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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
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6 The Sixth is, If thou wilt Sanctify Gods Name in Worship, there must be an humble frame of Spirit, worship him with much humility of Soul: Abraham did fall upon the ground before the Lord, and dust and ashes (saith he) hath begun to speak unto thee: yea, we read of Jesus Christ grovelling upon the earth, and the Angels they cover their faces in the presence of God; and so should we be humble when we come before the Lord: there is nothing more abases the Soul of man, than the sight of God; and the great reason of the pride of all mens hearts, is because they never knew God: If thou diddest but see God, thy heart must needs be abased; and when doth the Soul see God if not when it comes to worship him? In Job 42. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye seeth thee, wherefore I abhor my self, and repent in dust and ashes. Now this humility must be in the sense of our own meanness and baseness. Psa. 34.6. This poor man cried to God: They are poor Souls that come into Gods presence that Sanctify Gods Name most; even those Souls that do apprehend and are sensible of their own baseness and meanness before God. This poor man cried to God; we use to say, Give that poor man somewhat. It doth affect the heart of God when he sees much poverty of Spirit: when we come before him we must be sensible of our infinite dependence upon God. Come as the woman of Canaan. O Lord, even dogs do receive crumbs, and though I be a dog, yet let me receive crumbs; here is humility of Spirit. Now this humility of Spirit appears in these things.
6 The Sixth is, If thou wilt Sanctifie Gods Name in Worship, there must be an humble frame of Spirit, worship him with much humility of Soul: Abraham did fall upon the ground before the Lord, and dust and ashes (saith he) hath begun to speak unto thee: yea, we read of Jesus Christ groveling upon the earth, and the Angels they cover their faces in the presence of God; and so should we be humble when we come before the Lord: there is nothing more abases the Soul of man, than the sight of God; and the great reason of the pride of all mens hearts, is because they never knew God: If thou didest but see God, thy heart must needs be abased; and when doth the Soul see God if not when it comes to worship him? In Job 42. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but now my eye seeth thee, wherefore I abhor my self, and repent in dust and ashes. Now this humility must be in the sense of our own meanness and baseness.