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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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The CONTENTS of the Treatise Of the NATURE of GOD.
The CONTENTS of the Treatise Of the NATƲRE of GOD.
Name of God, what meant by it. p. 2 A gracious heart praises God for himself. p. 3 And loves God for himself. p. 4 Which is the difference between sanctifying and Common Grace. ib. God is a most excellent Being above all things. p. 5 Impossible it is to set forth the excellency of Gods Being. ib. 1 God is, and there is none else besides him. p. 6 Other beings are but a shadow to Gods Being. ib. 2 God is a present Being. p. 7 This Being of God is in all places, God is in all places. p. 8 3 God is as much beyond every place, as he is in every place. p. 9 4 God is a Being that is all-sufficient in himself. 5 All the excellencies in the creature, are in God virtually and eminently. p. 10, 11 6 All the scattered excellencies in the creatures are united into one excellency in him. p. 13 7 All possible good and excellency is in God. p. 14 8 All good and excellency in God is eternal in him. p. 15 9 And not only eternally, but also immutably. ib. 10 All these are essentially in God. p. 16 11 All excellencies are in God purely, and unmixedly, God hath nothing but excellency in him. 12 All excellencies are in God originally. p. 20 13 God is the fountain of all excellency to all creatures. ib. ⟨image 6⟩14 All things depend upon him. ib. 15 God alone is excellent in his operation, he doth whatsoever he will, in Heaven and Earth. p. 21 He doth the greatest things as easily as he doth the least. ib. What is done in time, was decreed to be done from eternity. p. 22 Act of Gods will that was from eternity is matter enough to work by. ib. All Gods works add nothing to God. p. 23 16 God alone is excellent in the manner of communication of himself. ib. God can let out as much of himself as he will to any creature. ib. God hath never the less for what he lets out to the creature. p. 23 17 There is no comparison to be made between God and any thing else. p. 24 18 God he is the highest end of all things. p. 25 Use What cause we have to be ashamed of those low thoughts we have had of God. p. 27 2 It shows the dreadful evil that is in sin, it being against such an infinite God. p. 28, 29, 30 3 We see cause to be vile in our own eyes. p. 34 4 Hence we may learn to know the vanity of the creature. p. 36 5 Let us labour to know God, to search into his excellency. p.