A77988:502
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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Fourthly, the manner of the explicit goings out of the soul, that there are to be at that very time of receiving.
Fourthly, the manner of the explicite goings out of the soule, that there are to bee at that very time of receiving.
Fifthly, The keeping of the institution of Christ in our receiving. These things are required for the sanctifying of the name of God in this Ordinance.
For the first, Those that come must be holy themselves.
For the first, Those that come must bee holy themselves.
This is an Ordinance not appointed for conversion, to make holy; others that are not converted may come to the word, because the word it is appointed to work conversion; tis appointed to work Grace, to work the first grace, Faith comes by hearing; but we do not find in all the Scripture that this is appointed for conversion, but it supposes conversion; none are to come to receive this Sacrament but men and women that before are converted by the word; the word first therefore is to be preached to men for their conversion; and then this is an Ordinance appointed for to seal them; therefore in the Primitive times they let all come to hearing of the word, and then when the Sermon was done, there was an Officer stepped up and cried holy things for holy men, and then all others were to go out, and therefore it was called missa (though the Papists did corrupt it and so called it the mass afterwards, by mixing their own inventions in stead of the Supper of the Lord, but it had that name at first) I say this holy Communion was called by the name of missa, because that all others were sent away, and only such as were of the Church, and accounted godly staid; holy things to holy men.