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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.
2 Secondly, t•• heart must be ploughed by labouring to get out those thorns that are in the heart, those lusts that grow deep in the heart as thorns grow in the ground: labour to pluck them out, that is▪ when thou comest to hear the word get thy heart into that frame, as to be willing to profess against every known in that thou hast found in thy heart, labour to find out those lusts that are in thy heart and then profess against them, that thou art willing to have them to be ro•t•d out of thy heart, if men and women would but do thus when they come to bear, that God might see this in them, that they have before they come profest g••n•t every known sin, This would be an excellent thing indeed.
2 Secondly, t•• heart must be plowed by labouring to get out those thorns that are in the heart, those lusts that grow deep in the heart as thorns grow in the ground: labour to pluck them out, that is▪ when thou comest to hear the word get thy heart into that frame, as to be willing to profess against every known in that thou hast found in thy heart, labour to find out those lusts that are in thy heart and then profess against them, that thou art willing to have them to be ro•t•d out of thy heart, if men and women would but do thus when they come to bear, that God might see this in them, that they have before they come profest g••n•t every known sin, This would be an execellent thing indeed.
3 Again in the third place, which will follow from hence,