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A85423	Dies Dominicus redivivus; or, The Lords Day enlivened or a treatise, as to discover the practical part of the evangelical Sabbath: so to recover the spiritual part of that pious practice to its primitive life: lamentably lost, in these last declining times. By Philip Goodvvin M.A. preacher of the Gospel, and pastour of the publike congregation at Watford in Hartford shire.	Goodwin, Philip, d. 1699.	1654 (1654)	Wing G1214; Thomason E1470_3; ESTC R208694	198,721	533

and debarred from the open liberties of the Lords day Yea when they are held and hindred from ordinary works of Gods worship God may more immediately and abundantly in the best comforts break in upon them As the Israelites when they were in the wildernesse and could not have comfortable crops from the earth God gave them Manna immediate from heaven but when they were come into Canaan if they would have a harvest they must mind their seed-time and plow and sowe in the season When Gods servants are settled where the means of Grace may be had and the work of Gods worship may be performed they must not think to have Spiritual comforts as Manna immediate from heaven Some upon the Sabbath they forsake the solemn worship of God and depart from the publick Ordinances of God and so are not in the Spirit on the Lords day Object In Spirit God himself is departed from the publick Assemblies and therefore mens forsaking of them hinders not from rheir being on the Lords day in the Spirit What prejudice can it be to forsake God-forsaken Ordinances wayes and means wherein God is not now to be found Answ Thus some have suggested to justifie their sinful separation for how can they make good their going from us if they grant that God is with us With what face can they forsake those Ordinances with which God himself is present Present is God in Spirit with publick Ordinances though Not sensibly at all seasons Nor savingly to all persons Nor effectually for all purposes 1. God in Spirit and the Spirit of God is in Ordinances present when not apparant He hath secret and undiscerned wayes of working This holy Spirit hath his hidden accesses unto the souls of men The dewes of divine grace they fall in small and insensible drops The seed of sanctifying grace is sowen by an invisible hand Great works are done by a deep and intimate energie of the Spirit of grace whereof no present notice is taken As Joseph by his servant put his silver cup into Benjamins sack when neither he nor any of his Brethren knew it Thus God by his Spirit puts sanctifying grace into the souls of men when not themselves much lesse others are able to perceive the same In the conversion of Saint Paul 't is said Act. 97. that they who were with him in his journey they heard a voyce but saw no man In the publick preaching of the Gospel the whole Congregation hear a voyce but do not see what secret works the Spirit of God hath in the hearts of men to promote their good And though the Lord is not ever appearingly present with publick Ordinances yet he hath not forsaken them God does never forsake his precious servants yet he is not alwayes with them sensibly present As at the pool of Bethesda people who desired a cure they waited for the moving of the water there being certain seasons when the Angel of God stirred in the same So there be some special seasons when the Spirit of God stirs in Ordinances and therefore thereon people must wait that would have a cure 2. Gods Spiritual presence it is with publick Ordinances though upon several they have no saving work Though divers under Gospel-dispensations be blinded hardened ruined Act. 19.8 9. Exod. 14. We find a cloud that cast darknesse upon the Egyptians so that it blinded them and brought them to run upon their own ruine yet with that very cloud God was present thereby giving light to the Israelites and leading them in the way to Canaan Nehem 9.12 1 Sam. 4. The Philistines having in a set battel worsted the Army of Isra●l the Elders of Israel cry●d out Let us fetch the Ark of the covenant i●to the field it may save us from the hands of our enemies And accordingly they caused the Ark of the covenant to be brought into the Camp But the Philistines fight and Israel was smitten with a very great slaughter and the Ark it self was taken yet the Ark 't was Gods ordinance and wi h it was Gods immovable presence as may appear by the plagues God inflicted upon the Philistines who carried the Ark captive It was a curse to them yet Gods own blessed appointment for his peoples profit The preaching of the Gospel it is to several a savour of death yet with the Gospel preached God is graciously present for the saving good of the souls of some 2 Cor. 2.16 Heb 4.12 The word of God it is a two edged sword it hath a killing edge and wounds some to death yet through God it hath a curing edge some being saved by the very Word which wounds them Christ himself who is a Corner-stone upon whom many a blessed building is raised yet he is a Rock of offence and a stone at which some stumble