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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.
Secondly, The heart must be ploughed, by labouring to get out those thorns that are in the heart, those lusts that grow deep in the heart as thorns grow in the ground: labour to pluck them out, that is, when thou comest to hear the word get thy heart into that frame, as to be willing to profess against every known sin that thou hast found in thy heart, labour to find out those lusts that are in thy heart, and then profess against them, that thou art willing to have them to be rooted out of thy heart: if men and women would but do thus when they come to hear, that God might see this in them, that they have before they come profest against every known sin, This would be an excellent thing indeed.
Secondly, The heart must be plowed, by laboring to get out those throns that are in the heart, those lusts that grow deep in the heart as throns grow in the ground: labor to pluck them out, that is, when thou comest to hear the word get thy heart into that frame, as to be willing to profess against every known sin that thou hast found in thy heart, labor to find out those lusts that are in thy heart, and then profess against them, that thou art willing to have them to be rooted out of thy heart: if men and women would but do thus when they come to hear, that God might see this in them, that they have before they come profest against every known sin, This would be an excellent thing indeed.
3. Again in the third place, which will follow from hence, ⟨p. 170⟩When thou comest to hear the Word, come with resolution to yield to what ever God shall reveal to be his Mind, I am now going to hear thy Word O Lord, to wait upon thee, to know what thou hast to say to me; and thou that art the searcher of the secrets of all hearts, Thou knowest that I go with such a resolution to yield up my self to every truth of thine, How would the Name of God be sanctified if you did thus come to hear the Word! If you did come with such a resolution, Job 32. 34. That which I know not, teach thou me; and if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. In