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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.
Next there must be constancy in prayer; in 1 Thess. 5. 17. by that I mean this, never to give over until we have that we pray for, or something else in lieu of it; it may be thou hast prayed and nothing is come of it; but not discouraged thou hast to deal with a great God, and therefore pray again and again, & again, and pray with this resolution, Well, let God do with me what he will, I will as long as I live call upon Him, and if God shall cast me away, yet he shall cast me away calling upon Him, as the poor woman of Canaan when Christ called her dog, and discouraged her, yet still she will pray; I but Dogs may have crumbs, that heart is in an ill condition that is discouraged in prayer, because it doth not get what he would, and therefore to think themselves I had as good not pray at all, take heed of any such thoughts.
Next there must be constancie in prayer; in 1 Thess. 5. 17. by that I mean this, never to give over until we have that we pray for, or somthing else in leiu of it; it may be thou heast prayed and nothing is come of it; but not discouraged thou hast to deale with a great God, and therefore pray againe and againe, & again, and pray with this resolution, Well, let God do with me what he will, I will as long as I live call upon Him, and if God shall cast me away, yet he shall cast me away calling upon Him, as the poor woman of Canaan when Christ called her dog, and discouraged her, yet stil she will pray; I but Dogs may have crums, that heart is in an ill condition that is discouraged in prayer, because it doth not get what he would, and therefore to think themselves I had as good not pray at all, take heed of any such thoughts.
Again If you would pray to God indeed, so as to sanctify his Name in Prayer, there should be humility in your hearts so as to be sensible of your own unworthiness; I spake somewhat about being sensible of the distance between God and us, when I spake about sanctifying of Gods name in general. The last that I shall speak of this is, when you have done all this, all these qualifications will not sanctify Gods Name, except all be tendered