A30585:245
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.
Leviticus, 10. 3. I will be Sanctified in them that come nigh me.
WE proceed. The next thing therefore for the behaviour of the soul in the sanctifying Gods Name in Worship, is this:
WEE proceed. The next thing therefore for the behavior of the soul in the sanctifying Gods Name in Worship, is this:
When we come to Worship God, if we would sanctify Gods Name, we must have high thoughts of God; we must look upon God as he is upon his Throne, in Majesty, and in Glory; as in Isa. 9. 1, 2. you shall find, that the Prophet saw the Lord upon his Throne: It is an excellent thing when all who come to worship God, every time they come to worship Him, have their eyes darted up to Heaven, and behold the Lord God sitting in his Glory upon his Throne: So you shall find in Rev. 4. the 24. Elders that worshipped God, they saw him upon his Throne in his Glory, and so they worshipped him; they worshipped God to purpose (indeed) when they saw the Lord in that Majesty as he was. We should at all times have high thoughts of God: take heed of having low thoughts and apprehensions of the infinite Majesty of God at any time, but especially when thou art to worship the great God, then look upon the Lord in that infinite distance that there is between him and thy self, yea, that infinite distance that there is between him and all creatures in the world, look upon the Lord as lifted up in glory, not only above all creatures, but above all excellencies that all Angels and Men, in Heaven and Earth are able to imagine: Look upon the Lord as having all Excellencies in Himself, joined in one, and that immutably; look upon him as the Fountain of all excellency, good, and glory that all creatures in the world have: and look upon the Lord every time thou comest to worship him, as that God whom Angels do adore, and before whom the Devils are forced to tremble; behold him in this his Glory, and this will help thee to sanctify his Name when thou comest to him.