The Importance of the Sabbath
It is observable concerning Mary Magdalene, that she refused to anoint Christ’s dead body on the Sabbath day, Luke 23:56. She had before prepared her ointment, but came not to the sepulchre till the Sabbath was past. She rested that day from civil work, though it were a commendable and glorious work; the anointing of Christ’s dead body.
The Christian Soldier, or Heaven Taken by Storm
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Thomas Watson, The Christian Soldier, or Heaven Taken By Storm (New York: Robert Moore, 1816)