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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 3
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.
5 Fifthly, I will show you what is the behaviour of the Soul in Sanctifying Gods Name.
5 Fifthly, I will shew you what is the behaviour of the Soul in Sanctifying Gods Name.
6 Sixthly, The Reasons why God will be Sanctified in the duties of his Worship.
First, That there must be preparation to the Worship of God.
For First, that God that we come to Worship, is a great and glorious God, and we having to deal with such an infinite, glorious, dreadful Majesty, it is fit that we should make preparation when we come nigh unto him: therefore in Exod 19.10. when God came among the people to give them his Law, he did require that they should be Sanctified to day and to morrow, and that they should wash their clothes and be ready against the third day, for ⟨p. 44⟩the third day the Lord would come down upon mount Sinai in the sight of the people. God did not so much stand upon their clothes, but it was to signify an inward washing. Now my brethren, if when God came to give the Law they were so to prepare, then certainly when we are to come to Worship God in the way of the Gospel, we are to prepare as well as they, because God is coming. For that that is observable is, why they were for two days together to make such preparation the argument is because of the presence of God; The Lord said to Moses, Go and Sanctify the people t day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes and be ready against the third day Why? for the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai: The Lord will come down the third day and therefore let them be Sanctified. So when thou goest to Worship Gods thou expectest or shouldest expect that God will come to thee, and that thy heart shall be drawn to God, and therefore thou shouldest make some preparation. (For the time of preparation we shall speak to afterward when we come to the cases of Conscience about preparation for Worship.) And so in Chr. 22.5.14. David makes preparation for the House of God because it was the House of God that he had to build, though he could not do it himself in his own time, yet being the House of God, what great preparation was made by David? The moral of which is this, That the house of God being a Type of the Church and the worship of God, as well as of Christ; it shows that there should be much preparation when we have to deal with God in his Ordinances.