Directions
for
a
Christian
Behaviour
on
the
Sabbath
.
God
is
Greatly
to
be
Fear'd
in
the
Assembly
of
his
Saints
(
saith
Holy
David
)
and
to
be
had
in
Reverence
of
all
that
are
round
about
him
.
IT
is
certain
,
that
had
we
a
right
Understanding
of
that
GOD
we
have
to
do
withal
:
We
should
endeavour
to
be
strict
in
Obedience
to
all
his
Commands
,
which
are
Holy
,
and
Just
,
and
Good
,
and
ought
not
to
be
disputed
by
us
,
though
we
do
not
understand
them
;
but
to
be
Obeyed
with
great
circumspection
by
us
his
Creatures
,
who
are
wholly
at
His
dispose
,
having
our
Being
from
Him
,
and
all
that
we
enjoy
;
and
only
,
through
his
Son
Jesus
Christ
,
expect
our
Eternal
Well-being
.
Had
we
but
a
true
Consideration
of
the
Power
,
and
Excellence
of
God
,
it
would
make
us
afraid
;
(
as
Holy
Job
sayes
)
and
we
should
humble
our selves
in
Dust
and
Ashes
,
who
is
a
Consuming
Fire
;
stand
Amazed
at
his
Goodness
and
Love
to
us
,
that
still
contrives
ways
for
the
making
us
happy
,
who
are
so
unworthy
of
his
Love
.
The
Saints
of
God
are
infinitely
sensible
of
it
.
O
how
great
is
his
Goodness
(
saith
Holy
David
)
to
those
that
fear
him
,
to
them
that
keep
his
Covenant
.
To
those
that
remember
his
Commandments
to
do
them
,
thou
shalt
fill
them
(
sayes
he
in
another
place
)
with
the
fatness
of
thy
House
;
thou
shalt
make
them
drink
of
the
Rivers
of
thy
Pleasure
,
thou
hast
shew'd
them
the
Paths
of
Life
;
in
thy
presence
is
fulness
of
joys
,
and
at
thy
right
Hand
are
Pleasures
for
evermore
.
The
Saints
love
God
,
and
they
love
his
Ordinances
,
his
Word
,
and
his
Worship
,
Sabbaths
,
and
Sacraments
they
love
;
they
take
delight
in
approaching
to
God
,
and
to
wait
on
him
in
his
holy
Temple
.
It
is
God
in
the
Word
that
they
love
,
&
it
is
him
that
they
Worship
and
Honour
on
this
his
Day
;
and
in
his
Courts
,
they
confess
him
worthy
to
receive
Honour
,
Power
,
Glory
,
and
Dominion
,
world
,
without
End.
And
this
ought
to
be
our
work
upon
this
Holy
Day
principally
,
&
our
great
Pleasure
.
To
this
God
makes
a
great
Promise
,
Isay
58.13
.
That
if
they
turn'd
away
their
foot
from
the
Sabbath
,
from
doing
their
pleasure
on
his
Holy
Day
,
and
that
the
Sabbath
was
their
delight
,
the
Holy
of
the
Lord
,
as
it
was
honourable
,
so
they
did
honour
him
,
not
doing
their
own
ways
,
nor
finding
their
own
pleasure
,
nor
speaking
their
own
words
,
but
did
delight
themselves
in
the
Lord
:
Then
he
would
make
them
to
ride
upon
the
high
places
of
the
Earth
,
and
feed
them
with
the
heritage
of
Jacob
their
Father
.
Keep
up
Sabbaths
,
and
you
will
keep
up
Scripture
,
Ordinances
,
Ministry
,
and
Religion
;
keep
up
Religion
,
and
the
Devil
,
the
World
,
and
your
Lusts
will
fall
before
you
,
and
you
will
see
them
dead
upon
the
stones
;
in
vain
shall
the
Devil
Tempt
,
if
our
hearts
were
but
thus
fixed
,
trusting
in
the
Lord
.
But
the
more
immediate
Influence
of
it
will
appear
,
if
we
consider
that
this
day
is
a
day
,
-
1.
Of
separation
for
God
.
-
2.
Of
special
Communion
with
God
.
-
3.
Of
special
protection
for
Souls
.
1.
It
is
a
day
of
separation
for
God
;
the
people
of
God
as
such
,
are
a
separated
People
,
separated
from
the
Lusts
of
men
,
to
the
Laws
of
God
,
Neh
.
10.28
.
Ezra
6.21
.
In
their
First
Day
,
their
day
of
grace
,
they
separate
themselves
from
the
Evils
of
the
World
;
and
in
this
Day
they
are
to
separate
themselves
from
the
affairs
and
thoughts
of
the
World
.
This
day
is
an
Hallowed
day
,
Sanctified
by
God
,
and
to
be
sanctified
by
his
Saints
;
God's
Sanctifying
it
,
is
setting
apart
the
day
for
an
holy
one
;
our
sanctifying
it
,
is
the
setting
it
apart
,
for
an
holy
Service
.
This
day
is
a
Priviledged
day
;
nothing
that
is
Common
or
Unclean
may
encroach
upon
it
.
