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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 5
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, High-ends, Raised-ends in the Worshipping of God: Prov. 15.24. The way of life is above to the wise: It is on high in this respect, when he Worships God his heart is lifted up on high; there is a holy raising of the heart which is well pleasing to God: Our hearts should be on high in regard of the high ends that we aim at in holy duties: Lift up thy prayer saith Hezekiah to the Prophet in another case; so I may say, Lift up thy soul when thou comest to Worship God in regard of the high ends that thou aimest at: when we are Worshipping God we should have our hearts above all creatures, and above our selves. Let not our hearts then be grovelling upon the ground, mingled with base and drossy things, when we come to Worship the Lord: Indeed it is fit that we should have our hearts low (as we shall show hereafter) in regard of humility, but not low in regard of any baseness of spirit to mix with any base and low ends: Now there are low and base ends in Worshipping of God, As
3 A Third thing is, High-ends, Raised-ends in the Worshipping of God: Prov. 15.24. The way of life is above to the wise: It is on high in this respect, when he Worships God his heart is lifted up on high; there is a holy raising of the heart which is well pleasing to God: Our hearts should be on high in regard of the high ends that we aime at in holy duties: Lift up thy prayer saith Hezekiah to the Prophet in another case; so I may say, Lift up thy soul when thou comest to Worship God in regard of the high ends that thou aimest at: when we are Worshipping God we should have our hearts above al creatures, and above our selves. Let not our hearts then be groveling upon the ground, mingled with base and drossie things, when we come to Worship the Lord: Indeed it is fit that we should have our hearts low (as we shall shew hereafter) in regard of humility, but not low in regard of any baseness of spirit to mix with any base and low ends: Now there are low and base ends in Worshipping of God, As