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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
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.
First, Be humbled for your Ignorance that you know so little of Gods mind as you do.
Secondly, Be humbled for all the sinfulness of your hearts, be sensible of the sinfulness and wretchedness of your hearts, and the miserable condition that you are in, if you can get your hearts broken with the sense of your sin and misery, and come so to hear the Word, it is very like the Word may be of mighty use, and Gods Name may be very much Sanctified in your hearing of the Word.
Secondly, Be humbled for all the sinfulness of your hearts, be sencible of the sinfulness and wretchedness of your hearts, and the miserable conditon that you are in, if you can get your hearts broken with the sence of your sin and misery, and come so to hear the Word, it is very like the Word may be of mighty use, and Gods Name may be very much Sanctified in your hearing of the Word.
You will say, Must we plough up our hearts before we come to hear? It must be the word that must plough us, the word is the plough, and so the Ministers of God are compared to ploughmen in the word, He that puts his hand to the plough and looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of heaven.
You will say, Must we plow up our hearts before we come to hear? It must be the word that must plow us, the word is the plow, and so the Ministers of God are compared to plowmen in the word, He that puts his hand to the plow and looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of heaven.