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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.
Through him] Through Christ we have access by one Spirit unto the Father, and now (saith he) Ye that were strangers and foreigners are made fellow Citizens with the Saints, and of the household of God: and vers. 13. But now by Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were a far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ, and you have access through Christ: So our coming nigh to God is such a privilege as cost the blood of Christ; and will not you improve it? You were far off in your natural condition, but now you are nigh through his blood; Lay but this text warm to your hearts this morning, That I that was far off am made nigh by the blood of Christ, made nigh to God, it will be a means for ever to draw your hearts to all those ways whereby you may draw nearest to God.
Through him] Through Christ we have access by one Spirit unto the Father, and now (saith he) Ye that were strangers and forreiners are made fellow Citizens with the Saints, and of the houshold of God: and vers. 13. But now by Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were a far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ, and you have access through Christ: So our coming nigh to God is such a priviledge as cost the blood of Christ; and will not you improve it? You were far off in your natural condition, but now you are nigh through his blood; Lay but this text warm to your hearts this morning, That I that was far off am made nigh by the blood of Christ, made nigh to God, it will be a means for ever to draw your hearts to all those waies whereby you may draw neerest to God.
And by drawing nigh to God often, you will come to increase your graces abundantly; your graces how will they act? the presence of God will draw forth the acts of grace as the presence of the fire draws forth our heat, so the presence of God will draw forth our graces.
And by this means we come to live most holy lives. We read of Moses, he was upon the mountain forty days with God, and when he came down his face did so shine, that the people were not able to bear it; What's the reason? it was from hence, because he was so nigh to God: would you have your faces to shine in a holy conversation before men? converse much with God, be often with God, be nigh to him, and that will make you shine as lights in the middest of a crooked and perverse generation. We find it so with some that converse much with God, there is a shine upon their very countenances.