A77988:128
Gospel-Worship
Gospel-worship: or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in general. And particularly in these 3. great ordinances, [brace] viz. [brace] 1. Hearing the Word. 2. Receiving the Lords Supper 3. Prayer. By Jeremiah Burroughs, the Gospel-preacher to two of the greatest congregations in England, viz. Stepney and Cripple-gate, London.Gospel-worship: or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in generall. And particularly in these 3. great ordinances, [brace] viz. [brace] 1. Hearing the Word. 2. Receiving the Lords Supper 3. Prayer. By Jeremiah Burroughes, the Gospel-preacher to two of the greatest congregations in England, viz. Stepney and Criple-gate, London.
London: printed for Peter Cole and R.W., 1647
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Gospel-worship: OR, The right manner of drawing nigh to God in gene… › Sermon 3
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.
If in the duties of Worship we are nigh to God,1 then hence appears the great honour that God puts upon his Servants that do Worship him Certainly the Worshippers of God have great honour put upon them because the Lord vouchsafes ⟨p. 40⟩them to draw nigh unto him, they are such as are precious and honourable in his eyes. I will not enlarge my self in this, only give you three Scriptures that show the great honour and respect that God puts upon those that he doth admit to come and Worship him.
If in the duties of Worship we are nigh to God,1 then hence appears the great honour that God puts upon his Servants that do Worship him Certainly the Worshippers of God have great honour put upon them because the Lord vouchsafes ⟨p. 40⟩them to draw nigh unto him, they are such as are precious and honourable in his eies. I will not inlarge my self in this, only give you three Scriptures that shew the great honour and respect that God puts upon those that he doth admit to come and Worship him.
- 1Applic. 6 Great honour God puts upon his servants.
The first Scripture is in Deut. 4. 17. There Moses speaking of the People of Israel; and the great respect that God showed to them more then others; for saith he, What nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? What Nation is there so great as you are? (So great) How doth it appear that the Nation of Israel is a greater Nation then other Nations are? how? That hath God so nigh unto them in all things that they call upon him for: herein any man or woman, or nation, may be said to be great, that is, greatly honoured by the Lord God, in that they have the Lord nigh to them and they are nigh to him, here's the greatness of a nation; you would think that if one would describe the greatness of a nation, it should be in their great wealth, their great trading and traffic that they have and the fertile place that they live in; no, this is not the greatness of a nation, But what nation is there so great that hath the Lord God so nigh to them? There's the greatness of a nation, and so a spiritual heart would account greatness to consist in having God to be nigh unto it.