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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 9
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.
8 Another particular, wherein the behaviour of the Soul for the Sanctifying of Gods Name consists is this, The word it must be received with love, and with joy, it is not enough for you to be convinced of the authority of it, & to think thus, well I must yield to it, this is the Word of God and if I do not yield to it I must expect the plagues and judgements of God to follow it: that is not enough, but you must yield to it with love, and with joy, except you receive the Word with love ⟨p. 185⟩and with joy it is not Sanctified; you do not Sanctify Gods Name, nor is it Sanctified unto you. You must receive the Word not only as the true Word of the Lord, but as the good Word of the Lord. In Thessalon. 2.10. we find it to be the cause of mens being given over to a spirit of delusion, Because they received not the Word of God in Love: It is spoken of Antichrist, that at his coming he shall come with all deceivableness, and he shall prevail with them that perish, who are they? They that receive not the love of the truth that they might be saved. It is not enough my Brethren to receive the truth that we might be saved; but we must receive the love of the truth if ever we would be saved; Good is the word of the Lord to my soul. And we must receive it with joy too as well as with love; Prov. 2.10. When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy Soul: Then discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee, &c. That is a great matter, when the Word reveals some truth to thy understanding, and thou canst so receive it as it should be pleasant to thy soul, that thy soul rejoices in it; it is a good word, it is that that doth me good at the heart, when a people can hear the word, and the word coming near unto them, they can say, This word doth me good at the heart, it is pleasant to my soul, that is excellent. In Act. 2.41. the godly are described, those that did receive the Word so as to sanctify Gods Name in it by this, that they gladly received the Word and were baptized, and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. There were three thousand in one day that did gladly receive the word; What an auditory had Peter at this time! Then the word it did them good, when they gladly received it.