for their new birth-day; * 1.20 be thou a day (as it was said of that night to the Jews) much to be Re∣membred, much to be observed to the Lord, for bringing many out of worse then Egyptian bondage; * 1.21 be thou to them a day of light and gladness, of joy and honour and a good day. On thee light was created, the Holy Ghost descended, life hath been restored, Satan subdued, sin mortified, souls sanctified, the Grave, Death and Hell conquered. O how do men and women flutter up and down on the Week-days, as the Dove on the waters, and can find no rest for their souls, till they come to thee their Ark, till thou put forth thy hand and take them in! O how do they sit under thy shadow with great delight, and find thy fruit sweet to their taste! O the mountings of mind, the ravishing happiness of heart, the solace of soul which on thee they enjoy in the blessed Saviour! They are sorry when the days shorten for thy sake, they wish for thee before thou comest, they welcome thee when thou art come, and they enjoy so much of heaven in thee, that thence they love, and look, and long the more for their eternal Sabbath. Go forth, O thou fairest among Women, and be thou fruitful in bringing forth Children to thy Maker and Hus∣band. * 1.22 Be thou the Mother of thousands and of millions, and let thy seed possess the Gate of them that hate them. Do thou, like Rachel and Leah, build up the House of Israel, do thou worthily in
Ephratah, and be thou famous in Bethlehem. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou mighty and gracious day, and in thy Majesty ride prosperously, because of meekness, righteousness, and truth, let thy right hand teach the terrible things; let thine arrows be sharp in the hearts spiritual enemies, whereby the people may fall under thee. * 1.23 The Lord hath chosen thee, he hath desi∣red thee for his habitation; Thou art his rest for ever; in thee he will dwell, for he hath desired it. Let him abundantly bless thy provision, and satisfie thy poor with bread; let him cloath thy Priests with salvation, and let thy Saints shout aloud for joy; lot thine Ene∣mies be cloathed with shame, but upon thy head let the Crown flourish; let Nations bow down to thee, let Kingdomes fall down before thee; Let all the King∣domes of the earth become the Kindomes of thy Lord and of thy Christ; be thou honoured as long as the Son and moon shall endure, even throughout all Generations Thou art like Joseph a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough, by a Wall whose Branches run over the Wall. The Archers have sorely greived thee, and shot at thee (endeavouring to weaken thy morality) and hated thee, but thy bow abode in strength by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob, from thence is the Shepherd, the stone of Israel; Even by the Lord of Sabbaths who shall help thee, and by the Almighty who shall bless thee with blessings of Heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts and of the womb; the blessings of this day have prevailed above the blessings of all other day; let them be continued and increased on the heads of this holy and honourable day, and on the head of that day which is separate
from it brethren. Let them be ashamed and confoun∣ded that seek after thy hurt, let them be turned back and put to confusion that desire thy ruine; let all those that seek thee rejoyce and be glad in thee; let them that love thy sanctification say continually, Let the Lord be magnified who delighteth in the prosperity of his Saints, and therefore hath set apart his Sab∣bath for their soul good; Thou (like Jacob) hast got away the blessing from the other days, yea thy God hath blessed thee, and thou shalt be blessed, Blessed are they that bless thee, and cursed are they that curse thee; In a word, The Lord be gracious to thee, and delight in thee, and cause the light of his coun∣tenance to shine upon thee; let all thine Ordinances be cloathed with power and be effectual for the conver∣sion and salvation of millions of souls; Let thy name be great from the rising of the Sun to the going down of the same. Finally, farewel sweet day, thou cream of time, thou Epitome of eternity, thou heaven in a glass, thou first fruits of a blessed and everlasting harvest did I say farewel? A welfare I wish to thee; but O let me never lose thee, or take my leave of thee, till I come to enjoy thee in an higher form, to see the Sun of righteousness (who early on thy morning rose and made a day indeed while the natural Sun was behind) face to face, and to know thy Maker and Master as I am known of him when I shall be a pillar in the Temple of my God, and shall go out no more but serve him day and night, to whom for the inestimable dignity and priviledge of his own day, be Honour and Glory for ever and ever, Amen, Amen.
Vide Family duties in Cap. 27
Vide more of this in Cap. 27.
Iosephus l. 12. c. 8. & l. 14 c, 8
Examen de dieb fest.
The Intro∣duction.
Preparation
Esteem the day as a pri∣viledge.
A price to get and in∣crease grace.
Publique Ordiuances to be estee∣med the chiefest work of the day.
Delight in it
Sanctifie the whole day.
Communi∣on of God in Ordinan∣ces.
Watchful∣ness.
Conclusion of the day.
Is. 56.4, 5. and 58.13.
Luk. 1.28.
Dan. 9.23.
Psa. 45.
Heb. 1.11, 12.
Exod. 12.42
Esther. 8.16.
Gen. 24.60.
Psa. 132.