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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 10
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This is a strange Scripture, what must a Prophet go to them, to make their hearts fat, and to shut their eyes, why, the word is appointed to open mens eyes, but here the Prophet is sent to shut their eyes that they might not be converted, this is dreadful, this is for the punishment of some former neglect of the word of God sent unto this people, above all Judgements you should be afraid of this; It is not so much that a fire should be upon your houses, as that God should make his word to be a means to harden your hearts. In Ezek. 14. we have a dreadful expression to this purpose by the Prophet there, where the Lord saith, that the people did come to inquire of him, with setting up their Idols in their hearts, but saith God, I will answer them according to their Idol. If men come to the Ministry of the word with their beloved sins, and resolve that they will not part with them, the Lord many times in his just judgment suffers some things in the word to be accidentally a means to harden them in that sin of theirs, I will answer them according to their Idol, those men are in a dreadful estate whose hearts come to be hardened by the word.
This is a strange Scripture, what must a Prophet go to them, to make their hearts fat, and to shut their eyes, why, the word is appointed to open mens eyes, but here the Prophet is sent to shut their eyes that they might not be converted, this is dreadful, this is for the punishment of some former neglect of the word of God sent unto this people, above all Judgements you should be afraid of this; It is not so much that a fire should be upon your houses, as that God should make his word to be a means to harden your hearts. In Ezek. 14. we have a dreadful expression to this purpose by the Prophet there, where the Lord saith, that the people did come to inquire of him, with setting up their Idols in their hearts, but saith God, I will answer them according to their Idoll. If men come to the Ministry of the word with their beloved sins, and resolve that they will not part with them, the Lord many times in his just judgment suffers some things in the word to be accidentally a means to harden them in that sin of theirs, I will answer them according to their Idoll, those men are in a dreadful estate whose hearts come to be hardened by the word.