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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30579	Gospel-conversation: wherein is shewed, I. How the conversation of believers must be above what could be by the light of nature. II. Beyond those that lived under the law. III. And suitable to what truths the Gospel holds forth. By Jeremiah Burroughs, preacher of the Gospel to Stepney and Criplegate, London. Being the third book published by Thomas Goodwyn, William Greenhil, Sydrach Simpson, Philip Nye, William Bridge, John Yates, William Adderly.	Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646.; Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680.	1650 (1650)	Wing B6076A; ESTC R213106	221,498	277

He that will follow me let him deny himself you never read of such a precept in all the old Testament though no question the people of God did deny themselves then but in expresse terms so fully you have not such a thing there and there 's no such rules among the Heathens for a man to deny himself Let him deny himself those that know the Original know that the word is not only to Deny but there is that joyned to it that doth encrease the signification let them deny themselves throughly there is a Preposition put to the word to shew that those that will come to Christ must deny themselves and that throughly it is a proper lesson of the Gospel and the first lesson Oh when our Lord and Master hath thus denied himself and emptied himself for good to us what is beseeming this Gospel but that all that are professors of it should deny themselves It is very unbeseeming the glorious Gospel for a Christian to be selvish to have his self-ends and self-waies and interests in every thing as generally almost al men in the world they are acted by self some self-ends or self-excellency carries them on in their actions or else they have no heart to do any thing this is unbecoming the Gospel But now I say one that would live as becomes the Gospel must be wholly emptied of himself whatsoever parts estate credit or honor he hath in the world must be melted into the glory of God Jesus Christ for the glory of His Father was content infinitly to deny Himself more than we can For what have we to deny our selves of Do you or I live as becomes the Gospel when I say all that we apprehend to have any excellency in we have it all swallowed up in the glory of God when we can dedicate and consecrate our lives honors liberties estates comforts and all to the glory of God and be as nothing to our selves and let God be all in all to us Ministers may bring many reasons why we should deny our selves but all these reasons comes to nothing till the soul comes to behold the cleer light of the Gospel and there beholds the Son of God by faith how he did empty Himself nay then saith a beleeving soul if the Son of God did deny Himself was emptied thus for me Oh then let me be wholly taken off from my self and venture wholly upon God I must not live in my self nor live for my self nor live to my self but wholly live in God and for God and to God and upon God Oh this is that which becomes the Gospel of Jesus Christ SERMON VI. PHIL. 1. 27. Only let your Conversation be as becomes the Gospel of Christ THE Ninth thing that the Gospel holds forth is this That our Conversation should be sutable to spiritual worship the spiritual worshiping of God The worship that there was in the time of the Law it was carnal in comparison of what there is in the time of the Gospel And therefore a great part of the worship of God is called a carnal commandement and rudiments of the world and beggerly things If you reade the 2 d of Colossians there you have strange expressions about that which was even the worship of God and so in the Hebrews divers times But now you know what Christ saith in John 4. to the woman of Samaria The hour cometh when ye shall neither in this Mountain nor yet at Jerusalem worship the Father But the hour cometh when the true worshipers shal worship the Father in spirit and in truth for such the Father seeks to worship him We must not think to worship God in such carnal waies as before I beseech you consider this one thing Certainly God wil have as much worship in the time of the Gospel as ever He had But where we have one external thing to worship God in now in the time of the Law there was an hundred an hundred to one of external things yet now this worship of God must be made up some way we are not cal'd to those outward worshipings offerings sacrifices and costly things as they were in the time of the Law now how should this be made up but in spiritual sacrifices in presenting our bodies and souls to God as a living sacrifice therefore such men and women as altogether are for the out-side of things in the worship of God and because God hath appointed but a few things in his worship we have use of no other creature in the worshipping of God but meerly the Bread and Wine and Water only these elements and the Man to speak to us to be either Gods mouth to us or our mouth to God there 's all we have appointed in the Gospel for the worship of God therefore it is expected if we would have our Conversation be as becoms the Gospel to be very spiritual in our worship and therefore to take heed of thinking to make up Gods worship with external things of our own that 's exceedingly unbeseeming the Gospel Many thought in former times they did honor God much by adding to His Worship ceremonies external things and peoples hearts are set most upon them because they are from man they are humane I 'le give you but one-Scripture to shew how we should for ever take heed of traditions of men and of mixtures in the Worship of God because that the Gospel points at spiritual worship That place in 1 Pet. 1. 18. Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold from what from your vain Conversations received by traditions from your fathers but with the precious blood of Christ as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot See what an argument the Apostle uses here unto those he writ to saith he There was a time that you worshiped God in an external way and in a superstitious manner according to the traditions and fancies of your fathers this was before you knew Jesus Christ but saith he now you come to know Jesus Christ know it was the blood of Jesus Christ that was shed to redeem you from this vain Conversation that you received by tradition from your forefathers I do not know any one Scripture hath more power in it to take off mens hearts from all false and superstitious worship from all old customs that they had from their forefathers as people are mightily set upon old customs to worship God according to them what a stir and do had we to get off men from their late Service-Book the great Diana of England which was made up of the ends and shreds of the Romish Mass-Book only printed in an English letter and reading and babling over Burials and such kind of trumperies Oh how were those old Samaritan customs setled in the hearts of men as coming up to the Communion Table and there to kneel down at Rails like so many Beads-men to the Pope Votaries to Rome Mens hearts are

