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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 2
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.
Another Note is this, That though the lives of men be dear and precious to God, yet they are not so precious as His glory.
The Glory of His Name is a thousand thousand times more dear unto God than the lives of thousand thousands of People; the lives of Nadab and Abihu must go, that God may be Sanctified: If it comes so in the way (as I may so say) the lives of men, and the Sanctifying of Gods Name, the Glory of God must pass on, and must have its course let the lives of men go which way they will.
We think much to have the lives of men taken away; but if we knew what the Glory of God meant, and what infinite reason there is that God should be glorified, we would not think it much that the lives of never so many men should go for the Glory of God. 'Tis mercy that our lives have not gone many times for Gods Glory; How often might God have glorified Himself in taking away our lives? We have cause to bless Him, that our lives have been preserved so long as they have.
We think much to have the lives of men taken away; but if we knew what the Glory of God meant, and what infinite reason there is that God should be glorified, we would not think it much that the lives of never so many men should go for the Glory of God. 'Tis mercy that our lives have not gone many times for Gods Glory; How often might God have glorified Himselfe in taking away our lives? Wee have cause to blesse Him, that our lives have been preserved so long as they have.