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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.
Secondly, Here is a special thing in the Sanctifying of the Justice of God: When we come before him, we should consider that we have to deal with an infinite Just God, and therefore not to dare to come but through a Mediator: Here you have the reason why we must tender up all in the Name of Christ, because when we are to come before God, we are to Sanctify the Name of his justice: For thee to think thus, I have ⟨p. 102⟩sinned, and God is merciful; and I will go and pray to him that he might be merciful, and there's an end. Is this all? Oh no, God requires the Sanctifying of his Justice, and there is nothing that doth Sanctify his Justice so much as this, That when a poor creature sees the infinite distance that sin hath made between that infinite God and it, it sees that through sin, it hath made it's self liable to Justice; and when it sees that there is an absolute necessity that infinite justice must have satisfaction, and thinks the sinner, If it comes to me that I must satisfy the justice of God I am never able to do it, but there is a Mediator, and therefore I'll fly to him, and by Faith tender up to the Father all the merits of his Son as a full satisfaction to his infinite justice: When thou comest thus before the Lord, thou Sanctifiest his Name indeed. Many think that when they come to pray, they should look upon Gods Grace, and Mercy, and not upon his Justice; but thou must look upon both.
Secondly, Here is a special thing in the Sanctifying of the Justice of God: When we come before him, we should consider that we have to deal with an infinite Just God, and therefore not to dare to come but through a Mediator: Here you have the reason why we must tender up all in the Name of Christ, because when we are to come before God, we are to Sanctifie the Name of his justice: For thee to think thus, I have ⟨p. 102⟩sinned, and God is merciful; and I will go and pray to him that he might be merciful, and there's an end. Is this all? Oh no, God requires the Sanctifying of his Justice, and there is nothing that doth Sanctifie his Justice so much as this, That when a poor creature sees the infinite distance that sin hath made between that infinite God and it, it sees that through sin, it hath made it's self liable to Justice; and when it sees that there is an absolute necessity that infinite justice must have satisfaction, and thinks the sinner, If it comes to me that I must satisfie the justice of God I am never able to do it, but there is a Mediator, and therefore I'le fly to him, and by Faith tender up to the Father all the merits of his Son as a full satisfaction to his infinite justice: When thou comest thus before the Lord, thou Sanctifest his Name indeed. Many think that when they come to pray, they should look upon Gods Grace, and Mercy, and not upon his Justice; but thou must look upon both.