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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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Sixthly, Yea but yet further, there is a further wonder in this humiliation of Christ. God did not spare him; I but when God deals thus with his Son, will he leave him? For one to suffer much, yea and though it be much from God, yet so long as they may have the presence of God with them, that God doth not leave them it is not so much. But in all these sufferings, God the Father leaves him, this is that is expressed by that speech, that wonderful speech of Christ upon the Cross, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me; There was never a speech spoke in this world that had matter of so much admiration as that speech of Jesus Christ that was the eternal Son of God,1 in the middest of his sufferings, that he should thus cry out, certainly he did not mistake, what Christ apprehended to be, was, we many time may apprehend that God hath forsaken us, when there is no such thing, but certainly Christ was never deceived in his apprehensions, but what he did apprehend, it was true: But now what this forsaking of God was, it is a very hard thing, a great mystery, which is too deep for us to dive into, but that there was a forsaking, and that he was not deceived, but that he apprehended was real, that must needs be granted, or otherwise we must grant that Christ was deceived, which would be blasphemy for us to say.
Sixthly, Yea but yet further, there is a further wonder in this humiliation of Christ. God did not spare him; I but when God deals thus with his Son, will hee leave him? For one to suffer much, yea and though it bee much from God, yet so long as they may have the presence of God with them, that God doth not leave them it is not so much. But in all these sufferings, God the Father leaves him, this is that is exprest by that speech, that wonderful speech of Christ upon the Cross, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken mee; There was never a speech spoke in this world that had matter of so much admiration as that speech of Jesus Christ that was the eternal Son of God,1 in the middest of his sufferings, that hee should thus cry out, certainly hee did not mistake, what Christ apprehended to bee, was, wee many time may apprehend that God hath forsaken us, when there is no such thing, but certainly Christ was never deceived in his apprehensions, but what hee did apprehend, it was true: But now what this forsaking of God was, it is a very hard thing, a great mystery, which is too deep for us to dive into, but that there was a forsaking, and that hee was not deceived, but that hee apprehended was real, that must needs bee granted, or otherwise wee must grant that Christ was deceived, which would bee blasphemy for us to say.