Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	christian_n	day_n	sabbath_n	11,845	5	9.8333	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44186	The father's new-years-gift to his son containing divers useful and necessary directions how to order himself both in respect to this life and that which is to come / written by the Right Honourable Sir Matthew Hale ; whereunto is added, divine poems upon Christmas-day.	Hale, Matthew, Sir, 1609-1676.	1685 (1685)	Wing H246; ESTC R40538	14,741	70

and to desire his Grace to inable you in some measure to walk answerable thereunto And that you ought to come as often as you can to the Sacrament and there renew your Covenant with and offer up your Thankfulness to God 9. That you ought to be very moderate in your Eating Drinking Sleeping and Recreations and that you ought to be very frugal of your Time and account it one of your best Jewels 10. Beware of Gaming and remember that it is one of the most certain and sudden Ways of consuming an Estate that can be and that it is a Vice which seldom goes alone but is visibly accompanied with all kinds of Debauchery and makes a Man of a wild vast and unsetled mind and impatient of an honest Calling or of moderate and honest Gain In the last place be sure that you make conscience of Sanctifying the Lord's Day and for your better direction therein observe 1. What is the Reason and Ground of your observation of this Day 2. What things ought not to be done upon that Day 3. What things may be done upon that Day And 4. What things ought to be done in order to the Sanctification of that Day I. As to the Reasons why you ought to keep and sanctifie the Sabbath they are these 1. It is a Moral Duty that since the glorious God gave you your time you ought to consecrate and set apart some portion of it to be spent in a special manner to his Service 2. Because God best knows what portion of time is fit to be peculiarly dedicated to his Service that so the morality of that time might be determined unto some certainty he hath by the Fourth Command limited one day in seven to be dedicated to him 3. This seventh portion of Time which God hath commanded us to set a part for him was both by his Precept and Example confined to the Seventh day from the Creation of the World till the finishing of the great work of our Redemption by the Lord Jesus Christ the Mediator of the New Covenant 4. But our Saviour Christ who is the Eternal Son of God blessed for ever and Lord of the Sabbath having fulfilled the work of our Redemption on the first day of the week translated the observation of the seventh day of the week to the first day which is our Christian Sabbath So that as our Christian Baptism succeeds the Sacrament or Circumcision and as our Christian Pascha the Sacrament of the Eucharist succeeds the Jewish Passeover so our Christian Sabbath the first day of the Week succeeds the old Sabbath of the seventh day of the week And that Morality which was by Almighty God confin'd under the Law to the seventh day is now under the Gospel transfer'd to the first day of the week and that which would have been moraly a violation of the morality of the fourth Command before the Death of Christ is a breach of that Command and a violation of the Christian Sabbath if done upon the first day of the week 2. As to what ought not to be done you must take this as a certain Truth that what is not lawful to be done on another day is much more unlawful to be done upon this besides which there are many things which are lawful to be done upon another day and some that are not only lawful but also fit and necessary to be done which yet must not be done upon this day such as following the works of our Callings Journeys Recreations and the like 3. What things may be done upon that day is a Question of great latitude in regard Mens Circumstances vary and renders that lawful to one man that is not so to another But yet things of absolute necessity either in respect of Man or Beast may always be done upon the Lords Day as the stopping the breach of a Sea Wall the supporting a house that by a sudden Tempest is like to fall down the pulling out a Beast that is fallen into a Ditch setting a broken Bone Administring Physick Milking of Cows feeding of Cattle the necessary dressing of Meat for a Family and many other things of that kind but yet therein great Care and Caution is to be used lest under pretence of Necessity you do what you please For 1. That is not necessity that excuses a work upon this day which might have reasonably been soreseen and done the day before 2. That is not necessity that may be forborn till to morrow without any absolute destruction or loss of the thing 3. Works of Charity as Relieving the Poor Administring Physick Visiting or Comforting the Afflicted Admonishing the Disorderly perswading Peace between Neighbours offend and endeavouring to compose differences which require not much examination or cannot well be deferred these are not only permitted but commendable upon this day and we are commanded to perform them 4. As for what is proper fit and necessary to be done in order to your Sanctification of the Lords Day be sure that you Conscientiously observe and practice the following Directions 1. Meddle not with any Recreations Pastimes or the ordinary work of your Calling from Saturday Night at Eight of the Clock till Munday Morning for although Saturday night be not part of the Sabbath yet it is fit you should then be preparing your Heart for it 2. Rise at least three hours before Morning Sermon and when you have made your self fully readys and fitted your self for Solemnity of the Day read two Chapters in the Bible and then go solemnly to your Private Prayer and desire of God his Grace to enable you to sanctifie his day and after that read another Chapter and let your read be with Attention Observation and Uncovered on your Head 3. When you are in the publick Worship and Service of God be uncovered all the time of Reading Praying and Preaching 4. Be very devout and serious at your Prayers and very attentive in hearing the Sermons and to prevent your mind from wandering you will do well to write the Sermon which will help to fix your Thoughts and make you listen to the Sermon with the more diligence and attention 5. Let your Deportment at Church be very serious and grave use no Laughing nor Gazing about nor Wispering unless it be to ask those by you something of the Sermon that you slipped in Writing 6. Joyn with the Church in all the solemn and publick Duties of the Day and Sing the Singing Psalms with the rest of the Congregation 7. After Forenoon Sermon eat moderately at Dinner rather sparingly then plentifully that so you may be fit for the Afternoons Exercise without drowsiness or dulness 8. After Dinner walk about half an hour in the Garden or in your Chamber to digest your Meat and then repair to your Closet and peruse your Notes or recollect what you can remember of the Sermon until it be Church time 9. If you are well besure you go to Church Forenoon and Afternoon and be