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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 2009-08 edition. Excerpt: ...public and private duties, then sanctify it by entering into thy closet. and there unbosom thy soul before God in secret prayer, spread thy requests before him, lay open thy wants and desires. And though, perhaps, thou art not gifted to word a prayer, yet sigh and groan out a prayer; for thy God hears thee, and he understands the language of sighs, and knows the meaning of his Spirit in the inarticulate groans of his children. Here likewise in secret meditate on what thou hast heard; admire the glory of God in his works, the goodness of God in his providences, the infinite mercy of God in his promises. Certainly, meditation is one great duty of a Sabbath, without which, to hear the word of God only, is but to swallow our meat without chewing it. It is meditation that makes it fit for nourishment; this sucks the juice and sweetness out of it, incorporates it into us, and turns it into life and substance. Thus if we endeavor to sanctify the Lord's day, the Lord will sanctify his day and his ordinances to us, and by them convey so much joy and comfort into our souls that they shall be a temporary heaven unto us, and fit us for that eternal Sabbath, where wft shall continually give praise and glory unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb for ever and ever. INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND TABLE. The whole sum of practical religion consists either in those duties which immediately concern the worship and service of God, or those which immediately concern oui converse with and demeanor towards men. Both are compendiously prescribed in the Decalogue: the former in the first, the latter in the second table of the law. I have already finished the exposition of the four precepts of the first table, and have discoursed both concerning the...

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