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Gospel-worship, or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in general and…
Gospel-worship, or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in general and particularly in these three great ordinances, viz. [brace] 1. hearing of the Word, 2. receiving the Lords Supper, 3. prayer / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being the second of the seven volumes lately published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]Gospel-worship, or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in general and particularly in these three great ordinances, viz. [brace] 1. hearing of the Word, 2. receiving the Lords Supper, 3. prayer / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being the second of the seven volumns lately published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1653
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. That in Worshipping of God, there is a drawing nigh to God.
1. That in Worshiping of God, there is a drawing nigh to God.
Quest. Why, is not God in every place?
Answ. Yes certainly, we can never be in any place but we are nigh to God, God stands by us, and looks upon us: It is not only when you are Worshipping of God that you are nigh Him, but when you sin against Him, when thou art swearing, profaning His Name, His Day, God stands and looks upon thee, thou art nigh Him: And it may be said or written upon every place, what was said of the City, in the last words of the Prophecy of Ezek. 48. 35. The name of the City was Jehovah Shamma, that is, The Lord is there, the Lord Jehovah He is there, He is present in this place: Oh that you would remember when you are in any place, that the Name of that place is Jehovah Shamma, The Lord is there, In him we live, we move, and have our being, therefore we are always nigh him: yea, but though we are always nigh God in regard of that essential presence of his, yet there is a more peculiar and special drawing nigh to God in the duties of his Worship, and that the Scripture seems to hold forth unto you. First I'll show you how the Scripture holds it forth, and then in what respect the Creature may be said to draw nigh to God in holy duties of Worship; for so it was here, they were coming to offer Incense.
Answ. Yes certainly, we can never be in any place but we are nigh to God, God stands by us, and looks upon us: It is not only when you are Worshiping of God that you are nigh Him, but when you sin against Him, when thou art swearing, prophaning His Name, His Day, God stands and looks upon thee, thou art nigh Him: And it may be said or written upon every place, what was said of the City, in the last words of the Prophesie of