Gospel Worship [Hardcover]

Jeremiah Burroughs (Author), Don Kistler (Author)

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Series: Puritan Writings | Publication Date: September 1997

Why is proper biblical worship so important? Why does God hold reverence and propriety in such high esteem? These questions are answered in this classic Puritan book. Jeremiah Burroughs carefully explains the right manner of worshipping God in the three great ordinances of hearing the Word, receiving the Lord’s Supper, and prayer.

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“If any book speaks prophetically to the contemporary crisis of worship in our churches, it is Burroughs’ Gospel Worship. It is must reading for all concerned about honoring God in worship.” ~ R.C. Sproul

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Jeremiah Burroughs (1599-1646)

It is perhaps the greatest tribute to Jeremiah Burroughs that his contemporaries held him in such high esteem. No less men of renown than Thomas Goodwin, William Greenhill, and William Bridge published six volumes of writings after his death because of their regard for his piety.

Jeremiah Burroughs was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was a colleague to Edmund Calamy at Bury St. Edmunds. He was rector at St. Margaret’s, Tivetshall from 1631-1636, a church that is still standing in Suffold. Because of his non-conformity, he fled to Holland and settled at Rotterdam where he was a colleague of William Bridge. Upon his return to England, he was chosen preacher to the congregations at Stepney and Cripplegate in London, two of the largest congregations in all of England.

A member of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, Burroughs was also beloved for his gentle spirit. Richard Baxter said of him, "If all the Episcopalians had been like Archbishop Ussher, all the Presbyterians like Mr. Stephen Marshall, and all the Independents like Jeremiah Burroughs, the breaches of the church would soon have been healed.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 319 pages
• Publisher: Soli Deo Gloria Pubns (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1877611123
• ISBN-13: 978-1877611124
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Puritan's View of Proper Worship, June 12, 2010

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This review is from: Gospel Worship (Hardcover)

Today so many Christians believe that worship is mostly for their own edification and is limited to singing songs. Nonetheless biblical worship's goal is to glorify God, not men and churches. God is Almighty and has full glorious infinite supremacy; men are called to worship Him in the beauty of His Holiness.

In "Gospel Worship," Puritan preacher Jeremiah Burroughs (or Burroughes; 1600-1646; English Congregationalist and a potent Puritan pastor) provides biblical regulations with great care and precision aimed to direct Christians and congregations in proper worship of God. Burroughs' expositions are intended to encourage right worship in light of God's awesome majesty and splendor.

Over a dozen sermons reveal the true mode, attitude, and conditions required for pleasing the Lord with our heartfelt adoration and worship.

The reader will learn how to rightly worship God through:

- The preached Word
- The sacraments
- Prayer
- And more.

"Let those that are near to Me look to it, I will be sanctified by them. I will be sanctified in those that draw near to Me."

The author notes: "Now in this Scripture you have these three special and notable points:

1. That in worshipping God, there is a drawing nigh unto Him.
2. That when we do draw nigh to God, we should take our heed to ourselves that we sanctify God's name.
3. If we do not sanctify God's name in our drawing nigh to Him, then certainly God will sanctify His own name upon us."

Burroughs states: "That in God's worship, there must be nothing tendered up to God but what He has commanded. Whatsoever we meddle with in the worship of God must be what we have a war­rant for out of the Word of God."

Additionally he expounds: "We must come freely to worship God, but we must not worship God according to our own wills. There­fore, whatever we do in the worship of God, if we do not have a warrant for it, when this is said, `Who required this at your hands?' it will stop our mouths another day."

Matthew 15:39: "In vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrine the commandments of men."

He adds: "How many things have there been in the worship of God that you can show no warrant for in the Word? A great many things are merely men's inventions. However they are now cast out, because authority came and cast them out, and so you submitted to it. But that's not enough for you to submit to it because authority would have it so. You ought to be humbled before God for all your will-worship, for all your yieldings to anything in the worship of God that was taught by the precepts of men."

"Though He does not express His will fully and in expressed terms, yet if there is anything in His Word thereby we may come to gather the mind of God, God expects that we should gather His mind out of His Word. If we do not, it's at our own peril."

Ps.68:35, "The Lord is terrible out of His holy places."

He then exhorts the reader: "Perhaps your hearts have been burning hot with I passion when you have been coming into God's presence. You are to pray with fervency, for so the Scripture says. We are indeed to be heated in prayer by the Holy Ghost in our hearts, but certainly not to come with the fire of passion and anger. `Lift up your hands without wrath and doubting' If you have been pas­sionate, and your hearts have been heated that way, be sure to get your hearts cold before you go to prayer. And so when you come to hear the Word, if your hearts have been heated with passion, be sure you get them cold before you come to hear the Word. "'Receive with meekness the ingrafted Word that may save your souls.'"

He further notes: "They should not come with their own passions to further the righteousness of God. No, the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God."

R.C. Sproul offers this brief review: "If any book speaks prophetically to the contemporary crisis of worship in our churches, it is Burroughs' Gospel Worship. It is must reading for all concerned about honoring God in worship."

This is an indispensable volume for a pastor, elder, deacon, and those who love the Lord God and yearn to worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.
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