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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 12
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And then faith is as the mouth; when thou comest to eat and drink, how canst thou if thou hast not a mouth? thou hast a bodily month to take in bread and wine; but know that without faith thy soul cannot take in Christ; faith is as it were the mouth; that is, by the act of faith the soul doth open it self for Jesus Christ, and not only opens it self, but takes in Christ to the soul, and makes Christ and the soul as one, as our bread and wine is made one with our body, so faith takes in Christ, and makes him as one with thee, and turns Christ into the nourishment of thy foul, and thou and Christ by faith are made as truly one, as the bread and wine that is put into thy body, is made one with thy body. This is the work of faith, without which we cannot sanctify the name of God.
And then faith is as the mouth; when thou commest to eat and drinke, how canst thou if thou hast not a mouth? thou hast a bodily month to take in bread and wine; but know that without faith thy soule cannot take in Christ; faith is as it were the mouth; that is, by the act of faith the soule doth open it selfe for Jesus Christ, and not only opens it selfe, but takes in Christ to the soule, and makes Christ and the soule as one, as our bread and wine is made one with our body, so faith takes in Christ, and makes him as one with thee, and turnes Christ into the nourishment of thy foule, and thou and Christ by faith are made as truly one, as the bread and wine that is put into thy body, is made one with thy body. This is the worke of faith, without which wee cannot sanctifie the name of God.
Sixthly, there must be spiritual joy; that must be exercised here; for it is a feast; here we come to sit with Christ at his Table, we come as children to our Fathers Table, and to sit there with Jesus Christ our elder Brother; now as a Father doth not love to have his child set in a sullen and dogged way at his Table, or to be crying, but he would have the child set in comfort, and with a holy cheerfulness with a holy freedom of Spirit; not in a sullen way, but as a child in the presence of his Father, and not as a Servant with the Master.
Sixthly, there must be spirituall joy; that must be exercised here; for it is a feast; here we come to sit with Christ at his Table, wee come as children to our Fathers Table, and to sit there with Jesus Christ our elder Brother; now as a Father doth not love to have his child set in a sullen and dogged way at his Table, or to be crying, but he would have the child set in comfort, and with a holy cheerfulnesse with a holy freedome of Spirit; not in a sullen way, but as a child in the presence of his Father, and not as a Servant with the Master.