Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of…

Name: Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of…
Author: Jeremiah Burroughs

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.

Jeremiah Burroughs 1599–1646London: printed for Nath. Brook, 1660

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Treatise 2 › Sermon 6: The Sixth SERMON ON The Excellency of Christ.

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And there is nothing in the world that God looks so much for as this, to be sanctified in these wonderful things that he hath done for man-kind in Christ; and if we have but slight thoughts of the breach that our sin hath made, certainly we cannot but have slight thoughts likewise of the work that God hath done to deliver us from our sin: Thou thinkest thy sin to be a light matter, but know, that when thou hast sinned against God, there must be the most wonderful work of God to reconcile thee to himself, that ever God did from all eternity, or will do to all eternity; this is the greatest wonder, his sending of Jesus Christ into the world; know therefore the depth of thy misery by this; if God should ⟨p. 156⟩have devised as it were from all eternity how to have manifested the wonderful misery of man-kind, no greater could be found than this wonderful work of his in the redemption of man-kind. This is a third.

And there is nothing in the world that God looks so much for as this, to be sanctified in these wonderful things that hee hath done for man-kind in Christ; and if wee have but slight thoughts of the breach that our sin hath made, certainly wee cannot but have slight thoughts likewise of the work that God hath done to deliver us from our sin: Thou thinkest thy sin to bee a light matter, but know, that when thou hast sinned against God, there must bee the most wonderful work of God to reconcile thee to himself, that ever God did from all eternity, or will do to all eternity; this is the greatest wonder, his sending of Jesus Christ into the world; know therefore the depth of thy misery by this; if God should ⟨p. 156⟩have devised as it were from all eternity how to have manifested the wonderful misery of man-kind, no greater could bee found than this wonderful work of his in the redemption of man-kind. This is a third.

:370p. 156

And then Fourthly, Is Jesus Christ the great wonder of the world? hence then all Believers have exceeding cause of rejoicing in the hearing of what Christ is, what a wonderful Saviour they have, Let the children of Zion rejoice in their King: Rejoice in this,

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