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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 3: The Third SERMON ON The Excellency of Christ.
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Thirdly, Christ is wonderful, take him God and man, in this, That all his personal excellencies that he hath, depend upon himself; he is Independent, the excellency that Christs humane nature hath, it is, I say, Independent in this, that is, it depends upon his person; there is no dependence of the excellency that Christ hath, but upon the very person of Christ himself, all depends upon him, for he saith of himself, That he hath life in himself, so you have it in Joh. 5.1 it is spoken concerning Christs excellency there, For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself. Indeed the Son is from the Father by an eternal generation; but now though he be firstly from the Father, yet now the Son hath life in himself, yea and eternally he had life in himself, and so what excellency the humane nature hath, it doth depend upon its own person, which is a higher and a more glorious way of having excellency, than it is possible for any thing else to have.
Thirdly, Christ is wonderful, take him God and man, in this, That all his personal excellencies that hee hath, depend upon himself; hee is Independent, the excellency that Christs humane nature hath, it is, I say, Independent in this, that is, it depends upon his person; there is no dependence of the excellency that Christ hath, but upon the very person of Christ himself, all depends upon him, for hee saith of himself, That hee hath life in himself, so you have it in Joh. 5.1 it is spoken concerning Christs excellency there, For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath hee given to the Son to have life in himself. Indeed the Son is from the Father by an eternal generation; but now though hee bee firstly from the Father, yet now the Son hath life in himself, yea and eternally hee had life in himself, and so what excellency the humane nature hath, it doth depend upon its own person, which is a higher and a more glorious way of having excellency, than it is possible for any thing else to have.