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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 10
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.
1 For the first, Certainly if that be to Sanctify the Name of God that we have spoken of; Gods Name is but very little sanctified by people that do come to hear His word, and we have no cause to wonder that there is so little good got by the word, because there are so few that make conscience to Sanctify Gods Name in hearing it; Some there are that are so far from Sanctifying Gods Name in it, as they altogether neglect it, and make it a matter of nothing whether they come to hear it or no: Saith Christ in Joh. 8.47. He that is of God heareth my Word, ye therefore hear them not because ye are not of God. Certainly he that hath the knowledge of God, and any interest in God, and that belongs unto Him, nothing is more sweet to him than the hearing of His word, but because ye are not of God (saith Christ) therefore you hear not his word. Those men and women that have no interest in God, but live without God in this world, they regard not to hear his word. O how many have we that belong to this place that do so! How many live without God in the world, and do declare to all the world that they are not of God• they have no part nor portion in God in that they hear not His word. Some there are that come to hear it, but they come to hear it as a mere matter of indifferency, in a mere formal and customary way, or for companies sake, or to give content to others: These are poor and low ends, thou shouldest come to hear the word, as expecting God should speak to thy Soul for the furtherance of thy eternal good, but your consciences may tell you what vain and wandering hearts you have, when you ⟨p. 198⟩come to hear it. The eyes of the fool (saith Solomon) are in all the corners of the earth, up and down wandering, little minding that you are come to hear God Himself speak to you in the Ministry of man. And if so be that it be minded, yet ordinarily the hearts of men do put off the word, and if it come any thing near to them they think to shift it from themselves to others. We have a notable Scripture in Heb. 12.25. for such men as shift off Gods word when it comes many times very near to them: See that ye refuse not him that speaketh: for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from Him which speaketh from Heaven: See that ye refuse not him that speaks the Word, see that you do not put him off: