A30576:486
Four useful discourses viz. ... /Four usefull discourses viz. ... /
Four useful discourses viz. ... / by Jer. Burroughs ...Four usefull discourses viz. ... / by Jer. Burroughs ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1675
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
But you will say, How doth the Gospel discover so much of the Evil of sin?
Certainly, You may see more of the evil of sin, by the Ministry of the Gospel, than by the dreadful Threats of the Law: For the Gospel shows that sin makes such a dreadful Breach between God and the Creature, that only the Son of God made Man, and put under a Curse, can make up the Breach again: In the Red-glass of the Blood of Jesus Christ, that is Preached to you in the Ministry of the Gospel the evil of sin, is more fully discerned, than in the bright Crystal-glass of the Law; that doth discover somewhat, but this shows you more: It shows you that those beloved sins of yours that you have Embraced, and have had a great deal of Sweetness and Gain by, O they are such Snakes and Vipers in your Bosom, as makes such a Breach between God and your Soul; that only the Son of God, paying an Infinite price for the Satisfying for these, can take away from you.
Certainly, You may see more of the evil of sin, by the Ministry of the Gospel, than by the dreadful Threats of the Law: For the Gospel shews that sin makes such a dreadful Breach between God and the Creature, that only the Son of God made Man, and put under a Curse, can make up the Breach again: In the Red-glass of the Blood of Jesus Christ, that is Preached to you in the Ministry of the Gospel the evil of sin, is more fully discerned, than in the bright Crystal-glass of the Law; that doth discover somewhat, but this shews you more: It shews you that those beloved sins of yours that you have Imbrac'd, and have had a great deal of Sweetness and Gain by, O they are such Snakes and Vipers in your Bosom, as makes such a Breach between God and your Soul; that only the Son of God, paying an Infinite price for the Satisfying for these, can take away from you.
And further, The Gospel doth discover more to Debase a Man, than any thing can possibly be Imagined: There is nothing that doth more discover that which may Abase Men, and bring them Low, and make them Vile in their own Eyes, than the Gospel. Why? The Gospel