as it were call you lord and there are two or three children shall call you father Is there not more excellency to have a couple of poor Orphants while you are alive in this world to call you father than to have so many bags of gold cal you master Oh therfore lay out your Portion Give a portion to six and to seven In 2 Cor. 9. 8. there the Apostle tels the Corinthians that God should make them abundant in all Grace fill you with Grace that you may abound in all sufficiency But what for In the 11. vers being enriched in every thing in all bountifulness and then verse 12. for the administration of this service that you may be enriched in all bountifulness Wherefore for the administration of this service Now the words in the Greek are for the administration of this Leturgie so the words are in the Greek that you may abound and have all grace to abound in the administration of this Leturgie My brethren Oh how happy were it if so be that men were plentiful in this Divine Service that I am speaking of and well verc'd in this Leturgie the Apostle cals bounty a leturgie the service of God that is Divine Service indeed that is a happy Leturgie to be well verc'd in and to be abundantly verc'd in this kind of Leturgie for so the words are in the Greek and then again If you would not be put off with this portion in the world 5. Be sure that all the services you perform to God be choice services If you expect choice mercies let you services be choice services be sure your works be supernatural works You 'l say How shall I know that If I had time I could make it out cleer to you but only thus A supernatural work is that which hath a supernatural Principle aims at a supernatural End and done in a supernatural manner A supernatural Principle that is grace that makes it sutable to my heart and not only that I do it out of conviction of conscience and a supernatural End that I aim at God and not at myself but the supernatural manner what is that I remember Seneca in giving of his rule how to know the affections when they are Natural and when not saith he you shall know a natural affection by this If it be kept within bounds it is natural if it be out of bounds it is not natural I 'le make use of it in another way When you come to the service of God if you think to limit God in His service this is but a natural service you will go so far and there stop but if it be supernatural service you will let out your hearts if it were possible infinitely to God you cannot be infinite that 's true but you will propound no bounds no limits to your service and this is indeed the truth of Grace when it hath the impression of Gods infinitness upon it Gods infinitness is that whereby He is without all limits So where God sets no limits there the soul is without all limits and bounds in the way of Grace that is desires to answer God if it were possible by an infinite way these are supernatural works And then Would you not have your Portion in this world 9. Be willing to cast away whatever of your portion you have got sinfully I in the Name of God charge this as a special thing to take home with you whatsoever man or woman in this place would not have his portion in this world but would have his portion in the world to come whatsoever of his portion he hath got in a sinful way cast it away presently never sleep with it lie not down one night with it That 's an old rule but a true one All the repentance you have in the world and all your sorrowing for your sin will never obtain pardon without restitution if you be able Unless you do what you are able to restore you can never have comfort or the pardon of that sin If you have goe it when you were young Apprentices first set up away with it else it will spoil all you will never have any other portion from God These hands of mine had once that given to them to be a means to convey to restore that which was got wrongfully fifty yeers before the wrong was done fifty yeers ago and after fifty yeers the Conscience of the man troubles him and he comes to bring to restore that wrong and desires it may be conveyed to such a place where he had done wrong know therefore that all the sweet morsels that any time you have so delightfully got down they must up again and therefore willingly let them go up resolve before you go out of this place whatsoever thou hast gotten wrongfully never keep it against thy will but do it willingly else thou canst not have any comfort in the portion thou hast nor have any portion in the world to come if there be any true Divinity in the world this is true Divinity and yet it is hard to convince any Covetous men that have got much this way and if there be any wrong those that have done wrong in things be trusted to them as those that are Masters of Hospitals be sure you keep not that for certainly you 'l curse the time you ever took it and therefore let the charge of God be strong upon you this day to cast out whatsoever you have got falsly I read in a story of one that upon a time hearing that place of Scripture in Isa 5. 8. read Wo to them that joyn house to house he bursts out into a loud cry If wo be to them that joyn house to house Then wo to me and to my children So upon this that you hear this day There are a company shal have their portion in this world and especially those that will keep any thing they have wrongfully got many may have cause to say Wo to us then and unto our children 7. Be willing to joyn with those that have suffered for God If you would have your portion in another life be willing to joyn with the sufferers for Christ So Moses did though he were in the way to preferment yet he did chuse rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season joyn rather with them than with jolly blades of the world It is safer to joyn with the sufferers than to joyn with those that are the jolly and brave spirits And so I have done only desiring that the Lord would settle all home upon your spirits If so be because something may not be so pleasing to the pallat of every one as some other but if for that you should reject what hath been said and go away and slight this Word of God know that this Text one day may prove to be as scalding lead in your Consciences and that that is said concerning Doeg in Psalm 57.