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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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And the wisdom of God appears more in Christ, than in the creation of heaven and earth.1 Now for God to find out such a glorious way of Reconciliation as he hath ⟨p. 115⟩found out in his Son, in this the wisdom of God is more glorious than in all his works infinitely, the glory of Gods wisdom in other things is darkened in comparison of his wisdom in this; If God had put it to Angels to find out a way of Reconciliation, they could never have guest at such a way as this is; that we should be reconciled in Christ, here is the glory of wisdom.
And the wisdome of God appears more in Christ, than in the creation of heaven and earth.1 Now for God to finde out such a glorious way of Reconciliation as hee hath ⟨p. 115⟩found out in his Son, in this the wisdome of God is more glorious than in all his works infinitely, the glory of Gods wisdome in other things is darkned in comparison of his wisdome in this; If God had put it to Angels to finde out a way of Reconciliation, they could never have guest at such a way as this is; that wee should bee reconciled in Christ, here is the glory of wisdome.
- 1The Wisdom of God appears in Christ.The Wisdome of God appears in Christ.
There likewise doth appear the glory of Gods holiness more in Christ than in any other way; it is true,1 the Law is a glass of Gods holiness, and those that cast reproach upon the Law, they spit in the very face of Gods holiness; I but that is no such glass as Jesus Christ is, there we see the holiness of God in another manner than we can do it in the holy Law that God hath made. God never showed his hatred of sin so much as he did in Christ, and it cannot be devised by all Angels and men how it were possible to have such an Argument to manifest the hatred of sin so as it is manifested in Christ, that God should deal so with his Son, as he hath done for the sin of man; I say, if an infinite Wisdom should set it self on work never so much to find out an Argument to manifest the hatred of sin, there could not be a greater Argument: So that when God sent his Son into the world to dye for mans sin, he did as it were say, I have many ways to manifest my holiness to the children of men, how infinitely I do hate sin, but here is a way that it shall appear to the uttermost, they shall see it in my dealing with my Son; certainly in Christ Gods wisdom hath found out an Argument to make us all to be convinced of the infinite holiness of God, that God hates sin more than hell its self, and that we should do so too.