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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 1 › Sermon 1: The First SERMON ON The Nature of God.
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The first is this, That a gracious heart is not satisfied ⟨p. 3⟩with praising God only for his works, but rises higher to praise him, and especially to praise him for himself, for that that it sees in himself.
The first is this, That a gracious heart is not satisfied ⟨p. 3⟩with praising God onely for his works, but rises higher to praise him, and especially to praise him for himself, for that that it sees in himself.
I say, a gracious heart doth not stick in the Works of God; nor is it only enlarged to praise God for what it sees in Gods works, but it will rise higher than all the works of God, and praise him especially for that it sees in himself; Thy self O Lord is excellent, the glory that is in thy self, it is above the earth, and above the heaven. While we praise God for what we see in his works, our thoughts and hearts are limited; for Gods manifestations of himself are finite, and so there is not that spaciousness that a gracious heart desires to let our its self in: but when it can rise up to God himself, and look at the infinite excellency that there is in himself above all that doth appear in his works, then the heart enlarged with grace can expatiate it self to the uttermost, and that is that which doth delight him, then is a gracious heart indeed in its own element, when it is expatiating it self even in God himself.
I say, a gracious heart doth not stick in the Works of God; nor is it onely inlarged to praise God for what it sees in Gods works, but it will rise higher than all the works of God, and praise him especially for that it sees in himself; Thy self O Lord is excellent, the glory that is in thy self, it is above the earth, and above the heaven. While wee praise God for what wee see in his works, our thoughts and hearts are limited; for Gods manifestations of himself are finite, and so there is not that spaciousness that a gracious heart desires to let our its self in: but when it can rise up to God himself, and look at the infinite excellency that there is in himself above all that doth appear in his works, then the heart inlarged with grace can expatiate it self to the uttermost, and that is that which doth delight him, then is a gracious heart indeed in its own element, when it is expatiating it self even in God himself.