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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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First, a wonderful Prophet he must needs be, for he is one that knows all the mind of God the Father perfectly, which certainly all the Creatures in the world do not; take all the Angels in Heaven, and Men in the World, and they know not all that is in the heart of God the Father. Now Christ he knows all that is in the very heart of the Father, and whatsoever the Father doth, Jesus Christ knows it; in the fifth of Joh. vers. 20. For the Father loveth the ⟨p. 91⟩Son, and showeth him all things that himself doth; there is nothing that God the Father doth, but he shows it all to Jesus Christ; and in the first of John, vers. 18. No man hath seen God at any time, but the only begotten Son which is in the bosom of the Father. This is a wonderful Teacher indeed, a glorious Prophet, we may well call him Wonderful in regard of his teaching. He is called (the) Prophet, and (that) Prophet in Scripture, because he is one that came from the bosom of the Father, and lives in the bosom of the Father, and whatsoever the Father hath done or will do, he shows it unto him, and therefore he knows all the mind of his Father, and knows all things that doth any way concern his Church, or whatsoever shall befall his Church, it is he that knows it, and is able to make it known as he pleases; and he is anointed by God the Father to be the teacher of all those that are elect ones, and that do belong to Christ, he hath taken the charge of every one of them, to teach and instruct them in all the mind of his Father; now next unto the Sacrifice of Christ, there is no one thing in Scripture of greater use than this to the Servants of God; believers many times go away, and say, oh I have heard of great and wonderful things, but we cannot understand them; oh do not go away discouraged, but remember the last thing that is said in the Sermon, that Christ is wonderful in his Prophetical Office, and hath undertaken the charge of thy soul to instruct it in all the mind of his Father, and so far as is necessary for thy Salvation thou shalt be instructed, or Christ must be unfaithful in his Office; now that cannot be, but except thou be instructed this must be so, for Christ hath the charge of thee. And this is made in Scripture as a fruit of his being slain, in the fifth of the Revelation, vers. 6.
First, a wonderful Prophet he must needs be, for hee is one that knowes all the minde of God the Father perfectly, which certainly all the Creatures in the world doe not; take all the Angels in Heaven, and Men in the World, and they know not all that is in the heart of God the Father. Now Christ he knows all that is in the very heart of the Father, and whatsoever the Father doth, Jesus Christ knows it; in the fifth of Joh. vers. 20. For the Father loveth the