Gospel Worship, Table of contents
THE CONTENTS OF THE SEVERALL ENSUING SERMONS.
SERMON I
THE occaſion of the Words page 1
The words opened 5
Obſervation 1
There muſt be nothing in Gods worſhip but what he hath commanded. 8
Obſervation 2
God ſtands upon little things in matters of his worſhip 11
Obſerv. 3
No priviledge can ſecure from Gods ſtroak 12
Obſerv. 4
The more dignity, the more danger Ibid
Obſerv. 5
The beginnings of great matters meet with difficulties 13
Obſerv. 6
Thoſe that enter into publick places have need of the fear of God ibid
Obſerv. 7
We ſhould pick out Gods meaning from dark expreſſions in his word 14
Obſerv. 8
Sinners may meet with judgements never threatned in the word 16
Obſerv. 9
God is very quick with ſome in the way of judgement 17
Obſerv. 10
The holineſſe of a duty will not bear a man out in his miſcariage in it ibid
Obſerv. 11
The Lord is terrible out of his holy places 18
Obſerv. 12
Gods judgements are oft ſutable to mens ſins ibid
Obſerv. 13
We ſhould take heed of bringing ſtrange fire to Gods ſervice 19
SERMON II
Obſerv. 14
Gods ſaints many times meet with afflictions in their children 20
Obſerv 15
Gods judgments many …nes come in an inviſible way 21
Obſerva 16.
Gods glory more precious to him then mens lives 22
Obſerv. 17
The neerer any are to God the more carefull they ſhould be to glorifie him ibid
Obſerv. 18
When judgements are exemplarie we ſhould look to the word how God makes it good 23
Obſerv. 19
The great honour of Gods Name in the making it holy ibid
Obſerv. 20
True friendſhip to comfort friends in diſtreſſe from the word 24
Obſerv. 21
The way to quiet the heart in affliction is to think God will have honour by it 25
Doct. 1
In worſhipping God we draw nigh to him 26
In what reſpect we are ſaid to draw nigh God in worſhip 27
Uſe 1
To take heed what we do when we worſhip God 30
Uſe 2
Why guilty conſciences fly from the worſhip of God 31
Uſe 3
Why Hypocrites meet with ſuch ſevere judgments 32
Uſe 4
To neglect Gods worſhip is to depart from him 33
Uſe 5
Exhortation to be much in Gods worſhip 34
SERMON III
Uſe 6
The honour of Gods ſervants to draw nigh him 39
Doct. 2
We muſt ſanctifie Gods Name in drawing nigh to him 42
Firſt in preparation to his Worſhip ibid
1 Becauſe he is a great God 43
2 The duties of Gods worſhip are great 44
3 Our hearts are naturally unprepared 46
4 The hinderances of Gods worſhip are many ibid
5 The Heathen prepared to worſhip their Idolls ibid
6 Preparation ſhewes ſincerity of heart 47
5 Things wherein preparation conſiſts 48
1 A right apprehenſion of God 49
2 Taking the heart from finfull waies ibid
3 Taking off the heart from the world ibid
4 In watching and prayer 50
5 In acting the Faculties and Graces 51
4 Things of the excellency of Preparation 52
1 It will make duties eaſie ibid
2 Wee ſhall do much in a little time ibid
3 The Lord will paſſe by weakneſſe in duties 53
4 It will make the heart alway ready for duty 45
SERMON IV
Caſes of Conſcience.
1 Whether we be alway bound to ſet ſome time apart for preparation to duties 55
2 Whether being not prepared the duty may be omitted 57
Anſwered in 4 particulars.
1 The omiſſion of duty will not fit the Soul for duty 58
2 It is but a temptation to keep from duty 59
3 If the duty be done in ſincerity, though there be not due preparation it is better then to omit it ibid
4 While people ſtruggle with their corruptions, and ſeek not God, they fall into ſnares 61
In what manner duties are to be performed that Gods Name may be ſanctified ibid
1 We muſt performe them ſo that we may glorifie God as a God 62
Which is done,
1 When we offer all we have 63
2 When we greive that we can do no more 64
3 There is an impreſſion of Gods infinitneſſe on the duties of his Saints ibid
2 When the Soul follows after God as a God 66
3 When the Soul comes expecting the choiceſt mercies of God ibid
How the heart muſt behave it ſelf to ſanctifie Gods Name in reſpect of his greatneſſe and glory ibid
