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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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The excellency of the soul may be discovered, first, In the relation it hath to God, 1God doth challenge a peculiar relation to the spirits of men; and therefore in Heb. 12.9. •od is called the Father of spirits, Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the F•ther of spirits and live? As if God did not so much look after, and regard your bodies, the outward man, but he is the Father of spirits. And in Zeck. 12.1. There is likewise an expression to the same purpose, That God did form the spirit of man within him: ⟨p. 209⟩God accounts it a special part of his glory, that he makes the spirits of men; he is the Father of spirits: But now I shall not enter into that controversy of the Generation of the soul; thus far these Scriptures with others do evidence, that God hath a more special hand in the producing of this spiritual substance, than he hath in other Creatures.
The excellency of the soul may bee discovered, first, In the relation it hath to God, 1God doth challenge a peculiar relation to the spirits of men; and therefore in Heb. 12.9. •od is called the Father of spirits, Shall wee not much rather bee in subjection to the F•ther of spirits and live? As if God did not so much look after, and regard your bodies, the outward man, but hee is the Father of spirits. And in Zeck. 12.1. There is likewise an expression to the same purpose, That God did form the spirit of man within him: ⟨p. 209⟩God accounts it a special part of his glory, that hee makes the spirits of men; hee is the Father of spirits: But now I shall not enter into that controversie of the Generation of the soul; thus far these Scriptures with others do evidence, that God hath a more special hand in the producing of this spiritual substance, than hee hath in other Creatures.