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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.
Or otherwise, as some will have it, Sacramentum because it is to be received sacrament, with a holy mind, and therefore called the Sacrament. The Churches have used it a long time; in Tertullian's time (which was above fourteen hundred years since) he was the first that we find used this word, and most that ⟨p. 622⟩would open the word unto us, say, that especially it was taken from the practice of Solders, who when they came & listed themselves, bound themselves in to a solemn Oath to be faithful to their Captain, and to the cause that they did undertake; and the Oath they were wont to call Sacramentum, A Sacrament. Now in regard that Christians when they come to this Ordinance, they come to seal a Covenant with God, and though they do not formally and explicitly take an Oath, yet they bind themselves in a holy Covenant, which hath the strength even of an Oath in it; (For a solemn Promise to the high God hath the strength of an Oath in it) and from thence they were called by these names, Sacraments: but that for the Word, that you may understand it.
Or otherwise, as some will have it, Sacramentum because it is to be received sacrament, with a holy mind, and therefore caled the Sacrament. The Churches have vsed it a long time; in Tertulliar's time (which was above fourteen hundred years since) he was the first that we find vsed this word, and most that ⟨p. 622⟩would open the word unto us, say, that especially it was taken from the practice of Solders, who when they came & listed themselves, bound themselves in to a solemn Oath to be faithfull to their Captain, and to the cause that they did undertake; and the Oath they were wount to call Sacramentum, A Sacrament. Now in regard that Christians when they come to this Ordinance, they come to seale a Covenant with God, and though they do not formally and explicitely take an Oath, yet they bind themselves in a holy Covenant, which hath the strength even of an Oath in it; (For a solemn Promise to the high God hath the strength of an Oath in it) and from thence they were call'd by these names, Srcraments: but that for the Word, that you may understand it.