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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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A wonderful mystery there is in godliness; why what mystery?
God was manifested in the flesh, the Son of God came and took our nature upon him, that was wonderful, but this is as great a wonder as the other, Justified in the Spirit, it is all one as by being justified upon his Resurrection, by the power of the Spirit he was quickened, and life was put into him, and so he rose again, and thereby was declared before all the world to be justified, to stand acquitted from all the charge of our sins that was upon him; and so ⟨p. 154⟩if you compare that place Justified in the Spirit, with that in 1 Pet. 3.18. Put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit, that is, by the power of his God-head he was quickened, upon his Resurrection; now that that one Apostle saith (quickened) another saith (justified) to show, that when he was quickened, that is rose again by the power of his Deity, then both he, and all the elect ones stood just in the presence of God, acquitted of all their sins, and this is the mystery of godliness.
God was manifested in the flesh, the Son of God came and took our nature upon him, that was wonderful, but this is as great a wonder as the other, Justifyed in the Spirit, it is all one as by being justified upon his Resurrection, by the power of the Spirit hee was quickned, and life was put into him, and so hee rose again, and thereby was declared before all the world to bee justified, to stand acquitted from all the charge of our sins that was upon him; and so ⟨p. 154⟩if you compare that place Justified in the Spirit, with that in 1 Pet. 3.18. Put to death in the flesh, but quickned by the Spirit, that is, by the power of his God-head hee was quicked, upon his Resurrection; now that that one Apostle saith (quickned) another saith (justified) to shew, that when hee was quickned, that is rose again by the power of his Deity, then both hee, and all the elect ones stood just in the presence of God, acquitted of all their sins, and this is the mystery of godliness.