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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 7
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Yea and further, Thou hast lost all thy duties, all the time hath bin lost that thou hast been in performance of duties, now it is an ill thing to idle away time in the things of the World: When a man hath an opportunity for to gain in the world, If so be he loses his time and neglects it, we account it a very sad thing to him, but now to lose our trading time for heaven (for the times of the worshipping of God are our trading times for heaven) that's sad indeed: And yet thou that makest not conscience of Sanctifying the Name of God in holy duties, all the time thou hast spent is lost.
And yet further, You that have been false in the performance of duties, and hypocrites, not only all your pains and labour is quite lost (for if that were all it might be well with you) but you have aggravated your sins by your holy duties. Those duties that others have enjoyed communion with God in, and furthered their eternal life by, thou hast aggravated thy sins by them, yet it was thy duty to do them: but I say, by not sanctifying of Gods Name, thou hast aggravated thy sins so much the more. As those that are godly, they work out their salvation, ⟨p. 113⟩even in their natural actions they sanctify Gods Name, in eating and drinking, and following their business; they perform those actions in such a holy manner, as they honour God in them, and further their eternal peace; but as they in their natural and civill actions work out their salvation; so thou in the very religious actions doest work out thy damnation: Certainly wicked men that are not acquainted with this work of godliness to sanctify Gods name in holy duties, they work out their damnation even in the performance of them.
And yet further, You that have been false in the performance of duties, and hypocrites, not only all your pains and labour is quite lost (for if that were all it might be well with you) but you have aggravated your sins by your holy duties. Those duties that others have injoyed communion with God in, and furthered their eternall life by, thou hast aggravated thy sins by them, yet it was thy duty to do them: but I say, by not sanctifying of Gods Name, thou hast aggravated thy sins so much the more. As those that are godly, they work out their salvation,