1 It muſt be a ſanctified heart 67
1 Becauſe the Lord accepts the perſon before he accepts the action 69
2 God looks more at the principle of the duty then at the duty ibid
3 According as the heart is, ſo will the duty be 70
SERMON V
2 In ſanctifying Gods Name in worſhip we muſt have high thoughts of God 71
3 We muſt have high ends in worſhipping God 72
Several baſe low ends in worſhipping of God
1. In ſubjecting his worſhip to our luſts ibid
2 Subjecting his worſhip to the praiſe of men 73
3 Making Self our end in his worſhip 74
which we do
1 When we are weary of duties if we find not that we deſire 76
2 When men are ſtreightned in Worſhip, and envy others that are enlarged 77
3 When men regard holy duties onelyonly in times of extremity ibid
4 There muſt be reverence and fear in Gods worſhip 78
5 There muſt be ſtrength in the duties of Gods worſhip 80
Strength of Intention 81
Affection 82
Faculties 83
6 There muſt be a humble frame of Spirit 84.
Which conſiſts
1 In admiring Gods goodneſſe that we are alive to come before him ibid
2 To have no thought of any excellency in our ſelves, 85
3 To come without our own righteouſneſſe ibid
4 To take off our hearts from all abilities of grace ibid
5 To wait Gods leaſure in regard of the time 86
7 In Sanctifying Gods Name we muſt bring that which is his own ibid
1 The matter muſt be that which he hath commanded ibid
2 We muſt be acted by the ſpirit 87
When duties are acted by naturall parts, and not the ſpirit of God
1 If they change not the heart ibid
2 If they carry not through difficulties ibid
3 When men rejoyce in acting their parts ibid
4 When there is little enlargment in ſecret 88
5 When there is not conſtancy in duty ibid
Duties acted by naturall Conſcience
1 It gives no ſtrength to do them ibid
2 The heart loves not the duty ibid
3 It doth not increaſe communion with God ibid
SERMON VI
4 It makes not a duty ſtrong to the ſoul 89
5 It limits it ſelfe in dutie ibid
6 It is ſatisfied with little 90
8 In the ſanctifying Gods Name in Worſhip, there muſt be a reſignation of all to God ibid
9 All Worſhip muſt be tendered in the Name of Jeſus Chriſt 91
How to Sanctifie Gods Name in reference to his Attributes
1 God is a Spirit, and to be worſhipped in Spirit 93
2 God is Eternall, and how to worſhip him in that conſideration 94
3 God is incomprehenſible, and therfore ſeeth us in every place 95
4 God is unchangeable, what that ſhould teach us in our worſhip 96
5 God is a living God, and what we ſhould learn thence ibid
6 God is Almighty, what that ſhould teach us in our worſhip 97
7 God is Omniſcient, and what that ſhould teach us 98
8 God is a God of Wiſdom, and what that ſhould teach us 99
9 God is Holy, and what that ſhould teach us in our worſhip ibid
10 God is Mercifull, and what that ſhould teach us 100
11 God is juſt, and what that ſhould teach us 101
12 God is Faithfull, and what we ſhould learn thence 102
SERMON VII
Reaſons why God will be ſanctified in all the duties of his Worſhip
1 God doth will himſelf the laſt End 104
2 The eſpeciall glory God hath in the world is to be actively honoured 105
3 The duties of worſhip are the means to convey Gods choiceſt mercies ibid
4 We are not fitted to receive mercies, but by ſanctifying Gods Name ibid
5 Elſe we ſhall not hold out in duty 106
Application.
1 We have no cauſe to reſt on our duties 107
2 The work of Religion is hard to fleſh and blood 109
3 We ſhould be humbled that we have no more ſanctified Gods Name 110
4 Exhortation to ſanctifie Gods Name 113
1 To conſider we have to deal with God in worſhip 114
2 Not to come in our owne ſtrength 115
3 Not to be ſatisfied with the duty done ibid
5 God is diſpleaſed with the duties of wicked men 116
1 God blaſts ſuch men 117
2 God opens their eyes on their death bed to ſee what they have done 118
6 Thoſe that ſanctifie Gods name he will ſanctifie it in a way of mercy 119
SERMON VIII
Of ſanctifying Gods name in hearing of the word 161
Hearing the word is a part of Gods worſhip 162
1 We profeſſe our dependance upon God for the knowing of his mind 163
2 In hearing we wait on God in the way of an Ordinance ibid
In hearing the word
1 There muſt be preparation 165
Which is
1 To hear the word as the word of God 166
2 To hear the word as Gods Ordinance for our good ibid
2 To plow up the fallow ground of the heart, and what is meant by it 168
3 Reſolution to yeild to all truths delivered 170
4 A deſire after the word ibid
5 Prayer before we hear the word 171
The behaviour of the Soul in hearing the word
1 Carefull attention to it ibid
Means to help attention ibid
2 An opening of the heart to receive it 175
3 Carefull applying of the word ibid
4 It muſt be mixed with Faith 177
How the word is to be mixed with Faith ibid
SERMON IX
5 The word muſt be received with meekneſſe 179
6 It muſt be heard with a trembling heart 181
7 With humble ſubjection to the word 182
8 It muſt be received with love and joy 184
9 It muſt be received into an honeſt heart 186
10 We muſt hide the word in our hearts 189
11 We muſt turne the word into practice 192
SERMON X
Why God will be glorified in them that hear the word 195
1 Becauſe there is ſo much of God in it ibid
2 God hath appointed it to convey ſpeciall mercies ibid
3 It is quick and lively in working 169
Uſe 1
Reproof of ſeverall ſorts of men concerning the word neglected 197
The fearfull eſtate of thoſe that do not ſanctifie God in his word 200
1 They loſe the choiceſt opportunity ibid
2 The word will be a great aggravation of ſin ibid
3 They that reject the word, reject Chriſt 201
4 It is an argument of hardneſſe of heart 202
5 It is a ſad ſign of Reprobation ibid
6 To ſuch there can be nothing ſanctified 203
7 They are nigh to a curſe ibid
8 It will turn to their damnation 205
9 It will not comfort them in afflictions 206
10 God will make his word good upon them 207
11 The word ſhall judge them ibid
12 God will blaſt them that ſanctifie not his name in his word 208
Uſe 2
Exhortatio to glorifie the word of God 209
God will ſanctifie his Name in mercy upon thoſe that ſanctifie it in hearing the word 210
1 All the good in the word is theirs ibid
2 It is a certain evidence of their election 213
3 God will ſanctifie them by the word 214
4 They will be the glory of the Miniſters at the day of Chriſt ibid
5 It will rejoyce them hereafter when God ſhall magnifie his word 215
SERMON XI.
