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For God in his holy wisdom has set such a divine mark upon this our Lord's day, that at once it reminds us of the greatest works of God, which either conduce to his glory, or his church's good; as, of the creation of the world in six days, when he rested the seventh, which specially is attributed to the Father; and of man's redemption by Christ, of whose resurrection this day is a remembrance, which is specially attributed to the Son; also of our sanctification by the Spirit, for that the observation of the Sabbath is a sign and means of holiness, which work is specially attributed to the Holy Ghost; lastly, of your and the church's glorification, which shall be the joint work of the blessed Trinity, when we shall cease from all our works, Heb. iv. 9, 10, and shall rest, and be glorious with the same glory which our head Christ has with the Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Do all these with delight, Psa. xcii. Isa. lviii. 13, raising up yourself hereby to a greater measure of holiness and heavenly-mindedness.

(4.) Motives to keep holy the Lord's day.

Do all this the rather because there is not a clearer sign to distinguish you from one that is profane, Exod. xxxi. 13, than this, of conscientiously keeping holy the Lord's day. Neither is there any ordinary means of gaining strength and growth of grace in the inward man, like this, of due observing the Sabbath, Ezek. xx. 12. For this is God's great mart, or fair-day for the soul, on which you may buy of Christ, wine, milk, bread, marrow, and fatness, Isa. lv. 1 - 4, gold, white raiment, eye-salve, Rev. iii. 18, even all things which are necessary, and which will satisfy, and cause the soul to live. It is the special day of proclaiming and sealing of pardons to penitent sinners, Acts ii. 38. It is God's special day of publishing and sealing your patent of eternal life. It is a blessed day, sanctified for all these blessed purposes, Exod. xx. 11.

Now, lest this so strict observance of the Lord's day, in spending the whole day in holy meditation, holy exercises, and works of mercy, excepting only necessary repasts, should be thought, as it is by some,