and fall and rise no more 1 Pet. 2.7 8. Notwithstanding God is never separated from his Son but abides with him for ever Joh. 16.32 3. In publick Ordinances God by his holy Spirit is present even unto all persons for some or other good purpose For the best highest purpose is God Spiritually present to some persons in the use of his Ordinances so that they are effectually wrought upon and brought in to grace and glory And surely where ever the net is cast out there are some fish to be caught and where the candle is lighted up there are some lost groats to be found though but few And as for other persons for other good purposes though of lower concernment is God in Spirit present so that though they are not by grace renewed yet they are through grace restrained Hence as Saint Paul complaines that he could not do the good he would So sinners they cannot do the evill they would Might good men have their minds they would be much better And might wicked men have their wills they would be far worse Hence men are not onely brought to forbear many things evill but drawn to do divers good things Thus Herod heard John Baptist gladly reformed much that was evill Josephus lib. 15. cap. 8. et 12 c. and performed many things good Mark 6.20 Josephus reports of this Herod many excellent things he did as acts of Justice acts of Fortitude acts of Liberality In the time of a famine how he caused all his vessels of Gold and Silver to be melted and therewith corn to be bought for the relief of the poore People under the preaching of the Gospell that are not effectually converted yet are ordinarily convinced have some Illuminations Inclinations Qualifications Commiserations Operations whereby others may have profit though themselves perish All which are the actings of Gods good Spirit and the evidences of Gods sure presence in the use of his Ordinance Let not any then say that God hath forsaken any of his administrations but let men rather reflect and fear lest themselves should be forsaken of God This was commendable in King Saul 1. Sam. 28.15 O sayes he The

the seventh day the Sabbath day the hearts and souls of Gods Saints are sub●ect to fall from those heatings and heightenings they then have in duties holy But then they struggle in holy heats of heart to rise higher and to fix faster Psal 108.1 O God my heart is fixed my heart is fixed Fixed and loosened and fixed again Warmed and cooled and kindled again so as that the fire is greater and flame hotter More abounding and abyding through the businesse of Gods blessed day Thus when Gods Spirit flowes in upon us and our spirits fall in with God so as with agility to act and with stability to be set in all sweet wayes of Sabbath-works This is Spiritually to spend the Lords day 2. The Motives that may incite all Gods Saints to such a Spiritual spending the Gospel-Sabbath may arise from things of two sorts observable viz. Some more antecedential and Some more consequential Arguments from things antecedent which may set all the servants of God upon a Spiritual passing this present day may be to consider Sabbath-ward these four things all which we find to be spiritually viz. The Ordainer of it The Ordinances in it The ends for it and The opposits against it 1. The Ordainer of this day the Lord Christ the things Spiritual concerning him we may discern by considering of him Both as he once was And as he now is 1. Christ the Lord of the Sabbath was Spiritual In his Conception and Birth In his Conversation and life In his Passion and death In his Resurrection from the dead And in his Ascension to heaven 1. Christ in his Conception and Birth was spiritual he being conceived of the holy Ghost in the womb of the Virgin ●nd the Angel said unto her The holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee therefore that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God Luk. 1.35 36. 2. Christ in his Conversation and life was Spiritual Lo the heavens were opened u●to him and the Spirit of God descending like a Dove lighted upon him Matth. 3.16 Joh. 1.32 His joyes were Spiritual Luk. 10 21. His words were Spiritual Joh. 6.63 All his wayes in the world both towards God and men were Spiritual Heb. 7.26 3. Christ in his Passion and death was Spiritual He through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God Heb. 9.14 Even when he was condemned in the world he was justified in the Spirit 1 Tim. 3.16 4. Christ in his Resurrection from the dead was Spiritual Rom. 1.4 He was declared to be the Son of God by the Spirit of holinesse in his resurrection from the dead Rom. 8.11 If the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus dwell in you c. Christ put to death in the flesh but quickened in the Spirit 1 Pet. 3.18 5. Christ in his Ascension to heaven was Spirituall As he went up to God by a Spiritual assistance so upon a Spiritual design viz. to send down the holy Spirit of promi●e Joh. 16.7 It is expedient for you that I go away for if I go not away the Comforter the Spirit of truth will not come unto you but if I depa●t I will send him unto you which we find fulfilled Act. 1. Act. 2. 