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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
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And further; This is to Sanctify Gods Wisdom, when thou comest into Gods presence, in thy greatest straights, deny thy own wisdom, come with a resolution to be guided by the Wisdom of God, in this manner, Lord, I know not how to order my steps, there is much folly and vanity in my heart, but thou art a God of infinite Wisdom, I come to thee for direction, and I profess here, I am willing to give up my whole Soul to be guided by thy wisdom. If every time we come to Worship God we came thus; Oh Lord, whatsoever our thoughts have been heretofore, yet if thou shalt but reveal thy mind to us, we will hearken to thee, Lord, we believe that thy Wisdom it is thy Self, and therefore we profess to give up our selves to thy Wisdom. Now this is to Sanctify the Name of God.
And further; This is to Sanctifie Gods Wisdom, when thou comest into Gods presence, in thy greatest straights, deny thy own wisdom, come with a resolution to be guided by the Wisdom of God, in this manner, Lord, I know not how to order my steps, there is much folly and vanity in my heart, but thou art a God of infinite Wisdom, I come to thee for direction, and I profess here, I am willing to give up my whol Soul to be guided by thy wisdom. If every time we come to Worship God we came thus; Oh Lord, whatsoever our thoughts have been heretofore, yet if thou shalt but reveal thy mind to us, we will hearken to thee, Lord, we beleeve that thy Wisdom it is thy Self, and therefore we profess to give up our selves to thy Wisdom. Now this is to Sanctifie the Name of God.
9. Consider the holiness of God; God is a God infinitely pure from all sin, and therefore when we come to Worship God, we must be ashamed of our holiness, as the Prophet in Isa. 6, when he heard the Seraphims cry, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts, he falls down and saith, Woe is me, for I am undone, because I ⟨p. 100⟩am a man of unclean lips. And is God a holy God? Then let me take heed when I come before Him, that I bring not with me a love to any sin, for the Lord hates it, and let me take heed that I do not cast dirt in the very face of Gods Holiness, but give up my soul to be ruled wholly by Him: