. A Rationale, or practical exposition of the Book of common-prayer. iion is the Thurfday following -> therefore thefeDays before are to be fpent in Prayers andFafting {Cone. Aurelian.) that fo the Fiefh beingtamed, and the Soul winged with Failing, wemay afcend with Chrift. The Gofpel is concerning Rogations, teach-ing us how to afk of God, fo as we may ob-tain, and withal foretells his approaching Afcen-fion. The Fail this Week is voluntary : For thereis no Fail commanded betwixt Eafter and Whit-funday, as hath been obferved before. The Service formerly appointed in the Ro-gation Days of
. A Rationale, or practical exposition of the Book of common-prayer. iion is the Thurfday following -> therefore thefeDays before are to be fpent in Prayers andFafting {Cone. Aurelian.) that fo the Fiefh beingtamed, and the Soul winged with Failing, wemay afcend with Chrift. The Gofpel is concerning Rogations, teach-ing us how to afk of God, fo as we may ob-tain, and withal foretells his approaching Afcen-fion. The Fail this Week is voluntary : For thereis no Fail commanded betwixt Eafter and Whit-funday, as hath been obferved before. The Service formerly appointed in the Ro-gation Days of Procefiion, was the ciiid andcivth Pfalms, with the Litany and Suffrages, andthe Homily of Thankfgiving. Artie. Eliz. in the7th Year of her Reign. The two Pfalms were tobe faid at convenient Places, in the common Per-ambulation : The People thus giving Thanks toGod, in the beholding of Gods Benefits, the In-create and Abundance of his Fruits upon theEarth. At their Return to Church, they wereto fay the reft of the Service mentioned, Eliz*4hjun. i8x5 \$s : A SCE N*. en the Common-Prayer. 119 Ascension-Day. HIS DaywasChrifts perfectTriumphover the Devil, Leading Captivity cap-ttie, Ephef. This Day he opened theKingdom of Heaven to all Believer s^ as wefay daily in the Te Deum. See John iii. i 3. Acts i&£. x. 1 p. His Flefh opened that PafTage,in that he deferred to enter there firil: For whenhe was taken up on high, then he opened theGates of Heaven ; fays Chryfoftom upon that Placeof the Hebrews. Therefore the Church appoints forthis Day the xxivth Pfalm : Lift up your He ads^O ye Gates, and be ye lift up^ Oye everlaftingDoors^and the King of Glory ft) all come in This Daygives us Hopes of Heaven, in that our Flefh inthe Firft-Fruits is thither afcended : For if Godhad not intended fome great Good to our Nature,he would not have received the Firft-Fruits upon high. Chrift taking the Firft-Fruits of ourNature, this Day carried it up to God, and bythofe Firft-Fruits
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