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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.
In the Twelfth place, Gods judgments are often very suitable to mens sins.
Here they sinned by fire, and they are consumed by fire. They offended by strange fire, and God strikes them by a strange fire. The judgments of God are very suitable to the sins of men oftentimes. As here by fire, so another time we find it by water: Pharaoh he sins by drowning the Infants of the people of Israel in the waters, and God drowns him in the Sea. If you will be drowning by water you shall have water enough saith God: And so here, if you will be meddling with strange fire, you shall have strange fire saith God: God doth many times proportion judgments to sinners that his righteousness might the more appear: those very creatures in which we sin, many times God makes them or others of the same kind to be the executioners of his wrath: So it was with the Jews, they would sell Christ for 30. pieces of silver, and they were sold 30. of them for a penny afterwards. And so the story of Adoni-bezek in the first of Judges, that was so cruel in such a way to cut off Thumbs and Toes of Kings, even so he was served in the like kind: and it's ordinary for men that are of cruel fiery spirits, to meet with cruel fiery spirits too.
Here they sinned by fire, and they are consumed by fire. They offended by strange fire, and God strikes them by a strange fire. The judgments of God are very suitable to the sins of men oftentimes. As here by fire, so another time we find it by water: Pharaoh he sins by drowning the Infants of the people of Israel in the waters, and God drowns him in the Sea. If you will be drowning by water you shall have water enough saith God: And so here, if you will be medling with strange fire, you shall have strange fire saith God: God doth many times proportion judgments to sinners that his righteousness might the more appear: those very creatures in which we sin, many times God makes them or others of the same kind to be the executioners of his wrath: So it was with the Jews, they would sell Christ for 30. pieces of silver, and they were sold 30. of them for a penny afterwards. And so the story of Adoni-bezek in the first of Judges, that was so cruel in such a way to cut off Thumbs and Toes of Kings, even so he was served in the like kind: and it's ordinary for men that are of cruel fiery spirits, to meet with cruel fiery spirits too.