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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 2: The Second SERMON ON The Excellency of Christ.
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but if it go one step higher than naturalness of the place, If I shall make this place by the consecration of man to be used as an Ordinance to draw me nearer to God, or God nearer to me, that is, to think that my prayers in that place are more acceptable than in another, that because I perform services in that place it shall be more accepted, Here I say, man raises it higher than natural, and puts a Divine Institution upon it, and so it comes to be sinful; and so now you may come to know ⟨p. 74⟩what the meaning is, when we say, that Christ only can make Laws for his Church, and Officers for his Church. Why? because whatsoever is spiritual, it must be only by the Authority of Jesus Christ, this great King of his Church.
but if it go one step higher than naturalness of the place, If I shall make this place by the consecration of man to bee used as an Ordinance to draw mee nearer to God, or God nearer to mee, that is, to think that my prayers in that place are more acceptable than in another, that because I perform services in that place it shall bee more accepted, Here I say, man raises it higher than natural, and puts a Divine Institution upon it, and so it comes to bee sinful; and so now you may come to know ⟨p. 74⟩what the meaning is, when wee say, that Christ only can make Lawes for his Church, and Officers for his Church. Why? because whatsoever is spiritual, it must bee only by the Authority of Jesus Christ, this great King of his Church.
6 And then Sixthly, Christ is a wonderful King in this, that his Sovereignty is absolute, which no Kings power is; though they have great power in the world, yet they have not an absolute power to do what they list; and certainly, no Subjects are bound so far to the humours of men, that they shall do what they list, there is no absolute power that one man hath over another; bur the power that Jesus Christ hath is absolute, an absolute Kingly power, his Will it is the Law; no mans will in the World is sufficient to be a law, but the will of this King it is sufficient.