The
Day
of
the
Lord
is
as
the
House
of
the
Lord
,
a
kind
of
meeting
between
Heaven
and
Earth
,
wherein
God
Calls
us
up
to
the
Mount
,
and
comes
down
to
give
us
a
meeting
;
and
as
when
he
came
down
to
Mount
Sinai
,
He
required
that
his
People
,
who
were
yet
to
come
no
nearer
Him
,
than
the
foot
of
the
Mount
,
should
by
washing
their
Cloaths
,
and
separating
themselves
from
their
Wives
,
make
ready
against
his
coming
down
:
So
doth
he
here
give
us
as
strict
a
charge
;
Remember
,
be
also
ready
,
be
ye
also
washed
,
and
be
ye
separate
;
wash
your
hands
,
empty
your
hearts
,
come
in
from
your
fields
,
come
out
of
your
shops
;
lay
by
your
work
,
leave
this
Earth
below
,
come
up
to
meet
your
God
.
There
are
two
things
that
give
to
Objects
,
their
greatest
Efficacy
and
Advantage
upon
us
;
their
nearness
to
us
,
and
the
remoteness
of
the
contrary
.
The
world
on
this
day
loses
both
these
Advantages
,
wherein
we
are
call'd
to
stand
aloof
from
it
;
and
so
draw
nigh
to
God
.
We
are
then
fairest
for
Victory
over
the
world
,
when
we
are
farthest
off
it
;
't
is
ill
fighting
a
Cock
on
his
own
dunghil
:
while
the
world
is
at
our
Elbow
,
there
's
little
like
to
be
done
against
it
;
while
it
is
in
our
Eye
or
our
Head
,
't
is
not
easy
to
keep
it
out
of
our
Heart
:
When
the
Lord
hath
gotten
our
Company
alone
,
and
the
world
hath
nothing
;
not
an
Ox
,
nor
an
Asse
,
not
a
Business
,
not
a
Pleasure
to
solicite
our
Love
and
Labour
:
when
we
are
gotten
out
of
sight
,
and
out
of
hearing
of
this
Harlot
,
and
it
crys
after
us
:
then
it
is
most
likely
to
lose
its
hold
of
us
.
The
reason
why
we
ordinarily
make
no
more
advantage
of
Sabbaths
this
way
,
is
;
because
,
however
we
pretend
to
draw
nigh
to
God
;
yet
we
do
not
withdraw
from
the
World
.
We
come
into
the
Sanctuary
,
as
Israel
went
out
of
Egypt
;
we
carry
not
our
Wives
and
our
little
ones
only
;
but
our
Flocks
and
our
Herds
,
and
all
our
Substance
;
we
carry
all
we
have
with
us
,
when
we
come
before
the
Lord
:
the
lowing
of
the
Oxen
,
and
the
bleating
of
the
Sheep
,
the
sounding
of
the
Millstone
is
so
still
in
our
Ears
;
the
Butter
and
the
Honey
,
the
Wine
and
the
Oyl
,
the
Silver
and
the
Gold
,
are
so
still
continually
in
our
Eye
,
that
we
cannot
hearken
what
the
Lord
God
doth
say
,
or
see
his
face
.
Brethren
,
who
is
there
with
you
at
this
hour
?
here
you
are
before
the
Lord
;
but
who
is
there
with
you
?
Search
every
Room
,
look
into
every
Corner
,
is
there
none
within
that
should
not
be
there
?
Is
there
no
messenger
of
Sathan
?
Hath
the
world
no
Agitator
now
at
work
within
you
?
O
behold
!
While
the
Lord
is
a
treating
with
our
Ears
,
what
a
mixt
Multitude
are
there
within
;
Cares
,
and
Thoughts
,
and
Lusts
,
and
Projects
for
this
World
;
and
what
a
stir
do
they
all
make
,
that
God
may
not
be
regarded
?
The
Devil
will
be
most
busy
at
such
a
time
,
he
doubts
how
matters
might
go
with
him
,
if
he
now
keeps
silence
:
doubtless
many
a
soul
more
,
might
have
been
gain'd
over
to
God
,
had
not
Satan
stood
by
and
hindered
,
and
kept
those
ever
near
us
that
forbad
the
Match
.
Use
to
be
alone
with
God
,
out
of
the
Company
,
and
out
of
the
Noise
and
hearing
of
the
wooings
of
this
Harlot
,
and
then
there
's
hope
the
Lord
may
gain
your
Loves
.
What
wonder
that
the
Seed
dies
,
and
becomes
unfruitful
,
that
falls
into
a
field
of
Stones
,
or
amongst
such
Birds
as
stand
watching
to
catch
it
all
away
?
what
hopes
that
the
Council
of
the
Lord
will
be
Accepted
of
a
mind
preposses'd
,
and
actually
stuff'd
with
the
Cares
of
this
Life
?
How
canst
thou
ascend
with
thy
Burthen
on
thy
back
?
Unload
,
unload
,
lay
aside
every
weight
,
and
then
go
up
and
prosper
.
Say
to
all
you
have
,
stay
here
,
while
I
go
and
pray
before
the
Lord
.
Let
the
Night
before
each
Sabbath
,
be
as
the
grave
betwixt
the
two
Worlds
;
there
let
thy
dust
be
Buried
,
and
thy
Spirit
fly
Naked
to
thy
God
.
Let
the
Night
,
which
is
the
Partition
betwixt
thy
own
days
and
the
Lords
,
be
thy
Souls
taking
its
leave
of
all
thou
hast
;
any
sinful
thought
,
work
or
pleasure
,
thy
lusts
and
thy
evil
ways
,
give
thee
an
eternal
Burial
.
