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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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Seventhly, Yea again yet further, the wonder in Christs humiliation was this, that all this Christ foresaw, and yet did willingly undertake it to save mankind, see what the heart of Christ in his sufferings towards his elect ones, was, that rather than he would see them to be plunged into the bottomless gulf of eternal misery, he would put himself into it to keep them out, he did it willingly; When he did ⟨p. 129⟩fir stundertake this great work with his Father, he knew what he should suffer, A body hast thou prepared me, it is written in the volume of thy book I should do thy will, 1and lo I come, I delight to do thy will, And what was it? It was the suffering of all these things that I have named unto you, and I have but even named them unto you.
Seventhly, Yea again yet further, the wonder in Christs humiliation was this, that all this Christ foresaw, and yet did willingly undertake it to save mankinde, see what the heart of Christ in his sufferings towards his elect ones, was, that rather than hee would see them to bee plunged into the bottomless gulf of eternal misery, hee would put himself into it to keep them out, hee did it willingly; When hee did ⟨p. 129⟩fir stundertake this great work with his Father, hee knew what hee should suffer, A body hast thou prepared mee, it is written in the volume of thy book I should do thy will, 1and lo I come, I delight to do thy will, And what was it? It was the suffering of all these things that I have named unto you, and I have but even named them unto you.