Attributes of God - Charnock - XII - Chapter 4 (Spiritual worship) commenced

Required reading
Attributes of God by Charnock (available from Amazon or free on the internet, here for example) - Commence Chapter 4 (A discourse upon spiritual worship) by reading up to the paragraph beginning 'II.  The second thing I am to shew is, what spiritual worship is' (page 298 in the Banner edition).

My summary
After seeing in the last Chapter that God is a Spirit, we now commence a chapter on the subject of spiritual worship.

Today we read some general propositions about spiritual worship:
(i) the right exercise of worship is founded upon and riseth from the spirituality of God;
(ii) this spiritual worship of God is manifest by the light of nature to be due to him;
(iii) spiritual worship, therefore, was always required by God, and always offered to him by one or other;
(iv) it is therefore as much every man's duty to worship God in spirit, as it is their duty to worship him;
(v) the ceremonial law was abolished to promote the spirituality of divine worship;
(vi) the service and worship the gospel settles is spiritual, and the performance of it more spiritual;
(vii) yet the worship of God with our bodies is not to be rejected upon the account that God requires a spiritual worship.

What grabbed me
I liked Charnock's exaltation of Jesus as the best spiritual worshipper: 'Jesus Christ, the most spiritual worshipper, worshipped God with his body. He prayed orally, and kneeled — Father, if it be thy will, &c. Luke xxii. 41, 42. He blessed with his mouth— Father, I thank thee, Matt xi. 26. He lifted up his eyes as well as elevated his spirit, when he praised his Father for mercy received, or begged for the blessings his disciples wanted, John xi. 41; John xvii. 1. The strength of the spirit must have vent at the outward members.'

If spiritual worship for Jesus overflowed into bodily worship, so should ours.

Next week's reading
Continue Chapter 4 (A discourse upon spiritual worship) by reading up to the paragraph beginning 'IV.  To make use of this: Use 1. First, it serves for information.' (page 321 in the Banner edition).

Now it's your turn
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