Be
gone
,
see
my
Face
no
more
,
and
for
matters
Lawful
and
Honest
,
that
concern
this
Earth
,
charge
them
not
to
thrust
in
before
the
Lord
;
go
your
way
also
for
this
time
,
and
when
I
have
a
convenient
season
,
I
will
send
for
you
.
And
if
from
Sabbath
to
Sabbath
thy
feet
stand
thus
on
the
Mountain
of
the
Lord
,
thou
mayest
find
them
all
the
week
long
on
the
tops
of
the
Mountain
of
the
Earth
.
Brethren
,
where
is
our
Sabbath-separation
?
Is
there
not
a
fault
amongst
us
upon
this
Account
?
Let
him
that
heareth
enquire
how
it
is
with
us
:
Am
I
not
faulty
?
What
are
my
Sabbath-Thoughts
?
What
are
my
Sabbath-Discourses
?
If
I
be
better
imployed
in
the
House
of
God
,
what
do
I
in
my
own
House
?
What
are
my
morning
,
evening
,
and
mid-day
Thoughts
?
What
is
my
Table-talk
,
my
Chimny-talk
?
If
Business
,
if
Bargains
,
or
Journeys
be
not
admitted
,
are
not
Visits
,
or
Complements
,
or
vain
Stories
,
or
impertinent
News
,
suffer'd
to
fill
up
the
time
?
Is
it
thus
or
not
with
thee
?
Is
it
well
that
it
is
thus
?
O
clear
your
Sabbaths
of
such
worldly
Incroachments
,
or
you
'l
never
clear
your
Hearts
;
drive
all
the
world
into
Patmos
,
into
Banishment
;
and
be
wholly
in
the
Spirit
on
the
Lords-day
;
be
abstracted
from
earthly
things
,
and
earthly
Thoughts
,
bring
them
with
you
,
neither
to
the
House
nor
to
the
Day
of
the
Lord
.
Let
your
own
House
,
and
your
own
Table
,
be
as
the
House
and
Table
of
the
Lord
;
have
nothing
to
do
from
morning
to
evening
but
to
wait
on
God
:
and
it
is
our
duty
to
live
in
great
watchfulness
over
our selves
,
that
we
may
not
do
this
Work
of
the
Lord
negligently
,
but
may
walk
in
the
Fear
of
the
Lord
all
the
day
long
,
with
a
Caution
not
so
apt
to
be
surpris'd
as
Dr.
Taylor
sayes
,
and
a
Faith
not
to
be
reprov'd
;
that
God
may
not
be
provok't
by
our
negligence
to
forsake
our
Assemblies
,
and
to
send
a
Curse
upon
us
instead
of
a
Blessing
;
we
may
then
come
boldly
to
the
Throne
of
Grace
through
his
Son
Jesus
Christ
,
and
expect
his
gracious
Assistance
.
To
this
man
will
I
look
(
sayes
God
by
His
Prophet
,
Isay
66.2
.
)
that
trembles
at
my
Word
:
Which
every
soul
must
necessarily
do
,
if
they
did
but
behold
the
Holiness
,
and
the
Authority
of
it
,
that
it
is
the
Word
of
the
great
God
.
He
that
reads
the
Word
as
the
Epistles
of
God
sent
down
to
the
World
,
cannot
but
have
a
great
Reverence
for
it
;
where
they
behold
it
as
the
Epistle
commendatory
,
that
shew
the
excellence
of
God
,
and
his
Letters
mandatory
,
that
charge
subjection
to
God
,
he
cannot
but
resign
his
will
obediently
to
every
part
of
it
.
It
will
be
the
bent
and
desire
of
his
Soul
to
be
obedient
in
all
things
,
when
he
takes
every
word
as
coming
from
the
Mouth
of
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
,
Then
he
lies
prostrate
before
the
Lord
,
his
Soul
bows
,
his
Heart
falls
low
,
before
the
Feet
of
the
Almighty
.
The
Word
by
how
much
the
more
it
is
considered
as
the
Word
of
God
,
so
much
the
more
awe
it
works
upon
him
.
Every
look
he
casts
upon
his
Bible
,
is
a
looking
into
Heaven
.
He
that
fears
God
,
fears
when
he
comes
to
Worship
,
reverences
his
Sanctuary
:
in
thy
Pear
will
I
Worship
.
That
which
works
this
Fear
,
is
,
that
he
looks
upon
the
Ordinances
and
Duty
of
Worship
,
as
The
Institution
of
God
:
And
his
Applications
unto
God
.
This
(
says
the
devout
Soul
)
is
that
which
the
Lord
hath
Sanctified
;
behold
his
Image
and
Superscription
,
here
he
hath
appointed
me
to
wait
,
and
to
meet
my
Soul
;
now
I
am
going
up
to
the
Mount
of
God
:
The
Mount
of
God
is
every
where
,
where
the
Worship
of
God
is
.
My
Soul
,
where
art
thou
?
I
am
before
the
Lord
of
the
whole
Earth
,
Put
off
thy
shooes
from
off
thy
Feet
,
the
place
whereon
thou
standest
is
Holy
Ground
:
I
am
before
the
High
and
Holy
One
,
the
God
of
all
the
Earth
,
and
upon
transactions
of
eternal
Consequence
,
to
do
my
Homage
to
the
everlasting
King
,
to
kneel
before
the
Lord
my
Maker
,
to
kiss
the
golden
Scepter
,
to
beg
my
Life
at
his
hand
,
to
behold
his
goings
in
the
Sanctuary
,
his
Wisdom
,
and
his
Mercies
,
and
his
Goodness
are
all
passing
before
me
.
