Gospel-worship, or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in general. And…

Suppose you come to a Table, and here is a knife laid at your Trencher, and it was told you, this is the knife that cut the throat of your child, or father, if you could use that knife as another knife, would not any one say, There was but little love to your father or child? So when there is a temptation comes to any sin, this is the knife that cut the throat of Christ, that pierced his sides, that was the cause of all his suffering, that made Christ to be a curse; now wilt not thou look upon that as a cursed thing that made Christ to be a curse? Oh with what detestation would a man or woman fling away such a knife! and with the like detestation it is required that thou shouldest renounce sin, for that was the cause of the death of Christ. I remember it is reported of Anthony when Caesar was slain, he comes to stir up the people against those that had slain Caesar, and he takes the clothes that were bloody and holds them forth to the people, and saith, here is the blood of your Emperor, and upon that the people were enraged against those that had slain him, and went and pulled down their houses upon them; So when thou comest to this Sacrament, thou seest the blood of Christ gushing out, and for thy ⟨p. 251⟩sin, if ever thy sin be pardoned; either thy soul must be eternally damned for thy sin, or else thy sin cost the gushing out of the Blood of Christ; now when thou seest this; this should cause a holy rage in thy soul against sin that caused this; surely the putting away sin, the risings of the heart against sin must needs be a disposition suitable to such an Ordinance as this is. And that's the third thing required in the sanctifying of Gods Name in this Ordinance, the purging out of sin, and rising of the heart against it.

Suppose you come to a Table, and here is a knife laid at your Trencher, and it was told you, this is the knife that cut the throat of your childe, or father, if you could use that knife as another knife, would not any one say, There was but little love to your father or child? So when there is a temptation comes to any sinne, this is the knife that cut the throat of Christ, that pierc'd his sides, that was the cause of all his suffering, that made Christ to be a curse; now wilt not thou look upon that as a cursed thing that made Christ to be a curse? Oh with what detestation would a man or woman fling away such a knife! and with the like detestation it is required that thou shouldest renounce sin, for that was the cause of the death of Christ. I remember it is reported of Anthony when Caesar was slaine, he comes to stir up the people against those that had slaine Caesar, and he takes the cloathes that were bloody and holds them forth to the people, and saith, here is the blood of your Emperour, and upon that the people were enraged against those that had slaine him, and went and pul'd down their houses upon them; So when thou comest to this Sacrament, thou seest the blood of Christ gushing out, and for thy