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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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3. Again, That which the Scripture makes the chief actions of man to consist in, which have any reference to God, is such ⟨p. 205⟩things that are done by somewhat beyond the body. Whatsoever a man doth, if it be but only the body that is exercised, and sense, it is not acceptable to God.1 Bodily exercise profiteth little, saith the Scripture, and 1 Cor. 13.3. What if I give my body to be burnt? A man may give his body to be burnt: there all the senses may concur in it, and yet if there be not a spirit in man to act this upon any higher ends and grounds, than any thing that is bodily can reach unto, it is worth nothing, it is not regarded.
3. Again, That which the Scripture makes the chief actions of man to consist in, which have any reference to God, is such ⟨p. 205⟩things that are done by somewhat beyond the body. Whatsoever a man doth, if it bee but onely the body that is exercised, and sense, it is not acceptable to God.1 Bodily exercise profiteth little, saith the Scripture, and 1 Cor. 13.3. What if I give my body to bee burnt? A man may give his body to bee burnt: there all the senses may concur in it, and yet if there bee not a spirit in man to act this upon any higher ends and grounds, than any thing that is bodily can reach unto, it is worth nothing, it is not regarded.