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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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3. Thirdly, Know that so much as the Word is rejected, Jesus Christ is rejected; Luke 10. 16. He that despiseth you, despiseth me; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. It is Christ himself that is rejected when the Word is rejected: thou hast not to do with man so much as with Jesus Christ in the hearing of the Word, and the power of Jesus Christ is to be put forth either to do thee good by the Word, or to avenge thy neglect of the Word: Therefore in Matth. 28. 18 19. when Christ sends forth his Disciples to preach, he makes this preface, All power is given unto me in Heaven and Earth: Go ye therefore and teach: As if he should say, I have received all power in Heaven and Earth; through the power I received I send you to preach, and I'll be with you to the end of the world: that is, Al power in Heaven and Earth shall go along with you to assist your Ministry, either for the good of those that shall embrace it, or for the misery of those that shall reject it; so that whosoever stands out against the Ministry of the Word, stands out against all them power ⟨p. 202⟩Heaven and Earth that is given to Christ: do not think that thou doest resist a poor weak mortal man, but thou doest resist all the power in Heaven and Earth. And is not this a dreadful thing then, to be guilty of not sanctifying of Gods Name?
3. Thirdly, Know that so much as the Word is rejected, Jesus Christ is rejected; Luke 10. 16. He that despiseth you, despiseth me; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. It is Christ himself that is rejected when the Word is rejected: thou hast not to do with man so much as with Jesus Christ in the hearing of the Word, and the power of Jesus Christ is to be put forth either to do thee good by the Word, or to avenge thy neglect of the Word: Therefore in Matth. 28. 18 19. when Christ sends forth his Disciples to preach, he makes this preface, All power is given unto me in Heaven and Earth: Go ye therefore and teach: As if he should say, I have received all power in Heaven and Earth; through the power I received I send you to preach, and I'le be with you to the end of the world: that is, Al power in Heaven and Earth shal go along with you to assist your Ministry, either for the good of those that shall embrace it, or for the misery of those that shal reject it; so that whosoever stands out against the Ministry of the Word, stands out against all thē power