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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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Know therefore this, that there is not the poorest man or woman living, nay not the poorest child that lies begging a crust of bread at your door, but this child hath a soul in it that is more worth than heaven and earth, this poor ragged tattered child that lies in rags, I say, crying at your threshold, and begging a piece of bread, it hath a soul in it that hath greater excellency than the Sun, Moon, and Stars, than all the Heavens, than the Sea, than the Earth, put all the creatures in the world together, that are under Angels, the spirit of this poor child hath more excellency in it, than all these things, and that is the thing that I am to make out unto you.
Know therefore this, that there is not the poorest man or woman living, nay not the poorest childe that lyes begging a crust of bread at your door, but this childe hath a soul in it that is more worth than heaven and earth, this poor ragged tattered childe that lyes in rags, I say, crying at your threshold, and begging a peece of bread, it hath a soul in it that hath greater excellency than the Sun, Moon, and Stars, than all the Heavens, than the Sea, than the Earth, put all the creatures in the world together, that are under Angels, the spirit of this poor childe hath more excellency in it, than all these things, and that is the thing that I am to make out unto you.
Why natural life hath more excellency in it than any creature that hath no life. I remember Austin saith of a Fly, because it hath life, that it hath more excellency in it than the Sun its self, because though the Sun be a glorious creature, yet it hath no life in it; life in the meanest creature hath a greater excellency than any thing else that hath not life.
Why natural life hath more excellency in it than any creature that hath no life. I remember Austin saith of a Flye, because it hath life, that it hath more excellency in it than the Sun its self, because though the Sun bee a glorious creature, yet it hath no life in it; life in the meanest creature hath a greater excellency than any thing else that hath not life.