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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 4: The Fourth SERMON ON The Excellency of Christ.
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The Fourth SERMON ON The Excellency of Christ.
Isaiah 9.6. And his Name shall be called Wonderful.
Isaiah 9.6. And his Name shall bee called Wonderful.
Christ is Wonderful in regard of the glory of the Father that shines in him.
WE proceed: The Name of Christ is Wonderful in regard of the wonderful glory of the Father that shines in him; It is in Jesus Christ that God reveals himself, and appears both to men and Angels: It is true, somewhat we might know of the invisible things of God by the things that are seen, as the Apostle speaks in Rom. 1.20. by his great Works of Creation and Providence: but there is as much difference between the Glory of God that shines in all his Works of Creation and Providence, and the Glory of God that shines in the face of Christ, as between the glittering of a Glow-worm in a dark night, and the glory of the Sun in the full strength of it. Now only ⟨p. 113⟩