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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.
Thirdly, Be sure to set the presence of God before you in prayer; have a real sight of the infinite Greatness, Majesty, and Glory of that you present your selves unto, when you are calling upon him; if so be that thou canst be a real sight of God in his Glory, it will keep thy heart close to the duty, as if a man be wandering with his eyes, and looking after every feather, if the King or some great person come into the room, all his thoughts would be about the King, or the great person that were coming in: so if you would present the Lord in his Glory and Greatness, Excellency, Majesty, and Power, before you, and what a dreadful God he is in himself, and yet what a merciful God he is to us in his Son: this would mightily compose our hearts; certainly men and women that are so wandering in their prayers, it is because their eyes are not open to look upon God in his Glory, they are as it were dreaming and do not apprehend that God stands and looks upon them, and observes them, and that God takes notice of every wandering thought that comes from them; they do not consider that God doth converse with the thoughts of men, as well as men do with the words of men: that's the third Rule.
Thirdly, Be sure to set the presence of God before you in prayer; have a real sight of the infinite Greatness, Majestie, and Glorie of that you present your selves unto, when you are calling upon him; if so be that thou canst be a real sight of God in his Glorie, it will keep thy heart close to the dutie, as if a man be wandring with his eyes, and looking after everie feather, if the King or some great person come into the room, all his thoughts would be about the King, or the great person that were coming in: so if you would present the Lord in his Glorie and Greatness, Excellencie, Majestie, and Power, before you, and what a dreadful God he is in himself, and yet what a merciful God he is to us in his Son: this would mightily compose our hearts; certainly men and women that are so wandring in their prayers, it is because their eyes are not open to look upon God in his Glorie, they are as it were dreaming and do not apprehend that God stands and looks upon them, and observes them, and that God takes notice of everie wandring thought that comes from them; they do not consider that God doth converse with the thoughts of men, as well as men do with the words of men: that's the third Rule.