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Gospel-conversation
Gospel-conversation: wherein is showed, 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 Cripplegate, London. Being the third book published by Thomas Goodwin, William Greenhil, Sydrach Simpson, Philip Nigh, William Bridge, John Yates, William Adderly.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.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1650
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.
Oh happy had it been for such men and women that they had never heard of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. But of the evil of walking unbeseeming the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we shall speak to after, when we come to the application; That's then the sixth particular of what the Gospel holds forth The infinite hatred of God against sin.
Oh happy had it been for such men and women that they had never heard of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. But of the evil of walking unbeseeming the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we shall speak to after, when we come to the application; That's then the sixt particular of what the Gospel holds forth The infinite hatred of God against sin.
Now the seventh thing that is held forth in the Gospel that calls for a Conversation beseeming, is this, The great price of souls. There's nothing in the world that ever God did, that doth discover the worth of mans immortal soul so as the Gospel of Jesus Christ doth, there God manifests to all the world what a price he puts upon mans soul, the Lord saw that men by sin had undone themselves and that those souls that he made were like to perish to all eternity, yea, were under the sentence of eternal death, and must certainly perish eternally, if so be that some way were not found out by an infinite wisdom for to ransom them; now saith the Lord, rather than I will have all souls perish; (it's true, the love that I have unto my Justice is such, as for many souls I'll let them go, and they shall perish; but yet that I might show that I have an high esteem of the souls of the children of men, for the ransoming of that number that I have appointed from all eternity to save,) I'll send my Son, and he shall die for the saving of souls, that souls may not perish: If the Lord should have said concerning any one soul, I do so highly prize this soul, and account the worth of it to be such, as rather than it shall perish I'll dissolve heaven and earth, heaven and earth shall perish rather than this soul shall perish, you will say, this had been a great testimony of Gods esteem of a soul: But know that the Gospel holds forth a higher esteem of a soul than this comes to, when God shall say, Rather than this, and the other soul shall perish, I'll send my Son to be made a Curse; This the Gospel holds forth; this is infinitely a higher price that God puts upon a soul: You know therefore what the Apostle saith in