A85953:107
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Treatise 2 › Sermon 1: The First SERMON ON The Excellency of Christ.
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.
The First SERMON ON The Excellency of Christ.
There is nothing of greater concernment, than to know God, and his Son whom he hath sent into the world, Even this is eternal life, saith Christ.1 We have therefore endeavoured to open somewhat to you concerning God, that you may have right apprehensions of him, of that God with whom you have to deal, out of that Scripture in Psal. 148.13. His Name alone is excellent, his glory is above the earth and heaven, and concluded what for the present I intended to present before you about God, with the meditation of the excellency of the state of those who have this God to be their God, who is thus excellent and glorious; The Church makes her boast of her interest in God, in Psal. 84.14. For this God is our God: Oh happy are they that having heard what a glorious God God is, are able to say, This God is our God, this is my God in whom my soul hath interest! And if the Name of God be so excellent and glorious, as you have heard, there is infinite cause that we should fear him, and sanctify his Name in our conversations, Job 13.11. Shall not his Excellency make you afraid? Oh where is that soul that shall dare to walk before this God with boldness and presumptuousness, considering ⟨p. 49⟩what a God he is that it hath to deal with? Shall not that excellency of his that hath been opened unto you, make you afraid, and cause you to fear such a God? Now then having spoken somewhat about the Excellency of God, and what apprehensions we are to have of God in all our ways, we are now to speak somewhat concerning the Excellency of Christ, and to show you what apprehensions you are to have of Jesus Christ, For this is eternal life, to know thee, and thy Son; to know God, and not to know him in Christ, is to very little purpose. It is no saving knowledge of God, if we were able to discourse never so much of him, except we know him in Jesus Christ, in his Son. And therefore for the knowledge of Christ, which I shall endeavour to present as briefly as I did the knowledge of God, You may be pleased to turn to that Scripture in