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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, We must know that this is a part of the Worship of God, and we draw nigh to God in this, or otherwise it will not come up to our point.
And then we shall show that God is to be Sanctified in this duty of worship,
And then we shall shew that God is to be Sanctified in this duty of worship,
And then thirdly how.
First, We do in this draw nigh to God; We worship God; For when we are coming to receive these holy Signs and Seals, we come to present our selves before God; and we have to deal with God himself in a service that he himself requires of us, in a Holy, in a Divine Service: we come to present our selves to God for blessing, for Communication of some higher good unto us, then possibly those Creatures that we have to deal with, are able of themselves to covey to us, we come for a higher good than to taste a piece of bread, or to drink a draught of wine, we come I say to present our selves to God; that we ⟨p. 227⟩