How
dreadful
is
this
Place
,
this
is
none
other
than
the
House
of
God
and
the
Gates
of
Heaven
!
How
dreadful
is
this
Word
,
this
is
no
other
but
the
Word
of
God!
How
dreadful
are
these
Ordinances
,
they
are
none
other
but
the
Door
of
Glory
!
Tremble
thou
Heart
at
the
Presence
of
the
Lord
,
at
the
presence
of
the
God
of
Jacob
:
and
must
not
this
Holy-Day
imploy'd
thus
,
tend
much
to
our
eternal
Benefit
?
Will
not
God
command
his
blessings
,
upon
us
,
even
Life
for
evermore
?
it
must
be
so
,
because
Secondly
,
Holy
are
the
Days
set
on
part
by
God
,
on
purpose
for
Special
Communion
with
Him
;
the
Meeting
of
God
with
his
People
on
the
Sabbath-Day
,
is
like
the
Meeting
which
was
promis'd
to
Moses
,
Exod
.
25.22
.
Before
the
Mercy-Seat
,
there
will
I
meet
thee
,
and
Commune
with
thee
;
there
will
I
shew
thee
all
my
mind
,
and
hear
all
thy
requests
.
It
is
a
Day
of
Blessing
,
Thither
the
Tribes
go
up
to
Bless
the
Lord
,
and
there
he
comes
down
to
Bless
his
People
.
It
is
said
,
Gen.
2.
and
Exod
.
20.
that
God
blessed
the
Seventh-Day
.
God's
Blessing
that
Day
,
makes
it
a
Day
of
Blessing
,
a
good
Day
to
his
Saints
;
he
then
comes
to
them
in
the
fulness
of
the
Blessing
of
the
Gospel
.
As
God
makes
the
Clouds
his
Chariots
,
so
also
he
makes
his
Word
,
and
his
Ministers
and
his
Ordinances
his
Chariots
,
wherein
he
rides
down
to
give
the
World
a
Meeting
;
but
especially
upon
the
Sabbath-Day
,
which
was
set
apart
by
himself
for
his
Service
,
doth
he
principally
Manifest
himself
:
And
he
hath
promis'd
,
that
those
,
Who
thus
indeavour
to
order
their
Conversations
aright
,
shall
see
the
Salvation
of
God
.
When
Ministers
come
down
,
and
the
Word
comes
down
,
God
comes
down
in
them
to
visit
his
People
;
as
't
was
said
of
Paul
,
so
it
is
true
of
Apollos
and
Cephas
,
and
all
the
Dispencers
of
the
Gospel
:
they
are
chosen
Vessels
,
to
bear
his
Name
before
the
Sons
of
Men
;
and
as
they
are
the
Chariots
,
in
which
God
comes
down
,
so
are
they
also
Waggons
which
He
hath
sent
them
,
to
fetch
them
to
Himself
.
The
Saints
send
up
their
Hearts
in
their
Duty
,
their
Hearts
in
their
Prayers
,
in
their
Praises
to
God
.
Old
Israels
Heart
leap'd
when
he
saw
the
Waggons
which
Joseph
had
sent
.
Oh!
What
Love
doth
the
Psalmist
express
to
the
House
,
and
Court
of
GOD
:
How
amiable
are
thy
Tabernacles
?
I
was
glad
when
they
said
unto
me
,
Let
us
go
to
the
House
of
the
Lord
.
He
was
glad
to
go
thither
,
because
there
he
hoped
to
be
carried
higher
,
from
the
Mountain
to
the
Mansion
;
from
Mount
Zion
here
below
,
to
Jerusalem
which
is
above
.
It
is
their
Duty
,
and
the
Delight
of
Saints
to
be
ascending
Heaven-wards
:
As
they
are
Dead
with
Christ
,
they
are
Risen
with
Christ
;
and
it
is
not
with
them
as
they
would
,
till
they
are
ascending
up
with
Christ
.
They
are
Dead
with
Christ
by
Repentance
and
Humiliation
;
they
are
Risen
with
Christ
by
Faith
and
Sanctification
;
and
they
Ascend
with
Christ
by
Love
,
and
Holy
Affection
.
This
is
their
Chariot
of
Fire
;
a
Chariot
within
a
Chariot
,
that
through
Duties
and
Ordinances
Rides
up
,
in
its
own
Flames
,
to
the
God
of
Love
.
Or
if
you
will
,
the
Ordinances
of
God
are
our
Jacobs
Ladder
,
reaching
from
Heaven
to
Earth
,
by
which
Angels
descend
,
and
Souls
ascend
:
God
comes
down
,
and
Hearts
go
up
;
Praises
go
up
,
and
Blessings
come
down
.
Thou
hast
not
prov'd
what
an
Ordinance
means
,
what
Prayer
is
,
or
Preaching
is
,
or
Sacraments
are
,
that
hath
not
seen
God
coming
down
,
nor
felt
thy
Heart
Ascending
by
them
:
He
that
hath
felt
this
,
will
say
,
Here
let
me
dwell
;
let
others
be
where
they
will
,
amongst
their
Herds
,
upon
their
Beds
,
or
at
their
Cups
,
amongst
their
Harlots
,
or
in
their
Houses
;
it
is
good
for
me
to
be
here
.
We
should
not
think
this
Day
lost
;
but
shall
Long
till
we
have
leave
again
to
approach
unto
GOD
.
But
no
wonder
Christians
,
that
Carnal
Hearts
are
such
strangers
to
the
Word
,
can
so
well
set
out
at
Duties
,
and
can
want
Ordinances
;
Preaching
,
and
Praying
,
and
Sabbaths
,
they
can
spare
,
and
not
feel
their
want
:
What
wonder
!
What
is
God
to
Flesh
?
These
Chariots
would
carry
them
away
from
their
gods
;
carry
them
out
of
their
own
Countries
,
into
a
strange
Land
,
where
they
have
neither
Possession
nor
Acquaintance
.
But
Oh!
What
a
sad
wonder
is
it
,
that
Saints
should
go
up
so
often
into
the
Chariots
,
and
yet
be
got
no
nearer
Home
!
That
they
should
be
still
so
much
on
the
Earth
,
that
have
been
so
often
Mounted
for
Heaven
!
That
those
Hearts
should
still
be
on
the
Dunghil
,
whose
Feet
are
so
often
on
the
Mountain
of
the
Lord
!
That
the
Waggons
should
be
so
often
sent
down
,
and
go
Empty
,
scarce
an
Heart
sent
up
in
them
!
Yea
,
That
they
should
be
so
far
from
God
,
when
God
is
among
them
!
Where
's
your
Love
Christians
?
How
is
it
,
that
it
is
still
below
?
What
have
you
here
?
Your
City
is
above
,
your
Home
is
above
;
your
God
,
your
Jesus
,
your
Treasure
is
above
:
Oh!
How
is
it
,
that
where
your
Treasure
is
,
your
Hearts
be
not
also
?
Hear
from
God
,
and
not
God
with
the
Messenger
!
Send
up
to
Heaven
your
Eyes
,
your
Heads
,
your
Prayers
,
your
Complaints
,
your
Promises
,
and
still
leave
your
Hearts
below
!
Send
up
your
Hearts
to
Heaven
,
and
let
them
return
down
again
to
the
Earth
,
remain
Earth
,
and
Flesh
,
and
Filth
,
and
Vanity
,
after
so
much
converse
,
or
pretence
to
it
,
with
the
Holy
GOD
of
Spirits
!
Lovest
thou
God
,
when
thou
canst
go
so
often
where
He
is
,
and
not
care
to
see
Him
;
or
if
thou
meet
Him
,
canst
let
Him
go
without
a
Blessing
?
Or
if
He
Bless
thee
,
canst
go
presently
,
and
exchange
the
Fathers
Blessing
for
a
Mess
of
Pottage
;
canst
lose
a
Duty
in
a
Dinner
?
The
Comforts
,
and
Revivings
of
a
Sermon
,
of
a
Sacrament
,
of
a
Sabbath
,
in
an
Hours
Carnal
Converse
in
the
World
?
Did
we
Love
our
God
more
,
certainly
we
should
be
more
with
Him
,
and
to
better
purpose
:
His
Meetings
would
be
more
precious
,
and
the
Fruits
of
them
more
lasting
;
we
should
neither
go
away
without
his
Blessing
,
nor
throw
it
away
when
we
had
gotten
it
.
But
should
infinitly
value
these
gracious
Opportunities
and
be
mighty
thankfull
to
God
,
that
by
these
meanes
he
is
pleased
to
call
us
off
from
the
World
,
that
we
may
prepare
for
Eternity
.
Of
this
Sabbath
David
speaks
with
great
delight
,
sayes
he
in
Psal
.
118.
This
is
the
Day
which
the
Lord
hath
made
,
we
will
rejoyce
and
be
glad
in
it
.
And
in
Psal
.
111.
He
hath
made
his
wonderful
Works
to
be
Remembred
.
Those
that
Question
,
whether
the
first
day
of
the
week
be
the
Christian
Sabbath
;
Let
them
consider
,
what
day
since
the
Death
of
Christ
,
the
Lord
hath
exalted
above
all
dayes
,
that
they
can
with
most
confidence
say
,
This
is
the
day
which
the
Lord
hath
Blessed
.
On
what
day
was
the
Gates
of
Death
broken
,
the
Lord
Jesus
declared
to
be
the
Son
of
God
with
power
by
his
Resurrection
from
the
Dead
?
On
which
day
was
the
Spirit
of
God
most
signally
shed
abroad
,
on
the
Apostles
,
and
Primitive
Christians
,
in
those
Extraordinary
Gifts
,
whereby
they
were
made
more
capable
of
Publishing
the
Blessed
Gospel
to
the
Ends
of
the
Earth
,
and
in
that
special
grace
which
seized
three
thousand
Souls
in
one
day
,
Acts
2.
What
day
is
it
that
hath
been
honored
to
be
the
Birth-day
of
the
greatest
number
of
Saints
,
ever
since
that
hath
been
their
Feast
day
,
wherein
their
Souls
have
been
most
sensibly
Nourished
,
and
they
have
been
Increased
with
the
Increasings
of
God
,
Col.
2.19
.
What
meals
have
they
had
to
their
Lords-day
meals
,
what
joys
to
their
Lords-day
joys
?
Surely
if
this
may
determine
the
Question
which
day
is
the
Sabbath
of
the
Lord
,
the
day
which
of
all
others
God
hath
most
Blessed
and
made
a
good
day
;
The
Experiences
of
all
Christians
,
in
all
ages
would
bring
in
their
Vote
for
the
First
day
.
And
did
we
consider
it
,
we
should
go
into
his
Gates
with
thanksgiving
,
and
into
his
Courts
with
praise
;
we
should
be
thankful
unto
him
,
and
speak
good
of
his
Name
,
who
doth
give
us
hope
of
this
benefit
of
which
they
were
partakers
,
in
and
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
.
But
this
by
the
way
.
This
day
,
as
is
said
before
,
is
the
Rest
of
God
,
a
little
hence
let
down
to
us
on
Earth
.
God
calls
us
up
hither
,
as
he
called
Moses
up
to
Pisgah
,
to
give
us
a
view
of
the
promised
Land
.
The
Sabbath
is
hence
open'd
,
we
may
give
a
guess
,
at
the
Glory
to
come
,
by
those
glimpses
and
tastes
we
have
of
it
here
.
It
is
the
day
of
Interview
betwixt
the
Bridegroom
and
the
Bride
,
wherein
he
beholds
our
faces
,
and
shews
us
his
Love
,
wherein
he
comes
down
into
his
Garden
to
Eat
his
pleasant
fruits
,
and
we
behold
his
goings
,
the
goings
of
God
in
the
Sanctuary
.
The
business
of
this
day
is
to
look
into
the
Ark
of
the
Covenant
of
God
,
to
review
and
renew
the
Covenant-Transactions
betwixt
him
and
our
Souls
:
to
search
out
,
to
Contemplate
and
Admire
the
Mercies
and
loving
kindness
of
the
Lord
;
to
receive
the
overflowings
of
his
goodness
;
to
pour
forth
our
Souls
as
an
Offering
to
him
in
our
prayers
and
praises
;
to
give
and
receive
mutual
tokens
and
pledges
of
his
love
,
and
faithfulness
;
to
seal
to
our
fidelity
to
him
,
and
to
receive
farther
tokens
and
assurances
of
his
grace
and
good
will
to
our
souls
;
to
obtain
help
from
God
against
our
Enemies
,
the
Devil
,
the
World
,
and
the
corrupt
Lusts
of
our
Hearts
.
Hereby
we
may
execute
upon
them
the
Vengeance
written
,
and
upon
this
Mountain
ordinarily
is
the
Victory
obtained
,
There
brake
he
the
Arrows
of
the
Bow
,
the
Shield
,
the
Sword
,
and
the
Battel
,
Psal
.
76.3
.
Christians
,
have
you
ever
experimented
this
Sabbath-Communion
?
hath
the
Lord
God
appeared
thus
unto
you
,
hath
there
been
such
friendly
,
and
familier
intercourses
betwixt
him
and
your
Soul
?
Oh
how
contemptibly
hath
the
world
looked
on
that
day
!
But
Oh
what
dark
and
cloudy
dayes
are
our
Sabbath
dayes
ordinarily
to
us
,
the
Sun
not
once
appearing
it
may
be
for
many
dayes
together
!
No
wonder
our
Souls
are
so
Earth'd
all
the
Week
,
when
they
are
so
seldom
in
Heaven
on
the
Day
of
the
Lord
.
What
dry
Feasts
are
our
Sabbath-Feasts
;
rather
Fasts
than
Feasts
:
Real
Communion
with
God
is
a
strengthning
to
us
;
even
in
the
Day
of
God
Heaven
is
opened
,
but
our
Eyes
are
shut
:
God
comes
down
to
meet
us
,
and
to
Bless
us
;
but
our
Hearts
are
not
there
,
the
Brests
of
Consolation
are
full
;
but
we
have
no
skill
,
or
no
list
to
draw
at
the
Brests
;
we
come
to
the
Well
,
but
we
do
not
let
down
the
Bucket
;
we
stand
by
the
Pool
where
the
Angel
comes
down
,
but
our
Crippled
Souls
put
not
into
the
Waters
.
We
stand
without
,
in
the
outer
Courts
of
the
Lords
House
:
Our
Sabbaths
are
to
us
but
Figures
of
Sabbaths
;
the
Ordinances
of
them
are
to
us
as
Wells
without
Water
,
Lamps
without
Oyl
,
meer
shadows
of
good
Things
:
We
go
up
from
Week
to
Week
,
to
meet
one
with
another
;
but
how
seldom
do
we
see
God
in
the
Company
.
And
hereupon
it
is
,
that
Sabbaths
come
and
go
,
and
leave
us
still
as
we
were
;
the
Devil
may
well
enough
trust
us
with
such
Sabbaths
;
the
World
may
give
us
leave
to
go
thus
before
the
Lord
,
and
be
no
loser
by
it
.
Brethren
,
get
you
into
the
Inner
Courts
,
which
on
these
Days
especially
was
to
be
set
open
,
Ezek
.
41.
there
is
an
Entry
through
the
House
of
the
Lord
,
that
leads
into
the
Heart
of
the
Most
High
:
Get
you
into
that
Sanctum
Sanctorum
,
and
there
let
your
Rest
be
.
