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A65408	The practical Sabbatarian, or, Sabbath-holiness crowned with superlative happiness by John Wells ...	Wells, John, 1623-1676.	1668 (1668)	Wing W1293; ESTC R39030	769,668	823

the Apostles with an unusual elegance ●f speech to captivate their auditours to the obedience of the Gospel and to prognosticate these rare gifts which being heated with the fire of divine zeal should fecundate and sublimate the succeeding Church but when was this unusual illapse and descent of the holy spirit Why it was on the first day of the week to put a fairer print upon the seal of our Christian Sabbath A blessed bargain was here made between Heaven and Earth 3. Scientiae lumen est et author spiritualis intelligentiae Bern. To triumphing Saints was given the corporal presence of Christ to militant Saints was sent the visible efflux of the spirit surely that cannot hut be a holy day wherein the holy Ghost came down And this is another indelible mark of honour which Christ hath fixed on the first day of the week Concludimus ergo diem hunc primum septimanae ab Apostolis Sabbatho fuisse institutum et ecclesiae commendatum non tantùm potestate ordinariâ qualem omnes pastores habent sed potestate singulari tanquam ab iis qui in universam Christi ecclesiam irspectionem habuerunt et quibus tanquam extraordinar●is ministris Christi concreditum est ut fideles essent Wal. our Christian Sabbath this was his royal gift when he came to heaven such a princely largess such a glorious donation as was never given before but when God gave his own Son God so loved the world that he gave his Son John 3. 16. And Christ so loved the world that he gave his Spirit And as Christ was given according to the fullness of the Promise so was the holy Ghost given And Christs resurrection and the spirits descention were both upon the first day of the week On this day then the Church was visited from on high the promise of the Father was sent Acts 1. 4. The blessed spirit came the Disciples were assembled thousands were converted as a hansel of the spirits power and a fruit of the spirits descent and why was the Church assembled on that day why the holy Ghost descended why preaching why conversion and administration of Sacraments why the promise of Christ accomplished and all on this very day But still to declare the will and ordinance of Christ blessing and sanctifying this day to the Church and so marking it out for solemn and weekly worship as a day in all its prerogatives superlative to all other dayes the day of our Saviours resurrection by which we are justified the day of the holy Ghosts descention by which we are sanctified The learned Twisse observes That Dies dominicus est Traditio vere Divina et ab Apostolis spiritu dictante instituta Beza as at the first the holy Ghost descended on the Apostles upon our Sabbath day so stili the same spirit descends ordinarily on the same day upon his faithful Ministers in the dispensation of the Word and administration of the Sacraments and in the puting up of prayers to the most high for the sanctifying and edifying the body of Christ even the Church of God The day of Christs Ascension he departed from the Apostles as touching his presence corporal but on the day of Pentecost Christ came down upon them as touching his presence spiritual and so be doth still in our Sabbath exercises though not in an extraordinary manner yet no less effectually to the edification and sanctification of our souls And here I cannot omit a rare speech of the incomparable Bishop of Armagh At the time of the Passe●●e● saith he Christ our Passeover was sacrificed for us 1 Cor. 5. 7. and lay in his grave the whole Sabbath following so on the morrow after the Sabbath when the sheaf of the Bishop Vsher in his Learned Letter to Dr. Twisse p. 91 92. first fruits was offered to God Christ arose from the dead and became the first fruits of them wh● slept many dead bodies of the Saints who s●ept arising likewise after him from whence was the count taken of the seven Sabbaths or fifty dayes and u●●n the m●rr●w after the seventh Sabbath which was our L●rds d●y was that fam●us feast of weeks the day of Pentecost Numb 28. 2. spoken ●f Acts 2. 1. Vpon which day the Apostles having Exod. 34. 22. themselves re●eived the first fruits of the spirit beg●t three Jam. 1. 