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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 3 › Sermon 1: The First SERMON ON The Excellency of the Soul.
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These words that I have read unto you, are of exceeding serious consideration: And indeed they should be as Thunder in every mans ears. Some Scripture that a Minister may preach on, may concern some particular person in a Congregation more than others: But here is a Text concerns every one that hath a soul, Man and woman, high and low, old and young, What shall it profit any one to gain the whole word, and to lose their own soul? — I have read of one that gave counsel to John King of Portugal, that he would repeat this Text to himself, and spend one quarter of an hour in the meditation of it, What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? and that he would make the words of this Text to be the close of his prayer continually, What shall it profit a man to gain the ⟨p. 203⟩whole world, and lose his own soul? This was wholesome counsel; and certainly the tight meditation and understanding of this Text would be of admirable use to every soul. You have in the words these two things plainly hinted.
These words that I have read unto you, are of exceeding serious consideration: And indeed they should bee as Thunder in every mans ears. Some Scripture that a Minister may preach on, may concern some particular person in a Congregation more than others: But here is a Text concerns every one that hath a soul, Man and woman, high and low, old and young, What shall it profit any one to gain the whole word, and to lose their own soul? — I have read of one that gave counsel to John King of Portugal, that hee would repeat this Text to himself, and spend one quarter of an hour in the meditation of it, What shall it profit a man if hee gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? and that hee would make the words of this Text to bee the cloze of his prayer continually, What shall it profit a man to gain the ⟨p. 203⟩whole world, and lose his own soul? This was wholesome counsel; and certainly the tight meditation and understanding of this Text would bee of admirable use to every soul. You have in the words these two things plainly hinted.