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Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world
Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world wherein is showed (besides many other gospel truth) ... that there was a breach made between God and man ... to which is added two sermons / by Jeremiah Burroughs.Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world wherein is shewed (besides many other gospel truth) ... that there was a breach made between God and man ... to which is added two sermons / by Jeremiah Burroughs.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1657
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USE 3.
Thirdly, A third Use of Gods beginning the work of Reconciliation with us; is the Use that the Apostle himself makes in Rom. 5.10. If when we were enemies to God we were reconciled unto him by the death of his Son; how much more being reconciled we shall be saved by his life: here you see the Apostles inference upon Gods graciousness in himself; he being willing to be reconciled, when we were enemies; much more being reconciled we shall be saved: as if he should have said; all the goodness of God towards poor wretched sinful Creatures, when we were desperate enemies to him, and never thought of coming in to be reconciled unto him, yet the Lord himself finds out a way; and begins the work of making peace between him and our souls: surely then, being reconciled unto him, we shall be saved: What, shall God when we were a going on in a desperate way of enmity against him, shall this God come then to us, and have thoughts of peace and Love, and mercy to us? surely when we are reconciled, when we have hearts in some measure to love this God, and to serve, and fear him, he will not cast us off; certainly no, it is better with us now than before. When we were enemies unto him, and desperate enemies, it had been then no wonder if God had cast us off, and sent us to our own places to lie for ever under the infinite burden of his wrath; but the Lord had then thoughts of peace towards us, it is therefore now far otherwise with us; though it is true, we have many corruptions in us, but we can appeal unto God that our Souls love him, and that the desire of our hearts are to fear, and serve him; we can in some measure be able to say; Lord, thou that knowest all things, knowest, that there is nothing in the world our Souls desire more than to overcome these Corruptions; there is no burden in all the world like unto the burden of ⟨p. 66⟩sin; there is nothing so grievous to us as this, that we have such vile hearts and natures that can serve him no better than we do; and if God should ask us what we would have from him, we can say in the sincerity of our souls; Lord thou knowest we would not ask Riches, or Honours, to be Kings, and Princes in the world; but Oh, that we might be delivered from the remainder of the corruption that is in our hearts, from such, and such distempers of our Souls whereby we dishonour thy name continually: