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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 5: The Fifth SERMON ON The Excellency of Christ.
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You will say, Why, others rise too, both godly and wicked shall rise, how is Christ wonderfully and mightily declared to be the Son of God by the Resurrection from the dead?
You will say, Why, others rise too, both godly and wicked shall rise, how is Christ wonderfully and mightily declared to bee the Son of God by the Resurrection from the dead?
Why thus, Christ he undertaking to satisfy for mans sins, to pay the debt that man did owe to God for his Sin; God the Father comes upon him, sues out the Bond, casts him into Prison, into the Gaol: Now when Jesus Christ did arise from the dead, there was a declaration to all the world that he had satisfied the debt fully to God the Father, that he had paid fully what Divine Justice did require for the sin of man; now this was a mighty declaration of Jesus Christ to be the Son of God; had he not been the Son of God, he could never have rose again, having dyed upon such terms as he did; Christ did dye to satisfy Gods wrath, and undertook this, Lord I am content to come under the bonds of death till thine infinite Justice shall say, That it is satisfied, that it hath enough: If all the Angels in heaven, and men on the earth had undertook such a work, and said, Lord, Let us all dye, and abide under the power of Death, until thine infinite Justice shall ⟨p. 140⟩say, It is enough, they must have abode to all eternity under it, they could never have come out of Prison, but have lain there; but now Christ he undertook this work, and was content to be under the power of Death till God should fully discharge him, as being satisfied; God saith at length I am satisfied, Let the prison doors be opened, let him go; so that when Christ comes out of the Grave, now he is declared before men and Angels mightily in a wonderful manner to be the Son of God; and it is upon this that the Scripture saith in Psalm 2. Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee, which is applied by the Apostle in