The Puritan George Swinnock encouraged his people to prepare their hearts on Saturday evening for Sunday morning worship:
"Spend some time in consideration of the infinite majesty, holiness, jealousy, and goodness, of that God, with whom thou art to have to do in sacred duties . . . thou canst not think the good thou mayest gain by such forethoughts, how pleasant and profitable a Lord's Day would be to thee after such a preparation. The oven of thine heart thus baked in, as it were, overnight, would be easily heated the next morning; the fire so well raked up when thou wentest to bed, would be sooner kindled when thou shouldest rise. If thou wouldest thus leave thy heart with God on the Saturday night, thou shouldest find it with him in the Lord's Day morning."
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