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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.
If any man in the world should have appointed a piece of Bread, or a draught of wine, to have signified and sealed the body and blood of Christ, it had bin superstition in any, and Will-worship, and sinful and abominable to you; but we are to look upon God setting apart these Creatures for such holy and solemn ends, and therefore when we come to be exercised in them, we come to worship God; and we come likewise to tender up our homage to God when we come to attend upon him in such Ordinances as these are; to tender up that homage that is due from us poor Creatures, unto such an infinite and glorious God: and therefore we draw nigh to him in these.
If any man in the world should have appointed a piece of Bread, or a draught of wine, to have signified and sealed the body and blood of Christ, it had bin superstition in any, and Wil-worship, and sinful and abominable to you; but we are to look upon God setting apart these Creatures for such holy and solemn ends, and therefore when we come to be exercised in them, we come to worship God; and we come likewise to tender up our homage to God when we come to attend upon him in such Ordinances as these are; to tender up that homage that is due from us poor Creatures, unto such an infinite and glorious God: and therefore we draw nigh to him in these.
Secondly, We must sanctify Gods Name in drawing nigh to him: whatsoever we do, whether we eat or drink we must do all to the glory of God; Now if in our common eating and drinking we must do all to the glory of God, then certainly in this spiritual eating and drinking there must be some special thing done for the glory of God in this.
Secondly, We must sanctifie Gods Name in drawing nigh to him: whatsoever we do, whether we eat or drink we must do all to the glory of God; Now if in our common eating and drinking we must do all to the glory of God, then certainly in this spiritual eating and drinking there must be some special thing done for the glory of God in this.