18. thousand s●uls by the word of Truth and presented them as Rev. 4. 14. the first fruits of the Christian Church to God and unto the 1 Cor. 15. 20. Lamb And from that time forward doth Waldensis note Mat. 27. 52 53. That the Lords day was observed in the Christian Church and was su●stituted in the place of the Jews Sabbath Thus far Sicut pascha typus e●●t Christi sic pan●s ●●●mi sunt typus Christianorum eorum scil innocentiae p●r●tatis Alap the famous Vsher And to wind up this particular the Holy Ghost being sent down among the Disciples in an eminent manner was the special benediction of this day to such solemn ass●mblies to teach them and the succeeding Church when and on what day they should more especially expect the sweet illapses and effectual descents of Gods holy and most blessed spirit The Lords day was kept and sanctified by the practice of the h●ly Apostles Now the blessed Apostles were men intimately Praecipua regiminis ecclesiastici cura Apostolis deputata est quorum unus quisque 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Deinde speciali authoritate ad ecclesiam cujus f●ndamenta jacere Apostolicae dignitatis est ex pr●misc●â omni● g●nti●m multitudi●● 〈◊〉 Christus e●s misit 〈…〉 sp s gratiâ ab●nd●nte ad ministerium sibi à domino commendatum erant instructissimi ut 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 veritatem Evangelii praedicarent acquainted w th the secrets of Christ being most of them trained up in his School and personally conversant with him after his Resurrection besides they had immediate inspiration from him and auth●ritative mission to manage the publick affairs of the Church Our Saviour gave them their credentials to preach in his name and to act as his substitutes as if he himself had been personally present John 20. 21. Luke 10. 16. Mat. 28. 19 20. 2 Cor. 5. 19 20. Neither doth this extend only to verbal preaching but to visible preaching also I mean their practice at least in things Evangelical Moral and of general and perpetual concernm●nt to the Churches of Christ otherwise why is their practice propounded as a pattern Phil. 3. 17. Phil. 4. 19. 1 Cor. 11. 2. 1 Thes 2. 14. Now these blessed Apostles met for solemn worship on this day our Christian Sabbath so Acts 20. 7. And upon the first day of the week when as the Disciples came together to break bread Paul preached unto them ready to depart on the morrow and continued his speech until midnight Now the full discussion and ventilation of this solemn text will give

did not rein in the Wolves and put bounds to their brutish severity Fifthly God gives daily testimonies of his love to and care over his people He commands the Earth to nourish and sustain their outward man God provides flocks for Abraham Corn for Jacob and his Family and the Son Joseph Psal 24. 1. Gen. 42. 25. Exod. 16. 13. Exod. 17. 6. 1 Kings 17. 4 6. shall help to support the Father Nay rather than want shall befall his people he will fetch water out of the Rock shower down Manna send Quailes from Heaven prepare a Table in the Wilderness The Empty cruse shall 1 King● 17 14 be filled to support the Prophet and the Ravens shall dish in provisions for Elijah And God doth not only feed his people with bread that perisheth John 6. 27. but with that Neque corpori neque animae ullâ in parte deest Deu● è terrâ nutrit corpora è coelis animas verbo spiritu donis innumerabil bus which endureth to Eternal life The Saint lives not by bread only but by every word which proceedeth out of the mouth of God Mat. 4. 4. God feeds the weak Saint with milk the sincere milk of his word 1 Pet. 2. 2. and those who are grown to a higher stature in Religion he gives stronger meat to O blessed care of the great Jehovah towards his dear and precious people Are they sluggish he excites them to work Are they insolent he presently humbles them If Jesurun wax fat and kick he turns them out of Canaan which was both their Granary and Dairy Do they indulge sinful desires God mortifies them and as the Gardiner prunes the Vines weeds the Banks and waters the Cant. 4. 16. flowers of the Garden to cause it to flourish so God visits his people with the North-wind of affliction and with the South-wind of grace and favour that its spices may flow out that his Church may bud and blossom with happiness and prosperity But to wind up this particular so tender and passionate is God in his providence towards his people that he fixes his Church upon a rock Mat. 16. 