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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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In the Twelfth place, 1Gods judgements are often very suitable to mens sins.
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Here they sinned by fire and they are consumed by fire. They offended by strange fire and God strikes them by a strange fire. The judgements of God are very suitable to the sins of men oftentimes. As here by fire, so another time we find it by water: Pharaoh he sins by drowning the infants of the people of Israel in the waters, and God drowns him in the Sea. If you will be drowning by water you shall have water enough saith God: And so here, if you will be meddling with strange fire, you shall have strange fire saith God God doth many times proportion judgments to sinners that his righteousness might the more appear those very creatures in which we sin, many times God makes them or others of the same kind to be the executioners of his wrath. So it was with the Jews, they would fell Christ for 30 pieces of silver, and they were sold 30 of them for a penny afterwards: And so the story of Adoni-hezek in the first of Judges, that was so cruel in such a way to cut off Thumbs and Toes of Kings, even so he was served in the like kind: and it's ordinary for men that are of cruel fiery spirits, to meet with cruel fiery spirits too.
Here they sinned by fire and they are consumed by fire. They offended by strange fire and God strikes them by a strange fire. The judgements of God are very suitable to the sins of men oftentimes. As here by fire, so another time we find it by water: Pharoah he sins by drowning the infants of the people of Israel in the waters, and God drowns him in the Sea. If you will be drowning by water you shall have water enough saith God: And so here, if you will be medling with strange fire, you shall have strange fire saith God God doth many times proportion judgments to sinners that his righteousnes might the more appear those very creatures in which we sin, many times God makes them or others of the same kind to be the executioners of his wrath. So it was with the Jewes, they would fell Christ for 30 pieces of silver, and they were sold 30 of them for a penny atterwards: And so the story of Adoni-hezek in the first of Judges, that was so cruell in such a way to cut off Thumbs and Toes of Kings, even so he was served in the like kind: and it's ordinary for men that are of cruell fiery spirits, to meet with cruell fiery spirits too.