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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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Secondly, Consider this; that there is no duty in all the book of God that I know of, that is urged with more strength and severity then this is; as that place in 1 Cor. 11. showeth where you have required of every one that comes to receive the Bread and Wine in the Lords Supper, That they should examine themselves and so eat, and you have the most dreadful expressions against those that do not do it, that I know are mentioned against the neglect of any duty in all the Book of God; there the holy-Ghost saith, that whosoever eats and drinks unworthily, First, he is guilty of the body and blood of Christ, and then Secondly, he eats and drinks his own damnation; These two expressions have as much dreadfulness in them as can be Imagined, and we do not find an exhortation to a duty backed with two such severe expressions, in case we should neglect our duty, as this ⟨p. 230⟩exhortation. What if we do not sanctify Gods name in this duty? we come to be guilty of the body and blood of Christ. Blood-guiltiness is a terrible thing; you know David cries out, Lord deliver me from Blood-guiltiness; to have but the blood of an ordinary man to lie upon one, to shed the blood of the vilest Rogue that lives, in a murderous way, it would lie upon the Conscience and be very terrible; it is impossible that such a man can be quiet all his days though he hath never such a seared Conscience. A Heathen could not be at quiet, if he hath the guilt of blood lie upon him; but to be guilty of the blood of Christ, whose blood is ten thousand thousand times more worth then the blood of all the men that ever lived upon the face of the earth, must needs be a most dreadful thing; It is a fearful expression; guilty of the body and blood of Christ, that is, he offers such an indignity to the body and blood of Christ, as the Lord will charge him of being guilty of it, guilty of abusing of the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
Secondly, Consider this; that there is no duty in all the book of God that I know of, that is urged with more strength and severity then this is; as that place in 1 Cor. 11. sheweth where you have required of every one that comes to receive the Bread and Wine in the Lords Supper, That they should examine themselves and so eate, and you have the most dreadfull expressions against those that doe not doe it, that I know are mentioned against the neglect of any duty in all the Book of God; there the holy-Ghost saith, that whosoever eats and drinks unworthily, First, he is guilty of the body and bloud of Christ, and then Secondly, he eats and drinks his owne damnation; These two expressions have as much dreadfulnesse in them as can be Imagined, and we doe not find an exhortation to a duty backt with two such severe expressions, in case we should neglect our duty, as this