Of Sanctifying the Name of God in receiving the Sacrament 225
1 Receiving the Sacrament is a part of Gods worſhip 226
2 Gods Name muſt be ſanctified in our receiving the ſacrament 228
1 Becauſe there are preſented the greateſt Myſteries of ſalvation ibid
2 It is an Ordinance that Chriſt hath left out of his love ibid
3 It is the Sacrament of our Communion with Chriſt 229
4 The Covenant of Grace is ſealed in it ibid
2 No duty is urged with more ſtrength and ſeverity ibid
3 Nothing ſtriks more upon mens Conſciences 230
How many are to Sanctifie Gods Name in the Sacrament 231
1 Thoſe that receive it muſt be holy 232
1 Becauſe it is the ſeal of the Covenant ibid
2 It is an Ordinance of ſpirituall nouriſhment 233
3 Becauſe we are required to examine our ſelves ibid
4 It is a Sacrament of Communion with God and the Saints 234
2 It muſt be received in a holy Communion ibid
Wicked men not to be admitted to this Communion 235
SERMON XII
Addition to the former conerning holy Communion 242
The qualifications in the Soul to fit it for receiving the Lords Supper 244
1 Knowledge ibid
2 A broken heart 246
3 Actuall purging the heart from ſin 249
4 Hungring, and thirſting after Jeſus Chriſt 251
5 Exerciſe of Faith 252
6 Exerciſe of Spirituall joy 255
7 Thankfulneſſe ibid
8 Renewing of Covenant 257
9 Renewing of love towards God and our brethren 258
SERMON XIII
We muſt keep to the inſtitution in the Sacrament 261
1 For the geſture 262
2 Delivering it to all in generall and not into every particular mans hand 264
3 That the Communicants be all the while exerciſed in their thoughts about the death of Chriſt 265
Mediations in receiving the Sacrament 267
1 That the way of mans ſalvation it is through a Mediator ibid
2 This Mediator between God and man is true man ibid
3 That his body was broken and his blood ſhed for us 268
4 It was the body and blood of that perſon that is God that reconciles us ibid
5 To conſider the dreadfulneſſs of Gods juſtice ibid
6 The price of ſaving a Soul 269
7 The greatneſs of the evill of ſin ibid
8 The infinite love of God to mankind ibid
9 That beleevers ſhall be nouriſhed to eternall life ibid
10 To meditate upon the Covenant of grace to beleevers 270
Holy diſpoſition to be actuated in receiving the Sacrament 271
Of Sanctifying the name of God in Prayer. 272
What preparation we are to make to Prayer 274
1 Concerning the matter of Prayer 276
2 Concerning the manner of prayer 280
Concerning wandring thoughts in Prayer 281
SERMON XIV
A further enlargement concerning wandring thoughts in Prayer 283
5 Rules to help againſt wandring thoughts 286
1 Set a high price upon the duties of Prayer ibid
2 To renew reſolutions againſt wandring thoughts 287
3 To ſet the preſence of God before us 288
4 To account all wandring thoughts evill ibid
5 To bleſs God if at any time he did help us againſt them, 289
3 For ſanctifying Gods name in Prayer, there muſt be the breathings of the ſpirit 290
4 There muſt be pure hearts and hands 292
5 We muſt call upon God in truth ibid
What it is to call upon God in truth ibid
6 We muſt pray in faith 293
7 In the ſpirit of adoption 294
8 We muſt pray with conſtancy 295
9 We muſt pray in humility ibid
10 We muſt tender up al our prayers in the name of Chriſt 296
Concluſion of all 297
FINIS.
End of the text · Jeremiah Burroughs, Gospel Worship (1648)