2. Christ the Lord of the Sabbath he is Spiritual Both in his positive condition And in his Relative transactions Considered in himself according to his glorified estate he is all Spiritual His blessed body is now brought beyond all humane infirmities filled with beauty clarity agility impassibility immortality through the eternal Spirit In his humbled estate he was endowed and adorned with the Spirit what then in his honoured estate God gave him then the Spirit not by measure Joh. 3.34 O what immense and immeasurable fillings of the Spirit were in a crucified much more in a glorified Christ Such an infinite fulnesse of the Spirit is fixed in Christ whereby he is compleately fitted to the perfect performance of all his excellent offices Yea and Christ in his actings is now every way Spirituall Both in what he does with God for men And in what he does with men for God With God for men Christ hath his Spiritual exercise Christs acting as an Advocate with the Father 1 Job 2. His appearing and pleading our cause in the presence of God Heb. 9.24 His making Intercession at the right hand of God Rom. 8.33 As this is founded in the sufficiency of his Merit So it is performed by the efficiency of his Spirit As a meer man Christ does not manage his Mediatorship with God but Christ in Spirit presents unto God the Father for his members His deserts and His desires Both what for his people he hath purchased and what to his people God hath promised that they may perfectly possesse Joh. 17.21 23 24. And with men for God Christ acts all Spiritually As Christ executes his Priestly office in heaven So he fulfils his Prophetical and Regal office on earth in a way of Spiritu●l working As with Ordinances by the Spirit does Christ teach So by the Spirit with officers does Christ govern As his Kingdom is Spiritual which he governs So his government is spiritual of his Kingdome It is through the Spirit that Christ does such great things in our dayes as it was through the Spirit that Christ did so many good things in the dayes of his flesh Being anointed with the holy Ghost he went about d●ing good Act. 10.38 He now sits on his throne in heaven yet by the holy Ghost he transacts manifold and marvellous things on earth By the Spirit he writes his Law in the hearts of his people and rules his people by the Law in their hearts Leads his flock in the way they should walk and Feeds his flock as they walk in the way c. Thus Christ the Lord of the Sabbath is Spiritual And shall not we be Spiritual in the Sabbath of the Lord 2. The Ordinances in the Lords day are Spiritual likewise Go through all the appointments of God that are for this dayes exercise Are they not Spiritual If we seriously consider things that concern The Word Prayer Sacraments Singing of Psalmes Collections for the poor c. Are they nor all duties to be spiritually done Doth not Both the precepts of God binde us hereto And the practise of the binde us hereto Godly 1. For the Word As it is of a Spiritual nature So it is in a Spiritual manner to be managed Both on the Ministers and On the peoples part Every part of Gods precious Word is Spiritual The Law is Spiritual Rom. 7.14 The Gospel that is Spiritual Rom. 1.11 Yea because the Law in Spirituality comes short of the Gospel the Gospel in glory out-goes the Law As it is excellently opened 2 Cor. 3.6 7 8. They that preach the glorious Gospel that is so surpassingly Spiritual must endeavour to do it in the evidences and efficacies of the Spirit

in Preparing Declaring Conferring Confirming All are spiritual Christ the hidden Manna for the heart and the hidden Man it self of the heart which God makes ready by causing hungring humble and holy Desires by quickening Graces calling up all Divine qualities abilities c. That presenting and setting forth Christ as Shew-bread on the Table evidencing and opening Christ his Wounds his Worth c. That giving Christ his Body to be eat and his Blood to be drunk that is meat indeed and drink indeed whole Christ given out c. That settling soules in the assurance of his love so as they may proceed in the paths of Piety and Peace Are not all these spiritual Acts What we are to do in Remembring Discerning Applying Imploying All are spiritual To remember Christ cruc fi●d by Meditation to look back on the bitter sufferings and bloody death of our blessed Lord till the heart be warm'd and wound up To discern Christ so as that the outward Elements are as bright Glasses and broad Lattices through which we see the Lord looking and behold the Bounty of his Goodnesse and Beauties of his Holinesse To apply Christ so as to take and eat not barely the bread of the Lord but also the Bread which is the Lord. Potiphar's wife had the Garment but Joseph himself fled from her The Elements are but the garments 't is Joseph himself and Jesus himself that we apprehend To imploy and make use of Christ so as to go from the Table of the Lord in the power of the Lord and strength of his might meet for all managements In these spiritual actings