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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.
But you will say, May not an unregenerate man Pray?
To that I Answer;
It is true, it is his duty to pray, Pour forth thy wrath upon the Heathen, and upon the families that call not upon thy Name: But it's as true, that they cannot Sanctify Gods Name in doing of it: But if we would Sanctify Gods Name in it there must be an Habitual holiness in the heart, for every thing doth act according to it's principles, in nature it is so; and so doth the heart when it comes to Worship God, it doth act according to the principles that it hath.
It is true, it is his duty to pray, Poure forth thy wrath vpon the Heathen, and upon the families that call not upon thy Name: But it's as true, that they cannot Sanctifie Gods Name in doing of it: But if we would Sanctifie Gods Name in it there must be an Habitual holiness in the heart, for every thing doth act according to it's principles, in nature it is so; and so doth the heart when it comes to Worship God, it doth act according to the principles that it hath.
And then there must not only be Habitual Sanctification, but Actual Sanctification likewise as in