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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. First, By blasting those that do worship him thus in a formal way: It shall at first be secret, but afterwards it will appear more apparently, and we see it by experience, that such as have been Professors of Religion, and worship God in hypocrisy, and in formality, they have been blasted in their parts and common gifts.
1. First, By blasting those that do worship him thus in a formal way: It shall at first be secret, but afterwards it will appear more apparantly, and we see it by experience, that such as have been Professors of Religion, and worship God in hypocrisie, and in formality, they have been blasted in their parts and common gifts.
The Judgment of God upon Nadab and Abihu that did not Sanctify Gods Name, it was secret at first; It struck them dead, and though by fire, yet if you read the story, you shall find that their clothes were not burnt, and yet they were burnt in their bodies: So the Lord sometimes doth blast men inwardly in their Spirits, in their Souls, in their Parts, in their common Gifts; He blasts them (I say) inwardly though it doth not appear outwardly, yet at length it will appear before men that they are blasted; and in these times of the Gospel the Lord doth come with spiritual judgments rather than with outward temporal judgments. In the time of the Law, those that did not Sanctify the Name of God in holy duties, the Lord did appear by some external and visible way upon their bodies; but now in the time of the Gospel, there God comes with more spiritual judgments upon mens souls, and those are the most terrible judgments: We have a notable Scripture for this in Isa. 29. 13. How God doth blast those that do not sanctify his Name in holy duties. Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear towards me is taught by the Precepts of men: Mark what follows: Therefore behold I will proceed to do a marvellous work amongst this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. What do they come and draw near me with their lips, and their hearts are far from me, and do they worship me in a formal way? I'll take away the wisdom from the wise, and the understanding from the prudent: And that is the reason why so many great Scholars are blasted in their very Parts, because they would worship God according to the precepts of men, in a formal way; and so all Hypocrites, and formal Worshippers, the Lord doth blast them in one way or other; the judgments of God upon the spirits