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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 2 › Sermon 1: The First SERMON ON The Excellency of Christ.
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so though God hath many wonders in the world, and hath done many wonderful works, yet when the Son of Righteousness doth arise, when Jesus Christ comes to appear, all the other works of God are darkened with the glory of this great Wonder; other things are wonderful unto us because of our ignorance, because we are not able to understand the reason of things; things are wonderful to children, that are little regarded by wise men, and understanding men; Ignorance makes men to wonder at many things that have nothing in them; but Christ he is a Wonde•, so as God himself, the Father accounted him a Wonder, God himself gives unto Jesus Christ this Name Wonderful; and no marvel, though he be a wonder to the Angels themselves in Heaven, ⟨p. 54⟩1 Pet. 1.12. The Angels are said to desire to look into the things of the Gospel. 1To pry into them. They stoop down to pry into those things of the Gospel. Great is the mystery of godliness in Christ Jesus: Oh there are many glorious mysteries of godliness in Jesus Christ, And such things as eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard, neither can enter into the heart of man to conceive, as the Scripture saith in 1 Cor. 2.9. yea, they are revealed only by the Spirit of God that searches all things, yea the deep things of God; the Spirit that searches the deep things of God, must reveal the things of the Gospel unto that soul that ever comes to the knowledge of them. It was a work of the Spirit of God to instruct Bezaleel and Aholiab in those Arts of Workmanship, to work in Brass, and the like, it is a work of Gods Spirit to show a man the reason of the things of nature; but now when Gods Spirit comes to reveal Christ to the soul, for it is the Spirit of God that searches the deep things of God; this puts an emphasis upon it, showing that the things of the Gospel are deep things, they are things that only are revealed by Gods Spirit, and not by an ordinary work of Gods Spirit, but by an extraordinary work of the Spirit of God, that Spirit that searches the deep things of God must declare these things to any soul that comes to the understanding of them.
so though God hath many wonders in the world, and hath done many wonderful works, yet when the Son of Righteousness doh arise, when Jesus Christ comes to appear, all the other works of God are darkned with the glory of this great Wonder; other things are wonderful unto us because of our ignorance, because wee are not able to understand the reason of things; things are wonderful to children, that are little regarded by wise men, and understanding men; Ignorance makes men to wonder at many things that have nothing in them; but Christ hee is a Wonde, so as God himself, the Father accounted him a Wonder, God himself gives unto Jesus Christ this Name Wonderful; and no marvel, though hee bee a wonder to the Angels themselves in Heaven,