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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.
And now for the knowledge and understanding of the nature of the Sacrament; there need be knowledge in other Points of Religion, for we can never come to understand the nature of this Sacrament, without knowing God, and knowing our selves, knowing in what estate we are by Nature, knowing our Fall knowing the way of Redemption, knowing Jesus Christ what He was, and what He hath done for the making of an Atonement, the necessity of Jesus Christ, and what the way of the Covenant is that God hath appointed to bring mens souls to eternal life by. The main points of Religion must be known, but ⟨p. 246⟩especially that which concerns the nature of a Sacrament.
And now for the knowledg and understanding of the nature of the Sacrament; there need be knowledg in other Points of Religion, for we can never come to understand the nature of this Sacrament, without knowing God, and knowing our selves, knowing in what estate we are by Nature, knowing our Fall knowing the way of Redemtion, knowing Jesus Christ what He was, and what He hath done for the making of an Atonement, the necessity of Jesus Christ, and what the way of the Covenant is that God hath appointed to bring mens souls to eternall life by. The main points of Religion must be known, but ⟨p. 246⟩especially that which concerns the nature of a Sacrament.
Now this knowledge likewise must be actual, not merely habitual knowledge, but there must be a stirring up of this knowledge, that is, by meditation, I must be meditating, have actual thoughts and meditations of what I do know; that ought to be the work of a Christian in coming to receive the Sacrament, to quicken up his knowledge, to have a renewed work of his knowledge by actual thoughts and meditations of the main Points of Religion, and especially of the nature and the end of this holy institution; that is the first thing.
Now this knowledg likewise must be actual, not meerly habitual knowledg, but there must be a stirring up of this knowledg, that is, by meditation, I must be meditating, have actual thoughts and meditations of what I do know; that ought to be the work of a Christian in coming to receive the Sacrament, to quicken up his knowledg, to have a renewed work of his knowledg by actual thoughts and meditations of the main Points of Religion, and especially of the nature and the end of this holy institution; that is the first thing.