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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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And be ashamed to complain of any difficulty in any duties that thou art set about; thou art set about such a duty, and oh thou complainest they are hard, and difficult, and tedious! Is it for thy Saviour that thou doest it? thou shouldest be willing to go through fire and water; and in this one thing the wonderfulness of the change of a soul doth appear as much as in any thing, That those things that before were accounted burdens, now the soul accounts them as a privilege, and the joy of its heart; others cannot do so: Now the Gospel makes such a change, and in this change of thy heart, and of thy life, Jesus Christ is held forth in the world to be a wonderful Saviour; but now, if thou canst do no ⟨p. 168⟩more than those that are strangers to Jesus Christ, what honour hath Christ in thy life and conversation? One passage or two more.
And bee ashamed to complain of any difficulty in any duties that thou art set about; thou art set about such a duty, and oh thou complainest they are hard, and difficult, and tedious! Is it for thy Saviour that thou doest it? thou shouldest bee willing to go thorow fire and water; and in this one thing the wonderfulness of the change of a soul doth appear as much as in any thing, That those things that before were accounted burdens, now the soul accounts them as a priviledge, and the joy of its heart; others cannot do so: Now the Gospel makes such a change, and in this change of thy heart, and of thy life, Jesus Christ is held forth in the world to bee a wonderful Saviour; but now, if thou canst do no ⟨p. 168⟩more than those that are strangers to Jesus Christ, what honour hath Christ in thy life and conversation? One passage or two more.
If Christ be a wonderful Saviour, hence then every one that hears of Christ, should think it to be a dreadful thing to miss of Jesus Christ: Oh then let all souls to whom Christ is made known, make after him! Oh thou wretched soul, that hast not yet understood the way of God towards man-kind, now labour to know it! If the Lord hath wonderful thoughts for the saving of man-kind, then let thy thoughts be such: And after all this shall my soul perish eternally? shall I be cast away, notwithstanding God hath wrought in such a glorious and wonderful way for the salvation of souls? must I perish at last for all this? Thy heart should make towards God, and be encouraged in this, because the way of salvation is so wonderful: why, may not thy soul come in likewise and be saved? there is not the worst of you all, but here is help in this wonderful Saviour to help you, and redeem you; had you but hearts now to come in and to fall down before the Lord when you get alone in your closets, and say, Lord, I have heard that there is a wonderful Saviour come into the world, and hath done wonderfully for the redeeming of man-kind; Oh that he might be wonderful in my salvation also! that I may be among the number of those that may to all eternity be admiring at thy glory in Jesus Christ; many of you rejoice in this, that God hath wrought wonderfully to preserve you some times out of dangers, I but what are all the wonderful works of God towards you, except you have your part in him whose Name is called wonderful?