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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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3 Thou mayest know it by this, wherein dost thou account the excellency of a duty to consist, either in thy self or others; Thou performest a duty, now (it may be) thy parts do act very lively, and to thy credit, and yet thy conscience tells thee that thy heart was straitened: Now canst thou rise up with joy because thou hast thy ends? At another time (perhaps) thy heart is more troubled, and broken: But thou doest not express thy self so much, then thou art discouraged. And when ⟨p. 88⟩thou seest another perform a duty, if thou seest but any failing in their expressions, thou pitchest upon that, and lookest upon it as a poor thing; thou art not able to see an excellency in holy duties, except there be an excellency of natural parts; but those that have the Spirit of God, they can find the Spirit of God acting in others, though they have not such natural parts.
3 Thou mayest know it by this, wherein dost thou account the excellency of a duty to consist, either in thy self or others; Thou performest a duty, now (it may be) thy parts do act very lively, and to thy credit, and yet thy conscience tells thee that thy heart was streightened: Now canst thou rise up with joy because thou hast thy ends? At another time (perhaps) thy heart is more troubled, and broken: But thou doest not express thy self so much, then thou art discouraged. And when ⟨p. 88⟩thou seest another perform a duty, if thou seest but any failing in their expressions, thou pitchest upon that, and lookest upon it as a poor thing; thou art not able to see an excellency in holy duties, except there be an excellency of naturall parts; but those that have the Spirit of God, they can finde the Spirit of God acting in others, though they have not such naturall parts.
4 Those that are acted by their natural parts, in secret they are less enlarged, than they are before others a great deal. Their parts act much before others, But what is there between God and their own souls?