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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.
3. Thou mayest know it by this, wherein dost thou account the excellency of a duty to consist, either in thy self or others; Thou performest a duty, now (it may be) thy parts do act very lively, and to thy credit, and yet thy conscience tells thee that thy heart was straightened: Now canst thou rise up with joy because thou hast thy ends? At another time (perhaps) thy heart is more troubled, and broken: But thou doest not express thy self so much, then thou art discouraged. And when ⟨p. 88⟩thou seest another perform a duty, if thou seest but any failing in their expressions, thou pitchest upon that, and lookest upon it as a poor thing; thou art not able to see an excellency in holy duties, except there be an excellency of natural parts; but those that have the Spirit of God, they can find the Spirit of God acting in others, though they have not such natural parts.
3. Thou maiest know it by this, wherein dost thou account the excellency of a duty to consist, either in thy self or others; Thou performest a duty, now (it may be) thy parts do act very lively, and to thy credit, and yet thy conscience tells thee that thy heart was straightened: Now canst thou rise up with joy because thou hast thy ends? At another time (perhaps) thy heart is more troubled, and broken: But thou doest not express thy self so much, then thou art discouraged. And when ⟨p. 88⟩thou seest another perform a duty, if thou seest but any failing in their expressions, thou pitchest upon that, and lookest upon it as a poor thing; thou art not able to see an excellency in holy duties, except there be an excellency of natural parts; but those that have the Spirit of God, they can find the Spirit of God acting in others, though they have not such natural parts.
4. Those that are acted by their natural parts, in secret they are less enlarged, than they are before others a great deal. Their parts act much before others, But what is there between God and their own souls?