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The saints treasury being sundry sermons preached in London /
The saints treasury being sundry sermons preached in London / by the late reverend and painful minister of the gospel, Jeremiah Burroughs.The saints treasury being sundry sermons preached in London / by the late reverend and painfull minister of the gospel, Jeremiah Burroughes.
London: printed by T.C. for John Wright, 1654
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.
Now the things of God have more in them abundantly then they show for, and therefore they are substantial: hence it is that when Christ shall come in glory, the Text says, He shall be admired in all them that believe, 2. Thes. 1. 10. They see for the present a great deal of excellency in Christ, and they love him, and their hearts are towards him for that they see in him now; but hereafter he shall appear abundantly more glorious then they thought for: then they shall say, indeed we did see much in Christ, but we see now infinitely more glory and excellency then ever we imagined.
Now the things of God have more in them abundantly then they shew for, and therefore they are substantiall: hence it is that when Christ shall come in glory, the Text sayes, He shall be admired in all them that believe, 2. Thes. 1. 10. They see for the present a great deal of excellency in Christ, and they love him, and their hearts are towards him for that they see in him now; but hereafter he shall appeare abundantly more glorious then they thought for: then they shall say, indeed we did see much in Christ, but we see now infinitely more glory and excellency then ever we imagined.
Secondly, the things of heaven that are the objects of faith are substantial, because there is most of God in them. Now God is the infinite first being of all, and gives being to all: that therefore which hath most of the first being in it, must needs be the most substantial and real good: Now though it be true that all creatures are filled with Gods excellencies, yet spiritual and heavenly things are above all other most filled with God: the very divine of nature of God is in them, and there is the very life of God, and the Image and glory of God, and there God doth especially communicate himself. God hath two ways of his communication: the one is to his Son, and that is in an infinite way that we understand not: and the other is to his creatures: and his special communication of himself to his creatures is in spiritual and heavenly things: therefore they must needs be the most substantial and real things to the soul.