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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
Sermon 1: Gospel-Worship: OR, The Right Manner of drawing nigh to God, in General: And particular…
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.
The Tenth Note is this, That the holiness of a duty will never bear a man out in the miscarriage of it.
This was a holy duty, they were the true Priests of God, they came to offer Incense to the true God, It was right Incense that they offered, there was but this one miscarriage, They had not the same Fire that God would have; now this miscarriage God comes upon them for, and all the good there was in the Duty it would not bear them out.
Consider of this, you that perform many holy duties, take heed of giving way to your selves in any miscarriage, for do not think, that because your duties are very good and holy, that by doing thereof you may venture upon mixture; take heed of mixing any evil, any miscarriage in any holy thing, though you have performed a thousand holy duties, yet it will not bear you out in the miscarriage of them.
The Eleventh Note is this, That the Lord is very terrible out of his holy places.