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Gospel-worship, or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in general. And…
Gospel-worship, or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in general. And particularly in these three great ordinances, viz. [brace] 1. Hearing the Word, 2. receiving the Lords Supper, 3. prayer. / By Jeremiah Burroughs. At the end of the contents of this book is printed the titles of all the works of Mr. Jeremiah Burroughs, that are published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]Gospel-worship, or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in general. And particularly in these three great ordinances, viz. [brace] 1. Hearing the Word, 2. receiving the Lords Supper, 3. prayer. / By Jeremiah Burroughs. At the end of the contents of this book is printed the titles of all the works of Mr. Ieremiah Burroughs, that are published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1648
Gospel-worship: OR, The right manner of drawing nigh to God, in gen… › Sermon 2
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.
And Secondly, the Soul is said to draw nigh to God in holy duties, because it doth present it's self before God in those ways through which God doth use to communicate his choice, precious, most excellent and glorious mercies to his people; I say, when we come to Worship God, we come to set our selves before God in those ways that God doth use to communicate the choice, most excellent and glorious rich mercies that he hath to communicate to his creature.
And Secondly, the Soul is said to draw nigh to God in holy duties, because it doth present it's self before God in those waies through which God doth use to communicate his choice, precious, most excellent and glorious mercies to his people; I say, when we come to Worship God, we come to set our selves before God in those waies that God doth use to communicate the choice, most excellent and glorious rich mercies that he hath to communicate to his creature.
When we have to deal with creatures, as meat and drink, and our outward businesses we have to do with God in them; but when we come to worship God; we come to present our selves before him in those things that he doth use to let out himself through in a more special and glorious manner to the souls of his people. What's the reason why heaven is said to be the presence of God, and why those that are in heaven are said to live with God? There they behold the face of God and are before him in a special manner, therefore when Christ teacheth us to pray, he teacheth us to look up to heaven and to say, Our Father which art in heaven, &c. Now certainly the essential presence of God is on earth as truly and really as in heaven, and God is not so as to have one part in one place, and another in another, but All God is in every place, but the reason why God is said to be in heaven, it is because the Lord makes known himself there in a more glorious manner than in any other place, and therefore heaven is the presence of God in a more special ⟨p. 29⟩way. Now then if the communication of God unto a creature be enough to make the presence of God more special, if this be enough to make a creature to live with God, and to be before his face, because they are there where God doth most communicate himself, then certainly when we come to Worship God, we come to be near God, and be with God, because the duties of his Worship are those means that the Lord hath appointed for the letting out of himself in the glory of his goodness and mercy to his people: You may expect other manner of communication of Gods goodness through the duties of his Worship than in any other way: And that's the Second respect wherein you may be said to draw nigh to God in holy duties.