Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of…

Name: Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of…
Author: Jeremiah Burroughs

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.

Jeremiah Burroughs 1599–1646London: printed for Nath. Brook, 1660

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Treatise 2 › Sermon 1: The First SERMON ON The Excellency of Christ.

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Secondly, Therefore had they the clear manifestation of Christ in the time of their outward troubles, to confirm their faith in this, that how-ever their enemies prevailed much against them, yet it was impossible that they should root out the Nation of the Jews, for the great Saviour of the world was to come out of them, therefore they were under Gods protection, and though they might suffer somewhat, yet they could not cease from being a Nation, because that the Messiah was to come out from them, and this was a great encouragement unto them to expect mercy from God, because they were a people that the Lord would bring the great Saviour of the world out of.

Secondly, Therefore had they the clear manifestation of Christ in the time of their outward troubles, to confirm their faith in this, that how-ever their enemies prevailed much against them, yet it was impossible that they should root out the Nation of the Jews, for the great Saviour of the world was to come out of them, therefore they were under Gods protection, and though they might suffer somewhat, yet they could not cease from being a Nation, because that the Messias was to come out from them, and this was a great incouragement unto them to expect mercy from God, because they were a people that the Lord would bring the great Saviour of the world out of.

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And then thirdly, That by the propounding of so great a mercy as Jesus Christ should be to the world, they might hereby have a help to their faith, that surely God would not deny them lesser mercies: what great matter was it for them to expect from God deliverance from some outward ⟨p. 51⟩affliction, when as God makes known unto them, that love, and that infinite compassion, those tender bowels of his, even to send his own Son into the world for them?

And then thirdly, That by the propounding of so great a mercy as Jesus Christ should bee to the world, they might hereby have a help to their faith, that surely God would not deny them lesser mercies: what great matter was it for them to expect from God deliverance from some outward

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