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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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And this shall be the great work that shall be done at the Day of Judgement, he will show to all the world how all those works that did seem to go most against Jesus Christ, how they were brought about for the honour of Jesus Christ: Oh blessed are those souls that come to see that all things were made for the honour of Jesus Christ, and so give glory to him accordingly. Thus you see what a ⟨p. 110⟩wonderful Saviour we have, that God hath made all things for him; Surely our Saviour is glorious and wonderful.
And this shall bee the great work that shall bee done at the Day of Judgement, hee will shew to all the world how all those works that did seem to go most against Jesus Christ, how they were brought about for the honour of Jesus Christ: Oh blessed are those souls that come to see that all things were made for the honour of Jesus Christ, and so give glory to him accordingly. Thus you see what a ⟨p. 110⟩wonderful Saviour wee have, that God hath made all things for him; Surely our Saviour is glorious and wonderfull.
6 There is one thing more, he is wonderful in his Endowments and Excellencies in this, that his Excellencies are in him to be conveyed to his people,1 Out of his fullness do all we receive, and grace for grace. Out of the fullness of all Excellency that is put into him. The Saints of God and elect ones, they draw all the excellency they have here, or shall have to all eternity. For you must know this, Though the Divine Nature be the fountain of all Excellency, yet it is not to be conveyed, but only through Jesus Christ; this is the great mystery of godliness, and this is the wonder in the Gospel that is so much above nature, that though God be the fountain of all in himself, yet he hath determined that this goodness of his shall be first let out to his Son, and so shall be conveyed through him to the Saints, so that all the gifts and graces we have, we must not look upon them only as coming from od the Creator of all things, but as coming from God through him, that is God and man in this mystical way; therefore if you say you look at God, and believe in Gods mercy, without understanding the way of Gods communicating himself, you may utterly mistake, it must be in Christ that we must receive grace for grace. Now that there should be such a thing revealed, that God should say, I will set up my Son, the second Person in Trinity, to take your nature, and to be God and man, and he shall be as a Conduit to be filled with all things whatsoever, and you shall have as it were your pipes joined to him, and through him, you shall come to partake of what good I intend for you, This is the wonder of the world.