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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.
3 The third thing is the careful applying of the Word, so in Pro. 2.2. There must be an applying of the heart to the word, and an applying of the word unto the heart. All action is by an application of the thing that doth act unto the subject, there must be an application of the word to thy soul, as now, ⟨p. 176⟩Suppose thou comest to hear the Word, and thou hearest of some sin, that it may be thou knowest thou art guilty of, take the Word and lay it to thy heart and say, The Lord hath met with my soul this day, the Lord hath spoken to me, to the end that I might be humbled for this sin, and the other sin that my Conscience tells me I am guilty of: So, doth the Lord put thee upon a duty that concerns thee? acknowledge this, the Lord hath spoken to me this day and put me upon the reformation of my family, and the reformation of my own heart. Is there a word presented? apply that, and let not the trouble of thy heart cause thee to cast off that word that God hath spoken to thee, The application of the word to the heart it is of marvellous use, and it concerns not only Ministers in general to lay before people the Doctrine of the Gospel but to apply it, And know that it concerns you as well as Ministers to apply it; And not only when they come to that that is called use, but all the way in the opening of the Word, it concerns you all to apply it to your own souls, and to consider, How doth it concern me in particular? My brethren there is no such way to honour God, or get good to your own souls, as the application of the Word unto your selves. As a man that is asleep if there be a noise made it will not awake him so soon, but come and call him by his name (and say John, or Thomas,) and that will awake him sooner than a greater noise will; So, when the Word makes a noise when it is delivered only in the general, men take little notice of it, but when the Word comes particularly to the souls of men, and doth as it were call them by name, thy awakens them; now God many times doth speak to your hearts but you should apply it: you know the word is compared to meat, and it must be applied to the body, Then do we worship God in a right way when as we take notice of Gods Word, as concerning us in particular, as that notable Scripture that you have in 1 Cor. 14.25.