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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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Oh what infinite cause have we to honour Jesus Christ; Oh how happy are they that live to the honour of Jesus Christ, by whom God may have glory beyond a natural way! did you consider this, that you were made for the honour of Jesus Christ, and the honour that God the Father would have from you is this, that you should live to the honour of his Son, and all other honour that you give unto God, except it be in order to his Son, it is not accepted, I say, whatsoever honour any man or woman doth endeavour to give to God, is not accepted of him, but in relation ⟨p. 109⟩to the honour of Jesus Christ; therefore if you look at God in a mere natural way, and honour, and worship him never so much, as the heathens did, all this would not do; but now that honour that God hath in reference to his Son, when a poor sinner is sensible of the breach that sin hath made between him and the infinite God, and comes to see Jesus Christ, and seeks to advance Jesus Christ by faith, I saith God, here is the honour that I would have. And therefore when all the elect ones that were given to Jesus Christ to redeem, when they are all converted and brought to Jesus Christ, the world will fall about our ears, why, because saith God, I have the end that I made the world for, and now I have brought in all that do belong to my Son, and all those works by which my Son will come to have his honour eternally are done, let there be an end of the world, and the end of the world is like to be the sooner now; because that we see God is doing so much for the setting up of Jesus Christ in this latter age; as when a mans time is almost at an end for his work, then he doth work more speedily than he did before; now saith God, I have made the world for the honour of my Son, but yet to this day how little honour hath my Son had from the world? and there is a time, saith God, that I will manifest to all the world that I did make it for Jesus Christ, he did not make it for a company of Tyrants to do what they would in, nor for a company of profane people, to eat and drink, and follow their lusts in, but the end at which God aimed at in making the world, saith he, I will set up my Son in the world, and all the works that ever have been done in the world, shall at length come in to conduce to the honour of my Son.
Oh what infinite cause have wee to honour Jesus Christ; Oh how happy are they that live to the honour of Jesus Christ, by whom God may have glory beyond a natural way! did you consider this, that you were made for the honour of Jesus Christ, and the honour that God the Father would have from you is this, that you should live to the honour of his Son, and all other honour that you give unto God, except it bee in order to his Son, it is not accepted, I say, whatsoever honour any man or woman doth endeavour to give to God, is not accepted of him, but in relation