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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 1
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.
We read that once fire came down from Heaven in a way of Mercy to consume the Sacrifices: but now fire comes down from heaven in a way of Judgment to consume the Sacrificers, even Nadab and Abihu: they were Aaron's sons, the sons of a godly man, the son of the High-Priest, they were his eldest sons, for Aaron had other sons besides Nadab and Abihu, Eleazer and Ithamar, but these were his two eldest sons: they were two young men, they were struck in the very prime of their age, they were two that were newly consecrated in the Priests office, for so you find it in the 9. Chap. And they were two men of renown in the country and before all the people of Israel two men that God had much honoured heretofore; as you shall find in the 24 Chap. of Exod, and the beginning, this Nadab and Abihu were men of great repute and great renown, that God did much honour in former times; for when God called Moses and Aaron with the Elders to come up to him, He singles out Nadab and Abihu amongst the rest and names them. And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and 70. of the Elders of Israel. Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu are only named, and then 70. of the Elders in general, but Moses, Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, as if these were the four eminent men of renown among all the people of Israel, he names none of the 70. Elders but these two, besides Moses and Aaron: therefore these two that were consumed by strange fire, were renowned men and newly consecrated into their Office.
We reade that once fire came down from Heaven in a way of Mercy to consume the Sacrifices: but now fire comes down from heaven in a way of Judgment to consume the Sacrificers, even Nadab and Abihu: they were Aarons sons, the sons of a godly man, the son of the High-Priest, they were his eldest sons, for Aaron had other sons besides Nadab and Abihu, Eleazer and Ithamar, but these were his two eldest sons: they were two young men, they were struck in the very prime of their age, they were two that were newly consecrated in the Priests office, for so you find it in the 9. Chap. And they were two men of renown in the country and before all the people of Israel two men that God had much honored heretofore; as you shall find in the 24 Chap. of Exod, and the beginning, this Nadab and Abihu were men of great repute and great renown, that God did much honor in former times; for when God called Moses and Aaron with the Elders to come up to him, He singles out Nadab and Abihu amongst the rest and names them. And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and 70. of the Elders of Israel. Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu are only named, and then 70. of the Elders in general, but Moses, Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, as if these were the four eminent men of renown among all the people of Israel, he names none of the 70. Elders but these two, besides Moses and Aaron: therefore these two that were consumed by strange fire, were renowned men and newly consecrated into their Office.