lyeth the life of the Lords Supper 4. For singing of Psalmes This is a spiritual service Ephes 5.18 19. Be filled with the Spirit Speaking to your selves in Psalmes and hymns and spiritual songs singing and making melody in your hearts unto the Lord Coloss 3.16 1 Cor. 14.15 I will sayes the Apostle pray with the Spirit and pray with the understanding also I will sing with the Spirit and I will sing with the understanding also Luther was wont to make a large and lively use of the Psalmes of David Johan Manl. loc Com. Pag. 43. According as he had his several sufferings he had his suitable Psalmes Having been under Satans sad Assaults Come sayes he to some company about him Let us go sing the 130 Psalm in despight of the Devil A precious Minister once in England now with God being upon the waters with some friends in a Boat Come sayes he let us sing the 16 Psalm And when they had pass'd through those words Of perfect joy are in thy face And pleasure for evermore His spirit so wrought and heart so leap'd that he affectionately broke out What pleasure for evermore O let us sing that again Nicepho Hi● Eccles lib. 3. ca. 37. History speaks much of the zeal of the Primitive Christians how by singing of Psalmes they were wont to make hard work seem easie and long journeys appear short and bitter cups taste sweet In all their Travels and Troubles Doubts and dark conditions they use to ease themselves and chear their soules by this heavenly service which they spiritually performed however now sinfully slighted 6. Collections for the Poor This is also a Duty to be spiritually done Both Pondering And Pitying Persons in Poverty Pondering and considering such as are in a poor condition Psal 41.1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor and the needy Not onely relieves them with his hand but layes their case to heart Considers the poor The ground of their poverty whether it be good whether that it be from Gods hand upon them or mens hands against them for Gods sake The degree of their poverty whether that it be great Considers the poor and needy That is such as are miserably poor needinesse noting extream poverty Quanta nobis paupertas imò egestas Seneca Epist ad Lucillum A good man so considers this as according to the poores Necessity he proportions his Charity To help he does not onely reach out his hand but drawes out his heart If thou draw out thy soul to the Hungry Esay 38.10 With Bowels of Pity compassionating persons in their impoverished condition There is little of this Duty done except with the bounty and contributions of the hand there goes the Pity and compassions of the heart 1 Cor. 13.4 If I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and ha●e not chari●y 't is nothing Liberal al●es are nothing without a fpirit of love Love to Christ and love to men as the members of Christ herein lyes the life of liberality This is spiritual 6. Inflicting of Censures This is also to be done Both with a spirit of zeal against the offending person And with a spirit of love unto the person offending There ought to be anger and grief against the scandal of the man and yet compassion and love towards the man that is scandalous 1 ●or 5.2 3. Ye have not mourned that he which hath done this deed be taken from among you I verily as absent in body but present in spirit have judged concerning him that hath done this deed In the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ when ye are gathered together and my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ To deliver such to Satan for the destruction of the flesh yet with affections to the soul That the Spirit may be saved in the day of our Lord Jesus This casting out must have a spiritual carriage and be upon spiritual accounts Thus all the businesse that belongs to the Lords day is and ought to be spiritual 3. The ends for which the Lords day was appointed are also spiritual Whether we consider The end primary viz. The glory of God or The end secondary viz. The good of man And these are to be our spiritual aims in Sabbath-times that the Lords gracious ends and ours may suite 1. Sabbaths are seasons set apart for the exalting the glory of God Both in his spiritual being And in his spiritual working That the glorious being of God blessed for ever might the better be set out the Sabbath was set up Although there is no day wherein we can add any glory to God yet on this day does God open much of his glory to us Apud Persas persona regis sub specie Majesta tis soc●u litur c. Justin lib. 1. Historians report that it was a great part of the pomp of the Persian Kings that they were seldom seen but upon some very high dayes they use to shew themselves to their people in their most Princely attire when they were so much the more admired and adored The Sabbath is that high and holy day whereon God so shewes himself to his servants in his garments of glory that they are made much to admire and adore him who at other seasons is more conceal'd Our Saviour after his resurrection and begun glorification still took this day to discover