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Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of…
Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of Christ. And, 3 The Excellency of mans immortal soul. By Jeremiah Burroughs, late preacher of the gospel at Stepney, and Giles-Cripple-gate, London. Published by William Greenhill. William Bridge. Philip Nigh. John Yates. Matthew Mead. William Adderly.Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of Christ. And, 3 The Excellency of mans immortal soul. By Jeremiah Burroughs, late preacher of the gospel at Stepney, and Giles-Cripple-gate, London. Published by William Greenhill. William Bridge. Philip Nye. John Yates. Matthew Mead. William Adderly.
London: printed for Nath. Brook, 1660
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Treatise 1 › Sermon 3: The Third SERMON ON The Nature of God.
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thou hast heard that Gods Name is alone excellent, so add this to it for thy comfort, who art one of Gods, that God accounts his chief excellency in his manifestation of himself in all the world, to be, that he might let out himself for thy good, and do good to thee, and that I will show you by a Scripture or two, in Psal. 68.34. His Excellency (saith the Text) is over Israel: Oh Lord, there is an excellency in thee, and how doth this work, where doth this excellency of thine appear? why it is over Israel; The Excellency of God it is over Israel; saith God, I have chosen out my Church, and mine Excellency shall be over them, and manifested towards them for good; therefore in Exod. 15.7. there where Moses is praising God for the great things that he doth for his people, saith he, in the Greatness of thine Excellency thou hast done this thing; 1so that God doth delight to show his Excellency, yea to show the Greatness of his Excellency for the good of his people: Oh how should the Saints of God make their boast of their God, and rejoice in him, and be encouraged in God alone! though thou hast no other portion then God alone, thou hast portion enough. In Micah 5.4. there is an admirable Scripture for the encouragement of the hearts of Gods people in God ⟨p. 45⟩alone, And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the Majesty of the Name of the Lord his God: It is a Prophecy there of Christ, and as it is true of Christ, so of all the members of Christ, they may stand when the world falls, whatsoever becomes of the world, whatsoever troubles are about them, they are to stand, and rejoice themselves in the Name of the Lord, in the strength of the Lord, and in the Majesty of the Lord their God: the knowledge of this reference that the Saints have to God, it is that that should put courage and boldness into their hearts before all the world, Rev. 22.4. And they shall see his face, and his Name shall be in their fore-heads. They shall see the face of God (and what then) then the Name of God shall be in their fore-heads, they shall have a boldness and courage in the cause of God; whatsoever becomes of the world, yet we have happiness enough in God: Oh rejoice, rejoice in this (I say) you that are the people of God, for there is none excellent so as you are excellent, and if so be that God now invests you with this excellency.