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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 1
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.
The Fifth Note is this, That the beginnings of things of high concernment, do meet sometimes with great difficulties and interruptions. This Note I gather from hence, That Nadab and Abihu were struck at the very beginning of their Priest hood: As now, suppose there were a new Office erected in a Common-wealth that concerned the Public good of the Kingdom, and in the very first erecting of the Office there falls out some hideous accident that rang throughout the whole Kingdom, as if God from Heaven had done something against them in that Office. As now, Suppose that the first time the Judges should come at the Bench, that God should strike them from Heaven dead at the very Bench, it would be a mighty matter to darken the glory and honour of that Office. So one would think that it should have been a mighty matter to have darkened the glory and the honour of the Priest hood always: But God stands not upon that, many times the beginnings of great things are darkened by sad accidents, and therefore let us not be offended though we see some sad accidents to fall out at the beginning of great things, for though accidents fall out sadly at first, yet God may prosper it afterwards, as He did the Priesthood.
The Fifth Note is this, That the beginnings of things of high concernment, do meet sometimes with great difficulties and interuptions. This Note I gather from hence, That Nadab and Abihu were struck at the very beginning of their Priest hood: As now, suppose there were a new Office erected in a Common-wealth that concern'd the Publick good of the Kingdom, and in the very first erecting of the Office there falls out some hideous accident that rang thoroughout the whol Kingdom, as if God from Heaven had done something against them in that Office. As now, Suppose that the first time the Iudges should come at the Bench, that God should strike them from Heaven dead at the very Bench, it would be a mighty matter to darken the glory and honor of that Office. So one would think that it should have been a mighty matter to have darkned the glory and the honor of the Priest hood alwayes: But God stands not upon that, many times the beginnings of great things are darkned by sad accidents, and therefore let us not be offended though we see some sad accidents to fall out at the beginning of great things, for though accidents fall out sadly at first, yet God may prosper it afterwards, as He did the Priesthood.