As
often
as
the
Morning
of
that
Blessed
Day
appears
,
get
your
Vessels
ready
,
and
go
you
forth
to
meet
this
Bridegroom
:
Open
your
Eyes
with
these
Thoughts
:
This
is
the
Day
which
the
Lord
hath
made
;
I
will
rejoyce
,
and
be
glad
in
it
:
Climb
up
betimes
,
and
let
every
Duty
be
a
Stair
,
by
which
you
may
Ascend
to
the
Lord
:
Let
divine
Contemplation
;
let
Prayers
,
and
Praises
,
&c.
be
your
Holy
Work
:
Let
the
Blessings
of
divine
Communion
be
the
whole
Expectation
of
that
Day
,
and
when
you
find
your
hearts
refreshed
with
his
presence
,
and
fill'd
with
the
Company
of
your
GOD
,
and
He
sends
you
away
,
laden
with
the
Tokens
of
his
Love
,
and
with
the
Impress
of
his
Face
upon
your
Hearts
,
and
the
Rellish
of
his
Goodness
fresh
upon
your
Pallats
;
when
you
thus
go
hot
out
of
the
Presence
of
the
Lord
;
then
you
will
learn
to
despise
the
Day
of
small
things
,
with
which
the
World
Entertains
you
.
Shall
I
forsake
my
Sweetness
(
saith
the
Fig-Tree
)
?
Shall
I
forsake
my
Fatness
(
saith
the
Olive
)
and
become
King
over
the
Trees
?
let
the
Bramble
take
that
honour
;
farewel
Dignities
and
Dominions
,
farewel
Pomps
and
Pleasures
,
sarewel
Houses
and
Lands
;
I
have
enough
,
I
have
seen
the
Face
of
God
.
Thirdly
,
It
is
a
Day
for
special
Provision
for
Souls
,
whereon
the
Lord
brings
forth
,
out
of
his
Treasury
,
the
spiritual
Provision
to
keep
the
Soul
in
Heart
Hunger-starv'd
Souldiers
are
but
poor
Fighters
;
they
are
the
weak
Souls
whom
the
World
hath
vanquished
.
Strength
and
Beauty
are
in
his
Sanctuary
,
Psal
.
96.6
.
Sabbaths
are
the
Souls
Market-days
;
Men
have
Market-days
,
whence
to
be
supplied
with
Necessaries
for
their
Bodies
;
and
on
this
Day
God
keeps
a
Market
for
Souls
;
he
hath
his
Milk
,
and
his
Honey
,
his
Wine
,
and
his
Oyl
,
his
Bread
,
and
his
Water
of
Life
;
and
on
this
Day
,
in
especial
,
he
makes
Proclamation
:
Ho
,
every
one
that
is
Thirsty
,
come
to
the
Waters
and
Drink
;
and
he
that
hath
no
Money
,
come
,
buy
,
and
Eat
;
yea
,
buy
Waters
and
Milk
without
Money
,
and
without
Price
,
as
it
is
in
Isa
.
55.1
.
The
Bread
which
comes
down
from
Heaven
,
though
it
is
to
be
had
every
day
,
yet
on
this
Day
more
plentifully
:
Our
week
days
may
,
in
their
Measure
,
be
all
Sabbaths
.
The
Jews
had
their
Corporal
Manna
on
their
six
days
,
but
none
on
the
Seventh
;
but
the
hidden
Manna
falls
more
thin
,
and
sparingly
on
other
days
;
and
on
this
Day
more
abundantly
.
They
were
to
gather
double
on
their
Sixth
Day
,
that
they
might
have
enough
to
supply
them
on
their
Sabbath
:
but
for
the
Spiritual
Manna
,
all
our
other
days
are
to
be
supplied
from
our
Sabbath
provision
.
A
Christian
that
is
not
fit
to
meet
the
Bridegroom
,
is
neither
fit
to
meet
his
Adversary
without
Oyl
in
his
Lamp
;
it
is
the
great
Commodity
that
is
set
to
sale
in
this
Market
,
Oyl
for
your
Vessells
;
come
bring
your
empty
Vessells
,
here
's
Oyl
to
fill
them
.
The
Ordinances
which
are
this
day
Administred
,
are
the
pipes
opened
;
these
golden
Pipes
,
by
which
the
golden
Oyl
is
emptied
forth
,
and
conveyed
down
from
the
living
Olive
,
Zech
.
4.
't
is
no
wonder
that
men
hunger
after
the
World
who
know
no
better
feeding
.
An
Asses
Head
,
or
a
Cab
of
Doves-Dung
,
are
of
great
price
,
where
there
is
no
Bread
.
't
is
for
want
of
Bread
that
Worldlings
can
make
such
a
Feast
of
their
Locust
and
wild
Honey
;
those
that
have
eaten
of
the
Hidden
Manna
,
will
not
Lust
for
Quailes
.
The
Worlds
Dainties
will
come
out
at
their
Nostrils
,
whose
Bellys
have
been
fill'd
with
this
hid
Treasure
.
Those
whom
God
hath
fed
with
his
green
Pastures
,
those
whom
God
hath
led
by
his
still
Waters
,
they
cannot
Live
in
these
salt
marshy
or
stubble
Fields
;
those
whose
Soules
God
hath
made
well
watered
Gardens
,
will
not
need
the
Pools
of
the
Wilderness
.
It
is
no
wonder
that
the
world
beats
us
,
when
we
go
for
many
days
together
without
making
one
good
meal
;
when
our
Souls
are
famished
into
weakness
,
then
are
we
our
Enemies
Prey
:
They
are
the
hungerstarv'd
Sheep
,
that
are
a
prey
to
Crows
and
Kites
;
if
Satan
can
but
keep
us
low
,
if
he
can
either
keep
the
Manna
,
from
falling
about
our
Camps
,
or
keep
us
Idle
when
we
should
be
gathering
it
,
he
may
then
lead
us
after
his
lure
at
pleasure
.
't
is
not
a
little
strength
that
will
suffice
us
against
his
great
Temptations
:
And
it
is
not
a
little
Bread
,
by
which
we
are
like
to
gather
any
great
strength
;
we
had
need
feed
well
,
if
we
will
be
strong
;
and
we
had
need
be
strong
,
or
we
shall
never
fight
well
.
A
Soul
that
uses
to
come
before
the
Lord
,
with
an
Appetite
that
feeds
hungrily
,
and
is
as
the
thirsty
Earth
,
that
drinks
up
the
Showers
that
come
oft
upon
it
,
whom
the
Lord
Satisfies
with
the
Fatness
of
his
House
;
You
may
turn
him
loose
to
the
World
,
the
Flesh
,
and
the
Devil
.
The
Life
of
God
within
him
maintain'd
by
Influences
from
above
,
will
much
secure
him
against
all
Assaults
.
Christians
,
know
your
Sabbath-Priviledges
,
the
advantage
of
Sabbath-Separation
,
Sabbath-Communion
,
and
Sabbath-Provision
;
Understand
your
Advantages
,
and
make
Advantage
of
them
.
Be
ye
separate
,
Remember
your
Creator
,
and
rest
from
your
Works
,
as
he
did
from
his
:
Remember
your
Redeemer
,
and
rise
from
your
dust
,
as
Christ
did
from
his
:
Let
this
Day
of
Resurrection
be
the
Day
of
your
Resurrection
,
and
Ascention
:
Let
Sabbaths
be
Sabbaths
indeed
,
Holy
to
the
Lord
,
and
wholly
his
;
divide
not
the
day
betwixt
Flesh
and
Spirit
,
God
and
Mammon
,
but
let
it
be
intirely
his
;
let
every
Duty
and
Ordinance
of
this
day
,
be
a
Communion
;
prepare
to
meet
your
God
,
and
go
up
to
meet
him
.
Seek
his
face
in
hope
to
see
his
face
;
see
and
love
,
see
and
rejoyce
,
see
and
admire
,
and
praise
him
in
his
Excellent
Greatness
;
hearken
what
the
Lord
God
will
speak
,
and
let
him
hear
your
voice
;
confirm
your
Covenant
-
Transactions
:
have
you
chosen
the
Lord
for
your
Portion
,
tell
him
you
stand
to
your
choyce
?
have
you
renounced
the
Flesh
,
and
the
World
,
promise
him
not
to
return
to
folly
?
have
you
made
the
Lord
your
trust
,
put
forth
fresh
acts
of
Faith
upon
him
?
look
up
to
him
,
lean
on
him
,
for
his
Righteousness
and
Strength
:
let
such
as
these
,
let
Faith
and
Love
,
Hope
,
Prayers
,
and
Praises
,
which
are
your
Stairs
to
the
other
world
,
and
your
Weapons
against
this
,
be
your
Sabbath-work
and
delight
.
Let
not
finer
Cloathes
,
and
better
Fare
;
Let
not
Idleness
and
Ease
,
no
,
nor
filling
up
a
Place
in
the
Congregation
,
be
the
only
difference
between
Sabbaths
and
other
dayes
,
but
this
better
Work
and
meat
for
Souls
.
Provide
against
the
dayes
of
Severity
,
against
the
dayes
of
Temptation
:
Let
not
the
Manna
fall
besides
your
Vessels
;
Let
him
that
hath
an
Ear
,
hear
what
the
Spirit
saith
unto
the
Churches
:
catch
at
every
Word
,
observe
every
look
of
your
Lord
upon
you
;
and
whatever
you
receive
,
lay
up
and
ponder
in
your
Hearts
.
Have
you
received
a
Check
or
Reproof
,
lay
up
your
Reproof
;
Have
you
received
a
word
of
Counsel
or
Instruction
,
lay
up
your
Instruction
.
Hath
he
spoken
Peace
to
you
,
lay
up
that
word
charily
by
you
,
and
whatever
Transactions
have
passed
between
the
Lord
and
your
Souls
,
keep
the
Records
;
and
when
you
go
forth
,
where
ever
you
go
,
carry
all
this
upon
your
hearts
,
that
when
ever
the
world
meets
you
again
,
you
may
be
thus
well
appointed
,
and
throughly
furnished
against
all
its
assaults
.
Brethren
,
put
hard
on
every
Sabbath
,
for
such
an
undisturbed
attendance
on
the
Lord
;
single
out
the
Lord
for
the
Object
of
your
whole
converse
;
Knit
your
Hearts
thus
to
him
;
Solace
your selves
thus
in
him
;
get
you
thus
elevated
and
raised
in
your
Spirits
,
from
Earthly
to
Heavenly
;
and
every
inch
of
ground
you
get
of
your
Adversary
,
maintain
it
carefully
from
Sabbath
to
Sabbath
.
If
this
were
seriously
Design'd
,
and
more
generally
Attempted
,
by
Christians
,
we
should
find
both
another
face
,
and
another
power
of
Christianity
in
the
Earth
:
the
children
of
the
Kingdom
,
would
be
more
visibly
differenced
,
from
the
men
of
this
World
;
and
both
the
guilt
and
reproach
of
Earthliness
and
Sensuality
,
be
wiped
off
from
the
Professors
,
and
Profession
of
the
Gospel
.
FINIS
.