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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 12
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.
Now we are to proceed to that which is the main thing, and that is, What are the holy qualifications or dispositions of the soul, together with the actings fit in the receiving of the Lords Supper, what is required in the soul, for the sanctifying of the Name of God in this holy Sacrament? There are many things required.
As first, there is required knowledge; I must know what I do when I come to receive this holy Sacrament; knowledge applied to the work that I am about; when some of you have come to receive this Sacrament, if God should have spoken from heaven and have said thus to you, what are you doing now? what do you go for? what account had you been able to have given unto him, you must understand what you do when you come thither,
As first, there is required knowledge; I must know what I do when I come to receive this holy Sacrament; knowledge applyed to the work that I am about; when some of you have come to receive this Sacrament, if God should have spoken from heaven and have said thus to you, what are you doing now? what do you go for? what account had you been able to have given unto him, you must understand what you do when you come thither,
First, You must be able to give this account to God, Lord, I am now going to have represented to me in a visible and sensible way the greatest mysteries of godliness, those great and deep Counsels of thy will concerning my eternal estate, those great things that the Angels desire to pry into, that shall be the matter of eternal praises of Angels and Saints in the highest heavens, that they may be set before my view Lord, when I have come to thy Word, I have had in mine ears sounding the great mysteries of godliness, the great things of the Covenant of grace, and now I go to see them represented before mine eyes in that Ordinance of thine that thou hast appointed.