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Three choice and profitable sermons upon several texts of Scripture viz. Jer. 30. 17,…Three choice and profitable sermons upon severall texts of Scripture viz. Jer. 30. 17,…
Three choice and profitable sermons upon several texts of Scripture viz. Jer. 30. 17, John 14. 3, Heb. 8. 5 : the first of them being the last sermon which he preached at the court of election at Boston, the second was the last which he preached on the Lords-Day, the third was the last which he preached on his weekly-lecture-day : wherein (beside many other excellent and seasonable truths) is showed, the Lords sovereignty over, and care for his church and people, in order to both their militant and triumphant condition, and their fidelity and good affection towards himself / by that reverend servant of Christ, Mr. John Norton ...Three choice and profitable sermons upon severall texts of Scripture viz. Jer. 30. 17, John 14. 3, Heb. 8. 5 : the first of them being the last sermon which he preached at the court of election at Boston, the second was the last which he preached on the Lords-Day, the third was the last which he preached on his weekly-lecture-day : wherein (beside many other excellent and seasonable truths) is shewed, the Lords soveraignty over, and care for his church and people, in order to both their militant and triumphant condition, and their fidelity and good affection towards himself / by that reverend servant of Christ, Mr. John Norton ...
printed by S.G. and M.I. for Hezekiah Usher of Boston, 1664
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Reas. 2. Because in Divine Worship we acknowledge God to be our Sovereign Lord and that we owe unto him absolute Subjection and Obedience, and we acknowledge our selves to be his absolute Subjects. The act of Worship is an acknowledgement both ⟨p. 33⟩of his Sovereignty, and of our meanness: Who am I, that am but dust and ashes, that I should take upon me to speak unto the Lord? Gen. 18. In acts of Worship we must exalt Christ, and depress man. Many in these days are against Forms, but in the mean time let us not forget Worship. For Israel to wait upon a Rock, was a despicable thing to the Nations; to see so many thousands come and stand about the Rock was strange, but that Rock was Christ: this is nothing else but the acknowledgement of God, who will be known in his own way. And this let me say, Christ himself, that was not only Man but God, attended the Ordinances while he was here on earth, and so did his Apostles: this is to show the disevangelical spirit of those that do object against external Worship.
Reas. 2. Because in Divine Worship we acknowledge God to be our Soveraign Lord and that we owe unto him absolute Subjection and Obedience, and we acknowledge our selves to be his absolute Subjects. The act of Worship is an acknowledgement both ⟨p. 33⟩of his Soveraignty, and of our meanness: Who am I, that am but dust and ashes, that I should take upon me to speak unto the Lord? Gen. 18. In acts of Worship we must exalt Christ, and depress man. Many in these dayes are against Forms, but in the mean time let us not forget Worship. For Israel to wait upon a Rock, was a despicable thing to the Nations; to see so many thousands come and stand about the Rock was strange, but that Rock was Christ: this is nothing else but the acknowledgement of God, who will be known in his own way. And this let me say, Christ himself, that was not onely Man but God, attended the Ordinances while he was here on earth, and so did his Apostles: this is to shew the disevangelical spirit of those that do object against external Worship.