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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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I but how canst thou tell that this death of Jesus Christ is of infinite merit to satisfy the infinite Justice of God that requires satisfaction for thy sin? Why God hath so appointed it, and I hope in God it is so; but if thou canst see the ground of this, that will be a marvellous help to thy faith, that thou canst look upon thy Mediator as God and man in one Person, and therefore thou canst look upon whatsoever he hath done or suffered as of infinite value, and so thou canst present it with boldness unto God. The right understanding of Christ thus, will help us to honour Christ much, and will make him to be a further object of our faith. Thus Christ is wonderful in his Person, in his Person as relating to God ⟨p. 63⟩the Father, the second Person in Trinity; So in his Person, that is, his humane and Divine Nature united into one Person.
I but how canst thou tell that this death of Jesus Christ is of infinite merit to satisfie the infinite Justice of God that requires satisfaction for thy sin? Why God hath so appointed it, and I hope in God it is so; but if thou canst see the ground of this, that will bee a marvellous help to thy faith, that thou canst look upon thy Mediator as God and man in one Person, and therefore thou canst look upon whatsoever hee hath done or suffered as of infinite value, and so thou canst present it with boldness unto God. The right understanding of Christ thus, will help us to honour Christ much, and will make him to bee a further object of our faith. Thus Christ is wonderful in his Person, in his Person as relating to God ⟨p. 63⟩the Father, the second Person in Trinity; So in his Person, that is, his humane and Divine Nature united into one Person.
Christ Wonderful in the manner of his Incarnation.