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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 4
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4 In the Fourth place, while men and women are struggling with their souls and the corruptions of their hearts, and do not fall upon seeking God, they by their very struggling to prepare themselves many times, do ensnare themselves; It may be thou hast thoughts of Atheism or other wickedness, the very struggling with those thoughts may ensnare thy heart; now the better way were to fall upon prayer, and to cry to God to help thee against them, for while thou art struggling and striving with those thoughts thou art striving with the corruption of thy heart and with the Devil all alone, but now when thou fallest to the duty thou callest in the help of God and of Jesus Christ, and that is a great deal better, while thou art musing, plodding, and troubling thy heart that way, I say thou art struggling alone, but now when thou fallest upon the duty then thou callest in help from God, and so thou art more able to the performance of the duty than than wert before. And therefore it is the best way to fall upon a duty though thou canst not find thy heart prepared as thou doest desire, the very falling upon it will sit thee for it. And thus much for the Answer unto those two Cases of Conscience.
4 In the Fourth place, while men and women are strugling with their souls and the corruptions of their hearts, and do not fall upon seeking God, they by their very strugling to prepare themselves many times, do insnare themselves; It may be thou hast thoughts of Athisme or other wickedness, the very strugling with those thoughts may insnare thy heart; now the better way were to fall upon prayer, and to cry to God to help thee against them, for while thou art strugling and striving with those thoughts thou art striving with the corruption of thy heart and with the Devil all alone, but now when thou fallest to the duty thou callest in the help of God and of Jesus Christ, and that is a great deal better, while thou art musing, plodding, and troubling thy heart that way, I say thou art strugling alone, but now when thou fallest upon the duty then thou callest in help from God, and so thou art more able to the performance of the duty than than wert before. And therefore it is the best way to fall upon a duty though thou canst not find thy heart prepared as thou doest desire, the very falling upon it will sit thee for it. And thus much for the Answer unto those two Cases of Conscience.