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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.
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.
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 Councels 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 eares 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.
Yea Lord, I am now going to receive the Seals of the blessed Covenant of thine, the second Covenant, the new Covenant, the Seals of the Testimony and Will of thine; I am going to have confirmed to my soul thine everlasting Love in Jesus Christ.
Yea Lord, I am going to that Ordinance wherein I expect to have Communion with thy self, and the communication of thy chief mercies to my soul in Jesus Christ.
Yea Lord, I am going to that Ordinance wherein I expect to have Communion with thy self, and the communication of thy cheif mercies to my soul in Jesus Christ.