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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
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Gospel-worship: OR, The right manner of drawing nigh to God in gene… › Sermon 3
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Secondly, A right behaviour of our souls in it: in these two things consists the Sanctifying of Gods Name in his worship. Now under these two heads all that I shall speak about the opening of the Sanctifying of Gods Name will be contained. At this time I shall only speak of the First:
Secondly, A right behaviour of our souls in it: in these two things consists the Sanctifying of Gods Name in his worship. Now under these two heads all that I shall speak about the opening of the Sanctifying of Gods Name will be contain'd. At this time I shall only speak of the First:
The due preparation of the Soul unto the duties of Gods Worship; Therein consists a special part of the Sanctifying of Gods Name in drawing nigh to him. And that it is so, we find it in Scripture, That preparation for worship it is called the Sanctifying of our selves; and by finding this in Scripture it hinted me upon this head, to speak of the preparation unto worship in our Sanctifying Gods Name, because I find in Scripture that the Sanctifying our selves for worship, and the preparation of our selves for worship are all one: I'll give you these two texts; In 1 Sam. 16. 5. you shall find there, that Samuel when he was sent by God to Anoint David in Bethlehem, the text saith, I am come to Sacrifice unto the Lord, Sanctify your selves and come with me to the Sacrifice, Do you come peaceably say they? Yes; what then? ⟨p. 43⟩Sanctify your selves and come with me to the Sacrifice: That's all one, as if he should have said, Prepare your selves and come with me to the Sacrifice: and so in Job. 1. 5. there you shall find that the holy man Joh when his sons had been feasting, he was some what afraid least there should be some miscarriage, and that they had sinned against God in their feasting; as it is very hard to give liberty to please the flesh and not to sin, not to transgress bounds; therefore Job though he did not hear of any notorious abuse of their feasting, yet he was afraid least they should sin, he knew how dangerous it was to have so much satisfaction to the flesh and not to transgress bounds, therefore it is said he sent to his sons and sanctified them. It was so (saith the text) when the days of the feasting were gone about, that Job sent and Sanctified them: that Job sent unto them to prepare them to offer Sacrifice, to prepare them for the Worship of God: So that the Scripture holds forth this then, that to prepare for worship it is, to Sanctify for Worship, and so it is one special thing that is required in our sanctifying of God, in our drawing nigh to God, to make a due preparation for his holy worship. Now for the orderly handling of things;