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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.
First, When we come to prayer, we must be sure to pray with understanding, 1 Cor. 14.15. What is it then? I will pray with the ••ir••, and will pray with understanding also, God doth not love the sacrifice of fools; we must not come babbling to God in prayer to speak we know not what, and to multiply words we know not wherefore, but God doth require ⟨p. 281⟩that those that come to prayer, come with understanding, that they offer to God a rational, a reasonable, an understanding sacrifice; God is a Spirit, and he will be worshipped in spirit and in truth; now as it belongs to all other duties of worship, so especially in Prayer, to know what we do when we pray, not to think to put off God with a mere empty sound; that's the first thing.
First, When we come to prayer, we must be sure to pray with understanding, 1 Cor. 14.15. What is it then? I will pray with the ••ir••, and will pray with understanding also, God doth not love the sacrifice of fooles; we must not come babling to God in prayer to speak we know not what, and to multiply words we know not wherefore, but God doth require ⟨p. 281⟩that those that come to prayer, come with understanding, that they offer to God a rational, a reasonable, an understanding sacrifice; God is a Spirit, and he will be worshipped in spirit and in truth; now as it belongs to all other duties of worship, so especially in Prayer, to know what we do when we pray, not to think to put off God with a meer empty sound; that's the first thing.
The Second thing in the manner of prayer, it is the giving up all the faculties of our souls in it; I spake to that in the worship of God in general, we shall apply it now particularly to prayer, the giving up, not only our understandings, but wills, thoughts, affections, strength in prayer, in