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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.
3. A Third thing is this, The Preparation of the heart it is the dis-entangling of the heart from the world, and from all occasions and businesses in the world. I am to Worship God, but how is my heart ensnared and entangled in this and the other ⟨p. 50⟩business? Now when I come to worship God I must lay aside all, for there's the preparation of the heart, the separating of it for such a work, for that's the nature of Sanctification, the separating of a thing from a common use, I am to worship God, now I must labour to separate my heart from a common use; At other times God gives me liberty to let out my heart to common uses; but now when I come to worship Him, I must separate my heart from all common uses, that my heart may be wholly for God. I remember it is said in the story of Cicil which was Lord-Treasurer, that when he went to read, he would lay his gown off and say, Lie there Lord Cicil: So when we go to duty, we should say, Lie by world: (and by laying aside the world I mean, laying aside of all household affairs, or affairs in trading, &c.) I must be as one that hath nothing to do in the world for that time: It is true, the time cannot be said to be holy for this, as the time of the Sabbath day is holy.
3. A Third thing is this, The Preparation of the heart it is the dis-intangling of the heart from the world, and from all occasions and businesses in the world. I am to Worship God, but how is my heart insnared and intangled in this and the other ⟨p. 50⟩businesse? Now when I come to worship God I must lay aside all, for there's the preparation of the heart, the separating of it for such a work, for that's the nature of Sanctification, the separating of a thing from a common use, I am to worship God, now I must labour to seperate my heart from a common use; At other times God gives me liberty to let out my heart to common uses; but now when I come to worship Him, I must separate my heart from all common uses, that my heart may be wholly for God. I remember it is said in the story of Cicil which was Lord-Treasurer, that when he went to reade, he would lay his gown off and say, Lie there Lord Cicil: So when we go to duty, we should say, Lie by world: (and by laying aside the world I mean, laying aside of al houshold affairs, or affairs in trading, &c.) I must be as one that hath nothing to do in the world for that time: It is true, the time cannot be said to be holy for this, as the time of the Sabbath day is holy.