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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 6: The Sixth SERMON ON The Excellency of Christ.
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Mark what titles he gives to God when he prays for them, that they might have the knowledge of Jesus Christ; it must be the God of our Lord Jesus Christ that must do it, and the Father of Glory.
Mark what titles hee gives to God when hee prayes for them, that they might have the knowledge of Jesus Christ; it must bee the God of our Lord Jesus Christ that must do it, and the Father of Glory.
God doth never show himself to be the Father of Glory ⟨p. 161⟩so much, as when he gives the knowledge of Jesus Christ to a soul, then God doth make himself to appear indeed to be the Father of Glory.
God doth never shew himself to bee the Father of Glory ⟨p. 161⟩so much, as when hee gives the knowledge of Jesus Christ to a soul, then God doth make himself to appear indeed to bee the Father of Glory.
And further, The eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his Inheritance in the Saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe. And in the third of the Ephesians, from the 14 verse to the 20. For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole Family of Heaven and Earth is named, that he would grant you according to the riches of his Glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the Inner-man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by Faith, that ye being rooted and grounded in love, (All this now is but a preparation to what he would desire further, and that is this) That so you may be able to comprehend with all Saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God: This is a most admirable Scripture, surely the Spirit of Christ filled the heart of Saint Paul; and such kind of Scriptures as these, are mighty strong Arguments to evince the Scripture to be the Word of God: when we read such passages as these, that have a spirit in them, beyond the spirit of any man; certainly it was beyond the spirit of any man to express himself in such a manner, That he bowed his knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they might comprehend with all Saints what is the breadth, length, depth and height, and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that they might be filled with all the fullness of God; and that is that which I would especially observe, that Christians should not content themselves with a little knowledge of Christ, but they should labour to comprehend what is the length, breadth, depth, and height, they should labour