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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.
Secondly, This Ordinance, it is the Ordinance of spiritual nourishment, of eating the flesh of Christ and drinking his blood in a spiritual way. Now it must needs suppose that first there must be life before there can be any nourishment received in. If it be appointed to nourish and increase grace, then surely there must be grace before; what nourishment can a dead child take? the very first thing that is to be done is nourishment here, The word hath power to convey life and then to nourish but we read of no such thing here, but that which is to be done here is presently to feed, to eat, and to drink, that's the end of the Sacrament; therefore it must be supposed that thou must have spiritual life, there must come no dead Soul to this Ordinance, but those who are quickened by the Spirit of Jesus Christ, they must come for nourishment.
Secondly, This Ordinance, it is the Ordinance of spiritual nourishment, of eating the flesh of Christ and drinking his blood in a spiritual way. Now it must needs suppose that first there must be life before there can be any nourishment received in. If it be appointed to nourish and increase grace, then surely there must be grace before; what nourishment can a dead child take? the very first thing that is to be done is nourishment here, The word hath power to convey life and then to nourish but we reade of no such thing here, but that which is to be done here is presently to feed, to eat, and to drink, that's the end of the Sacrament; therefore it must be supposed that thou must have spiritual life, there must come no dead Soul to this Ordinance, but those who are quickned by the Spirit of Jesus Christ, they must come for nourishment.
Thirdly, the act here required doth note that only those that are holy and godly can receive this Sacrament; we are required by the Apostle to examine our selves. To examine our selves of what? It must be of our godliness, examine what work of God hath been upon the soul, how God hath brought the soul to himself, and what Graces of the Spirit of God are ⟨p. 234⟩there, And how we have been brought into Covenant with God, now if only those can receive worthily, and are to come that first examine themselves, then certainly such only as are godly are to come, for they only can perform those acts that are required.