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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 7
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.
2 Secondly, If all this be required for the Sanctifying of Gods Name in duties, That we cannot perform the duties of Worship without this behaviour of Soul; hence we see that the work of Religion is a hard and difficult work to flesh & blood. A main work of Religion is the work of worshipping of God, for indeed those that are not religious and godly, they never worship God to any purpose: then we come to worship God when we begin to be religious and godly. Now it must needs be a busy work to be a religious and a godly man, because there is so much required in the Sanctifying of Gods Name in holy duties: many people think it a very easy matter to worship God, and the worship that they tender up to God is an easy matter, there is little in it. If it were nothing else to worship God but merely to go and say a few prayers, and come and hear a Sermon, and take a piece of Bread and Wine, then it were the easiest matter in the world to come and worship God, but there is more required in the duties of Gods worship than thou hast been acquainted with; there is a power of godliness in it. That Text of Scripture is a very famous one that shows the difficulty that there is in the Worship of God, and how men are mistaken in thinking it such an easy and slight matter to worship God: It is in Josh. 24.16.19. where Joshua doth call upon the people to worship God, and they came off presently, and said, They would worship him (so you shall find them profess, ⟨p. 110⟩verse 16.) But mark what the Text saith in verse 19. And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord, for he is an holy God, he is a jealous God, and he will not forgive your transgressions and your sins, As if he should say, You think it is nothing to serve the Lord, and that it is an easy matter to serve him, you think to put off God with any thing: Alas you cannot serve the Lord, for he is a holy God, and a jealous God and you must have other manner of hearts than yet you have, and you must understand his worship in another manner than yet you do, the Lord will be Sanctified in those that draw nigh him, and therefore until you understand God, and his ways and worship, you cannot serve the Lord. Know that the work of Religion is a very hard and difficult work, for it requireth all this, and therefore the Soul had need be very diligent and laborious that would come to worship God in a right way.