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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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2. Possess your hearts likewise with this Consideration, That I come to hear the Word as an Ordinance appointed by God to convey Spiritual good to my soul, and this is a very useful consideration, and especially it concerns men of understanding and parts for the helping of them to hear. For men that are of understanding and parts, when they come to hear, this temptation is ready to come upon them, that except they hear some new thing that they did not understand before, wherefore ⟨p. 167⟩should they come? I am able to understand as much in such a point as can be said: And when I have come and heard many times, I have heard but that I knew before, and upon that they think there is no use of coming to hear: Now this is a great mistake; when you come to hear the Word, you do not come always to hear what you did not know, it may be sometimes God may dart in something that you did not think of before, or so fully understand; but suppose it be not so, you are to come to it as an Ordinance of God, for the conveyance of spiritual good to your souls.
2. Possess your hearts likewise with this Consideration, That I come to hear the Word as an Ordinance appointed by God to convey Spiritual good to my soul, and this is a very useful consideration, and especially it concerns men of understanding and parts for the helping of them to hear. For men that are of understanding and parts, when they come to hear, this temptation is ready to come upon them, that except they hear some new thing that they did not understand before, wherefore ⟨p. 167⟩should they come? I am able to understand as much in such a point as can be said: And when I have come and heard many times, I have heard but that I knew before, and upon that they think there is no use of coming to hear: Now this is a great mistake; when you come to hear the Word, you do not come alwaies to hear what you did not know, it may be sometimes God may dart in something that you did not think of before, or so fully understand; but suppose it be not so, you are to come to it as an Ordinance of God, for the conveyance of spiritual good to your souls.