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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.
Secondly, If the heart be prepared it will do a great deal in a little time. In a Chron. 29. 36. it is said, That Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people that God had prepared the people; for the thing was done suddenly. The thing came off freely and suddenly when as that they were prepared: Hezekiah rejoiced, and blessed God for such a mercy as this was: It is a great mercy to have the hearts of people prepared unto a good work. And so in 2 Chron. 27. 6. the text saith, Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God. Jotham, he grew mighty by this. And so certainly the way to grow to be very strong & mighty, to be able to do a great deal in a little time, it is to make preparation, ⟨p. 53⟩there may be as much work done in one hour so, as in ten times so much time when the heart is not prepared for it. In Ezra 7. 10. you shall find that the reason is given why Ezra had such good success in his journey, it was, because he had prepared his heart. Make preparation for holy duties, and you shall have success in holy duties. There is a notable Scripture for that in Psal. 10. 17. where the holy Ghost saith, that God prepares the heart: And what then? when God doth prepare the heart, he doth then cause his ear to hear. There was never a prayer made wherein the heart was prepared for it, but that prayer was heard, they go both together; Lord, thou wilt prepare their heart, and thou wilt cause thine ear to hear; if God hath once prepared thy heart, thou wilt be sure to be heard then: Is it not worth a world for to know ones self to be accepted of God in every duty of Worship that we tender up to him? this one Scripture, Psal. 10. 17. will show it. Oh the excellency that there is in preparation to duty!
Secondly, If the heart be prepared it will do a great deal in a little time. In a Chron. 29. 36. it is said, That Hezekiah rejoyced, and all the poeple that God had prepared the people; for the thing was done suddenly. The thing came off freely and suddenly when as that they were prepared: Hezekiah rejoyced, and blessed God for such a mercy as this was: It is a great mercy to have the hearts of people prepared unto a good work. And so in