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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
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.
1 The First is, You must be careful to bring a Sanctified heart. You cannot tender up a worship suitable to his greatness except you bring a Sanctified heart with you, there must be holiness in the heart: Under the Law you know, if any one came to offer a Sacrifice in his uncleanness, he must be cut off: and so it must be here, we must look to it that we offer not to God in our uncleanness: Wash you and make you clean in Isa. 1. and then Come let us reason together. There is no coming to God without washing and making clean in Psal. 93.5. Holiness becometh thy house O Lord for ever: Holiness becometh the presence of God for ever, we must look to get a Sanctified heart. Sanctification consists in those two parts, Mortification, and Vivification: there must be a mortifying of the lusts of the heart: We read in the Law: that every Sacrifice was to be salted with salt; that did signify the mortification of our hearts when we come to offer up our selves as a Sacrifice to God; the Salt did eat out the raw humours, and kept the flesh from putrefying; so doth the Grace of God in mortifying our Lusts: In Heb. 9.14. you have a notable scripture for the cleansing of our hearts when we come to offer any service to God, How much more shall the blood of Christ who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your Consciences from dead works to serve the living God: So that you cannot serve the living God until your consciences be purged from dead works: And how comes your consciences to be purged from dead works? It is through the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, he must purge your consciences; So that here's the way of Sanctifying Gods Name by applying of Jesus Christ who was offered to God without spot that our consciences might be purged from dead works, that we might be purged from that natural filthiness and uncleanness in which we all were: for the whole world doth lie in filth, as a carrion doth lie in his slime. Now if we would worship God so as to Sanctify him, we must apply Christ to our Souls, and get our conscience ⟨p. 68⟩purged from dead works, and to have the Spirit of Christ in us to quicken up our hearts in the ways of holiness;