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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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Med. 2. The Second Meditation is this, That this Mediator that stands between God and us, is verily and truly Man; he hath taken our Nature upon him: the Bread that puts us in mind of the Body of Christ, and the Wine, of his Blood, and therefore we are to meditate of the humane Nature of Jesus Christ; and this is a Meditation that hath abundance that might spring out of it: What, hath the Son of God taken our Nature upon him? hath he Body and Blood, and human Nature upon him? Oh! how hath God honoured humane Nature? Then let not me abuse my Body to Lust, to Wickedness, ⟨p. 268⟩seeing that Jesus Christ hath taken the body of man upon him, humane Nature upon him, let me honour humane Nature that is so nearly united to the Divine Nature. That's the second Meditation.
Med. 2. The Second Meditation is this, That this Mediator that stands between God and us, is verily and truly Man; he hath taken our Nature upon him: the Bread that puts us in mind of the Body of Christ, and the Wine, of his Blood, and therefore we are to meditate of the humane Nature of Jesus Christ; and this is a Meditation that hath abundance that might spring out of it: What, hath the Son of God taken our Nature upon him? hath he Body and Blood, and human Nature upon him? Oh! how hath God honored humane Nature? Then let not me abuse my Body to Lust, to Wickednesse, ⟨p. 268⟩seeing that Jesus Christ hath taken the body of man upon him, humane Nature upon him, let me honor humane Nature that is so neerly united to the Divine Nature. That's the second Meditation.
Med. 3. Here is presented unto us, what this Mediator hath done for the reconciling of us unto God, that his body was broken; he hath subjected himself to the breaking of his body, and to the pouring forth of his blood for the reconciling of us; it is not merely (as before) that God saith I will pardon them; but Christ undertaking to make peace between his Father and us, it cost him the breaking of his body, and the pouring forth of his blood; this is an useful Meditation: Oh! what should we be willing to suffer for Jesus Christ in our bodies, even to resist unto blood, seeing Christ hath been content to have his precious body broken, and his blood shed for us!