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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.
7. Such as do not sanctify Gods Name in the Word, are very nigh to a curse: There is a notable Scripture for this in Heb. 6. 7, 8. where the Apostle compares the Word to the rain that falls upon the ground, For the earth that drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: But (saith he) that which beareth thorns and briars is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned. The meaning is this plainly, The rain here is the Word, & the good hearers they are like the ground that receive the rain and bring forth fruit, and receive a blessing: But now ill hearers ⟨p. 204⟩that do not sanctify Gods Name in his Word, they are like ground that receives the rain as much as the other, hear as many Sermons as the other, but they bring forth nothing but thorns and briars: and mark what a dreadful expression is against them; First, It is rejected, Secondly, It is nigh to cursing. Thirdly, Whose end is to be burned. Thou rejectest the Word, doest thou? The Lord rejecteth thy soul. If thou hast no need of the Word the Word hath no need of thee; it is a dreadful thing to be rejected of God. And then, thou art uigh unto cursing: It may be the Lord may for the time withdraw Himself from the soul, and manifest that it is at it were rejected; but yet the soul hath not the curse of God upon it, to say, Well let this soul perish for ever: but some there are that are under an actual curse, and saith God, Well, My Word shall never do good to this soul, such a one hath sate under it thus long, and hath rejected it, My Word shall never do good to him: Like as in Luk. 14. where those that made excuses when they were bidden to the Supper, the text saith at length, That the Master of the Feast was angry (which was God Himself that invited them by the Gospel to partake of His Son; and when men would not come in but make excuses, and refused the offer of the Gospel,) Verily (saith he) none of those men, that were bidden shall taste of my Supper. They shall never partake of any good of the Gospel. This is a dreadful curse. Now the Lord deliver you from having this curse pronounced against you, but yet I beseech you tremble at this Scripture in the Hebrews, they are nigh to cursing.