is the working-time. A Christian hath no time to lie fallow:—“Work while it is called to-day.” There is ever some work to do,—either some sin to mortify, or some grace to exercise. “The night cometh, when no man can work.” A Sacrament day is the soul’s festival day; it flies to the ordinance on the wings of delight, like a dove to the windows. This ordinance, when partaken of in faith, hath glorious effects on the hearts of God’s children: it quickens their affections, strengthens
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