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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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Fourthly, The glory of the Father is wonderful in him in this, that God the Father attains unto his greatest design, the great design that God had in making of the world, and in the preserving of the world; I say, God attains unto it by his Son, by Jesus Christ, And that design would be lost, if Jesus Christ did not bring things about for the glory of his Father. God hath made a world for his glory, and he preserves a World for his glory, but the main design that God had in making the world, and that he hath in preserving the world, it is to fetch about a great design that he hath only by Jesus Christ, and therefore it is that the Father is so well pleased in his Son, because that by him he comes to attain the great design that he hath in making the world.
Fourthly, The glory of the Father is wonderful in him in this, that God the Father attains unto his greatest design, the great design that God had in making of the world, and in the preserving of the world; I say, God attains unto it by his Son, by Jesus Christ, And that design would bee lost, if Jesus Christ did not bring things about for the glory of his Father. God hath made a world for his glory, and hee preserves a World for his glory, but the main design that God had in making the world, and that hee hath in preserving the world, it is to fetch about a great design that hee hath onely by Jesus Christ, and therefore it is that the Father is so well pleased in his Son, because that by him hee comes to attain the great design that hee hath in making the world.
Quest. You will say, What is that?
Answ. Truth it is, we understand but little of it for the present, but we know in the general it is this, That he might have his elect ones eternally with himself to behold his face, and magnify him together with Angels for his mercy in Jesus Christ, that is the great design that God had; other men have great designs in their heads, but the greatest design that God hath of all, it is to fetch about his honour in his Son, and to glorify himself in his elect ones to all eternity, that is the great design for which he made