Gospel-worship, or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in general. And…

2 Secondly, The hearing of Gods Word is a part of his worship, because in it we come to wait upon God in the way of an Ordinance, to have that good conveyed to us by way of an Ordinance beyond what the thing in it self is able to do, and therefore 'tis worship, I wait upon God when I am hearing the word (if I know what I do) to have some spiritual good conveyed to me beyond what there is in the means it self, this makes it worship. When I am busied in natural and civil actions, there I must profess that these things can do me no good without God, but I do not wait upon God in an ordinance for the conveyance of natural good beyond what God hath put into the creature; 'tis his blessing with it, that God in the ordinary course of his providence doth convey such natural or civill good in the use of those creatures: But now, when I come to hear his word, I here come to wait upon God in the way of an Ordinance for the conveyance of some spiritual good that this Ordinance hath not in it's self, take it materially, but merely as it hath an institution in it, and is appointed by God for the conveyance of such and such things. God doth appoint meat to nourish me, and together with his appointment he hath given a natural power to meat to nourish my body, that in an ordinary course of providence is enough for the nourishment of my body; but now when I come to hear the Word, I ⟨p. 164⟩must look upon that not only as a thing appointed to work upon my soul, and to save my soul by, not as a thing that hath any efficacy put into it in a natural way as the other hath; it is not the nature of the thing that carries such a power in it, but it is the institution of God, and the Ordinance of God in it; Now then, when I come to wait upon God in an ordinance for the spiritual good that is beyond the virtue of any creature to convey to me, certainly I worship God, that is a special part of worship to wait upon God in this way; Therefore in these two respects the hearing of Gods Word it is a part of the Worship of God, and I beseech you remember these two things every time you come to hear. I come now to give a Testimony that I am not able to understand God and the way to eternal life of my self, but I do depend upon God for the knowledge of it. And here I come to wait upon God for the conveyance of that good to my soul that is not in the power of any creature to convey:

2 Secondly, The hearing of Gods Word is a part of his worship, because in it we come to wait upon God in the way of an Ordinance, to have that good conveyed to us by way of an Ordinance beyond what the thing in it self is able to do, and therfore 'tis worship, I wait upon God when I am hearing the word (if I know what I do) to have some spiritual good conveyed to me beyond what there is in the means it self, this makes it worship. When I am bufied in natural and civil actions, there I must profess that these things can do me no good without God, but I do not wait upon God in an ordinance for the conveyance of natural good beyond what God hath put into the creature; 'tis his blessing with it, that God in the ordinary course of his providence doth convey such naturall or civill good in the use of those creatures: But now, when I come to hear his word, I here come to wait upon God in the way of an Ordinance for the conveyance of some spiritual good that this Ordinance hath not in it's self, take it materially, but meerly as it hath an institution in it, and is appointed by God for the conveyance of such and such things. God doth appoint meat to nourish me, and together with his appointment he hath given a natural power to meat to nourish my body, that in an ordinary course of providence is enough for the nourishment of my body; but now when I come to hear the Word, I