18. that it may be unmoved and unshaken He leaves heaven to come down to visit it and to lay down his life for it John 10. 11. And after John 10 11. a little time he returns to glory again but he will not leave them comfortless John 14. 18. but sends the Infinitae s●nt promissiones innumera exempla quibus apertissimè demonstratur quanta si● providentia quâ suo● regit elect●s Deus nihil ut sit certius quam ecclesiam imprimis maximae curae esse Deo Comforter in his room John 14. 16. as his Delegate to refresh and sanctifie his people Now he is in glory he commissionates his Angels to be the guard of his believing ones Heb. 1. 14. and to Minister to their necessities He leaves his promises to be his bond and security to his Saints that their trembling faith may have something to stay upon 1 Cor. 1. 20. He vouchsafes his Ordinances to be marrow and fatness to them Psal 63. 5. for their comfort and revival And least those Ordinances should be dry breasts and barren wombs he promises his presence to enliven and fructifie them Mat. 18. 20. And if his people fall into persecution he will give them interest for their sufferings They Mat. 19. 29. shall have a hundred fold for the present Mat. 19. 29. And if the pension be so large what will the portion be And his Angels shall not only watch over them but God will take care of them himself he will not suffer their foot to be moved Psal 121. 3. Not a foot the lowest member of the body and not moved it is not said not broken but not moved Zach 2. 8. He will keep his people as charily as the apple of his eye Isa 63 9. Zach. 2. 8. If they be over-taken with afflictions he will be in the fire and the water with them Isa 43. 2. Nay so tender is Christ to his people they must not disturb themselves Mat. 6 28. with any care that hair in the eye of the soul which makes it water and is so troublesome 1 Pet. 5. 7. and it is Phil. 1. 29. not to be over-passed God pours his spirit on his people John 14. 26. and his people must cast their care upon God a rare Joel 2. 28. change God sheds his blessings on them and they cast Psal 55. 22. their burdens upon him Psal 55. 22. And to conclude if any attempt their hurt They kick against the pricks Acts 9. 5. And every wound is struck at Jesus Christ Acts 9. 4. All their injuries are reflexions upon himself Gods providence is not only extended to precious Saints but even to the vilest sinners He keeps their breath in their nostrils Isa 2. 22. God sustains and supports them those Vipers fasten upon the hands of providence and it is often a Acts 28. 3. long time before he shakes them off into the fire Psal 64. 8. First He fills their belly with his hid treasure Psal 17. Acts 4. 27 28. 14. He sends the Prophet to anoint Jehu 2 Chron. 22. 7. Gen. 6. 7. and Hazael 1 Kings 19. 15. God kept cursed Cham in the Prov. 8. 15. Ark. He set the Crown on Nebuchadnezzars head Bad as well as good Kings reign by God by his permission and constitution Rom. 13. 1 2. Secondly As God gives wicked men temporal blessings as he is the Author of their possessions so he is the Over-ruler Lam. 2. 16 10. of their actions God bid Shimei curse for the humbling of David He calls Nebuchadnezzar out of Babylon to lead his Jer. 4. 6. people into Captivity Jer. 4. 6. He checkt Laban that he could not vent his rage and enmity against Jacob he curbed him in and restrained him Gen. 31. 24. he must hush Gen 31. 24. and not speak a distastful word to him It was of God that Judas did act so treacherously the Pharisees so blasphemously the Jews so inconstantly and the Souldiers so cruelly against Jesus Christ Acts 2. 23. Herod murders the innocents and in it fulfills a Prophecy Mat. 2. 28. The Romans destroy and burn Jerusalem and so fulfil what was foretold by holy Daniel Mat. 24. 15. Thirdly God doth not only over-rule the actions but the words of wicked men Balaam that cursed Miscreant shall pronounce a glorious prophecy concerning Jesus Christ Numb 24 17. Numb 24. 17. And Caiphas unawares shall foretell Christs death the meritorious cause of Mans felicity John 11. 50 51. He spake not as byassed by his own judgment but as over-ruled by Divine Providence Though Princes wear their Crowns on their heads yet their hearts are in Gods Prov. 21. 1. hand Fourthly And God doth not only over-rule the actions Impii sunt vasa irae ●daptata ad