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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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Again, the Justice of God appears in Christ, more than in any thing else: It appears not so much in all the torments of the damned, as in Gods dealings with Christ,1 in that he required such satisfaction from him as he did; when as we hear of the dreadful curses of the Law, and of the torments that are in hell, we may thereby be put in ⟨p. 116⟩mind of an infinite Justice; Oh how righteous is God in his ways there, and his Justice seems to be wonderful unto us: But when you behold in this red glass of the blood of Christ, Gods Justice, it is a great deal more glorious here, than in all the damned in hell. If God should grant to any of you to stand upon the very brink of hell, and there to look into the pit, and see all the torments and tortures there, and hear all the cries there, then you think your hearts would be affected with the Justice of God, to fear it. I but when God makes himself known to you in Christ, when you hear of the sufferings of Christ for sin, God would have you to be more affected with his Justice, and to fear it more, than if you saw all the Torments of hell. And the truth is, there is no such way to set out the Justice of God, as to show the dealing of God with his Son for the sin of man. If I would preach but one Sermon that should be my last, of the Terribleness of Gods Justice, I would speak of some Scripture that should show the terribleness of the dealing of God with his Son, and that would set out the Justice of God to be a great deal more glorious than any thing else.
Again, the Justice of God appears in Christ, more than in any thing else: It appears not so much in all the torments of the damned, as in Gods dealings with Christ,1 in that hee required such satisfaction from him as hee did; when as wee hear of the dreadful curses of the Law, and of the torments that are in hell, wee may thereby be put in ⟨p. 116⟩minde of an infinite Justice; Oh how righteous is God in his wayes there, and his Justice seems to bee wonderful unto us: But when you behold in this red glass of the blood of Christ, Gods Justice, it is a great deal more glorious here, than in all the damned in hell. If God should grant to any of you to stand upon the very brink of hell, and there to look into the pit, and see all the torments and tortures there, and hear all the cries there, then you think your hearts would bee affected with the Justice of God, to fear it. I but when God makes himself known to you in Christ, when you hear of the sufferings of Christ for sin, God would have you to bee more affected with his Justice, and to fear it more, than if you saw all the Torments of hell. And the truth is, there is no such way to set out the Justice of God, as to shew the dealing of God with his Son for the sin of man. If I would preach but one Sermon that should bee my last, of the Terribleness of Gods Justice, I would speak of some Scripture that should shew the terribleness of the dealing of God with his Son, and that would set out the Justice of God to bee a great deal more glorious than any thing else.