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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.
Oh Lord, communicate thy grace to my Soul through thy Ordinances upon this day, that so I may be enabled the week following the better to live to thine honour, Lord, I come into thy presence to that end, that I might know some part of thy Will, and that I might get thy Spirit to be conveyed through this Word of thine into my heart: this should be thy end when ever thou comest, and not only Self; I will give you two or three Scriptures to show that God regards little any duties where self is the highest end: the First is in Hos. 7.14. They howled upon their beds, (saith the Text there,) but they cried not to me: The Lord there did acknowledge that they were very much affected in their Prayers, but what was it? it was but a howling upon their beds: and how so? it was because only they did cry for themselves, They have not cried unto me (saith the Lord) with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: It was but merely for Corn, and Wine, and Oil, but not unto me, they aimed at themselves and not at me: And in Amos 5.22. there the Lord professes that he did reject the fat of their peace-offerings, Though ye offer me (saith he) burnt-offerings and your meat-offerings I will not accept them, neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts. They were careful to offer their fattest beasts in their peace-offerings, and will not God regard them? It was in their peace-offerings that they offered their fat beasts, and there they were to eat a great part of it themselves: Indeed the burnt-offering was wholly offered unto God, God had all that, but the ⟨p. 76⟩peace-offering, those that did offer it, they did eat a great part of it themselves: now they were very careful in those offerings that they were to partake of themselves, to offer fat beasts; you do not see that the Holy-Ghost takes any notice of fat beasts in their burnt-offerings. Now the Note from hence is this, That in those things where men are interested themselves, they will be very careful to have the best things. But now the Lord rejected the fat beasts of their peace-offerings: saith God, You were very careful to offer fat beasts in your peace-offerings where you may feed your selves, but for those offerings wherein I have all, there you are not so careful, and therefore I regard them not. The Third Scripture is in