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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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And I beheld, and lo in the midst of the Throne, and of the fear Beasts, and in the widst of the Elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, and he came and opened the seals, opened the Prophecies, and so fore-told what should befall the Church to the end of the World; it was a Lamb slain that did it, •oting, that it is a ⟨p. 92⟩fruit of the death of Christ, that those things which concern the Saints come to be opened and made known unto them, and Christ cannot plead to his Father, and say, that thou gavest me the charge of such and such, but they were dull and could not learn, and therefore that is the second thing.
And I beheld, and loe in the midst of the Throne, and of the fear Beasts, and in the widst of the Elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, and hee came and opened the seals, opened the Prophecies, and so fore-told what should befall the Church to the end of the World; it was a Lamb slain that did it, •oting, that it is a ⟨p. 92⟩fruit of the death of Christ, that those things which concern the Saints come to bee opened and made known unto them, and Christ cannot plead to his Father, and say, that thou gavest me the charge of such and such, but they were dull and could not learn, and therefore that is the second thing.
2 That the dullness cannot hinder, whether they have strong parts, or weak parts, it is all one to the teaching of Jesus Christ, it may be a hinderance to a Ministers teaching, but if they come under the teaching of Jesus Christ, it is all one, whether strong parted, or weak parted, it makes no difference at all; and there is one Scripture that doth declare the faithfulness of Christ in his Office, and an infinite treasury of comfort it is to the Saints; in the fifteenth of John, vers. 15. there is an expression of the Prophetical Office of Christ, saith Christ there, Henceforth I call you not servants, for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doth; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Jesus Christ knows the counsels of his Father perfectly, and all his will and mind; now saith he, all things that I have known of the Father, that is, that concerns you to know, there is nothing that I have known of my father from eternity, that any way concerns you to know, but I have revealed it to you; Christ he is the Prophet of his Church, to reveal to thy soul, if thou beest a believer, whatsoever he knows of his Father, all those treasures of wisdom, and counsels of his Father concerning thy eternal estate, Christ is designed by his Father to make these things known unto thee, first or last thou must come to know what thou art capable to know. Oh how wonderful is Christ in this Prophetical Office of his, to undertake to teach all the elect from the beginning of the world to the end; this indeed is the reason why many poor weak people do understand more of Christ than many learned men do; you will say, We never can believe it, that such poor ignorant people should understand things of religion better than Learned men, and great Rabbis.