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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 We must call upon God in truth, that is, Conscionably to perform the engagements of prayer, prayer puts an engagement upon the heart; now those that call upon him in truth are conscionable to perform the engagements; as now, do I pray for any good thing? I am engaged to endeavour in the use of all means for the attaining of the good thing: When you confess a sin, why, you are engaged by that means to endeavour all your might against that sin: and when you pray for my grace, you are engaged to make use of all means you can for the attaining of that grace; and then besides, in prayer there is much profession unto God for our sincerity and uprightness, and of our willingness to be at his dispose, perform these engagements that thou makest to God in prayer; if God should present to us all our professions that We have made to him in prayer, and tell us how we have come short of them, it would make us be in shame and confusion in our own thoughts.
Thirdly We must call upon God in truth, that is, Conscionably to performe the engagements of prayer, prayer puts an engagement upon the heart; now those that call upon him in truth are conscionable to perform the engagements; as now, do I pray for any good thing? I am engaged to endeavour in the use of al means for the attaning of the good thing: When you confess a sin, why, you are engaged by that means to endeavour all your might against that sin: and when you pray for my grace, you are engaged to make use of all means you can for the attaining of that grace; and then besides, in prayer there is much profession unto God for our sinceritie and uprightness, and of our willingness to be at his dispose, perform these engagments that thou makest to God in prayer; if God should present to us all our professions that We have made to him in prayer, and tell us how we have come short of them, it would make us be in shame and confusion in our own thoughts.