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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 6
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 Thirdly, Look upon God when you come to Worship Him in His incomprehensible being: that is, as a God that fills all places, His being is as real in the room that we are praying in, the place that we are meeting in as it is in Heaven. Now then when we come to worship Him, we must consider that that infinite glorious being stands before us, looks upon us, is at our elbow; and therefore especially when you Worship in Secret consider this, it is good to consider it when you are with others, but especially (I say) consider it when you are in secret, and know that when you are most private, you have one that looks on you, and takes notice of you, who is more than if you had ten hundred thousand witnesses standing by you, and looking upon you: For it is the Lord that stands by you, and sees your behaviour, sees what you do in your worshipping of Him; take heed therefore that there be nothing done by you that is ⟨p. 96⟩unbeseeming the presence of such a God as the Lord is: Suppose that some of you were praying, and there were some godly able Minister stood near you, it would be some means to stir up your hearts to mind what you did: but now the Lord He is not in the next room only, but in the same room, and stands by you: L•t there be nothing done therefore unbeseeming the presence of that infinite holy God that stands by you; and hold this Truth forth, the Lord is present with me, I acknowledge it, and I own it, and therefore I carry my self thus, and all because I would witness to Angels and men, that I do acknowledge that the Lord is present with me in this duty.
3 Thirdly, Look upon God when you come to Worship Him in His incomprehensible being: that is, as a God that fils all places, His being is as real in the room that we are praying in, the place that we are meeting in as it is in Heaven. Now then when we come to worship Him, we must consider that that infinit glorious being stands before us, looks upon us, is at our elbow; and therefore especially when you Worship in Secret consider this, it is good to consider it when you are with others, but especially (I say) consider it when you are in secret, and know that when you are most private, you have one that looks on you, and takes notice of you, who is more than if you had ten hundred thousand witnesses standing by you, and looking upon you: For it is the Lord that stands by you, and sees your behaviour, sees what you do in your worshipping of Him; take heed therefore that there be nothing done by you that is