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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 8
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For the First, That the hearing of Gods word it is a part of Gods Worship. You heard in the opening of the worship of God in the general what it was, I told you it was a tendering ⟨p. 163⟩up of the creatures homage to God, a testimony of the respect that the creature did owe to God; now if that be the nature of Worship, certainly the hearing of Gods word it is a part of the worship of God: for in the hearing of Gods word we
For the First, That the hearing of Gods word it is a part of Gods Worship. You heard in the opening of the worship of God in the generall what it was, I told you it was a tendering ⟨p. 163⟩up of the creatures homage to God, a testimony of the respect that the creature did owe to God; now if that be the nature of Worship, certainly the hearing of Gods word it is a part of the worship of God: for in the hearing of Gods word we
1 First do profess our dependence upon God for the knowing of his mind and the way to eternal life: Every time we come to hear the word, if we know what we do, we do thus much, we do profess that we do depend upon the Lord God for the knowing of his mind, and the way and rule to eternal life; we do as much as if we should say, Lord, of our selves we neither know thee, nor the way & means how we should come to be saved, and therefore that we might testify our dependence upon thee for this thing, we here present ourselves before thee, now this is a Testimony of the high respect we owe to God.
1 First do professe our dependance upon God for the knowing of his mind and the way to eternall life: Every time we come to hear the word, if we know what we do, we do thus much, we do professe that we do depend upon the Lord God for the knowing of his mind, and the way and rule to eternall life; we do as much as if we should say, Lord, of our selves we neither know thee, nor the way & means how we should come to be saved, and therefore that we might testifie our dependance upon thee for this thing, we here present ourselves before thee, now this is a Testimony of the high respect wee owe to God.