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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.
Indeed those men and women, whose consciences are not enlightened, but are ignorant and sottish, they can sin against God and go into His presence without any trouble; you shall have men swear and be drunken over-night, and come to the Sacrament the next day, What's the reason? Because there is no light in their consciences, their consciences are in darkness, they are besotted in their sin: but I speak now of one who hath an enlightened conscience, the presence of God is terrible to such a one.
A Third Use is this, Here's the Reason why Hypocrites do meet with such vengeance from God as they do: I confess we shall meet with this more especially afterwards, only by the way take notice of it; Hypocrites above all men may expect the severest judgments of God upon them, because they come so nigh God, for they come often to the duties of Gods Worship; ⟨p. 33⟩now they that will come so nigh Gods presence, and come with base and ungodly hearts, to cloak their villainy, of all in the world they must expect to have the severe vengeance of God let down upon them; they that stand nighest the bullet must expect to have the strength of it to be the more upon them; so when the wrath of God proceeds out upon sinners, wicked men that stand nighest Him they have the greatest stroke of Gods wrath; but of that more when I come to the Third Point, That God will be Sanctified in those that draw nigh Him.
A Third Use is this, Here's the Reason why Hypocrites do meet with such vengeance from God as they do: I confesse we shall meet with this more especially afterwards, only by the way take notice of it; Hypocrites above all men may expect the severest judgments of God upon them, because they come so nigh God, for they come often to the duties of Gods Worship; ⟨p. 33⟩now they that will come so nigh Gods presence, and come with base and ungodly hearts, to cloak their villany, of all in the world they must expect to have the severe vengeance of God let down upon them; they that stand nighest the bullet must expect to have the strength of it to be the more upon them; so when the wrath of God proceeds out upon sinners, wicked men that stand nighest Him they have the greatest strok of Gods wrath; but of that more when I come to the Third Point, That God will be Sanctified in those that draw nigh Him.