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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 Yea, And it is under the power of no Creature to inflict evil upon it: Fear not them, saith Christ, that can kill the body, and can do no more; there is all they can do,1 they can but kill the body, fear not them, but fear him, who after he hath killed the body, hath power to cast the soul into Hell, yea, I say unto you, fear him, saith Christ. So that it appears by the Text, that there is no Creature can do hurt to the soul; the Devils themselves they cannot do it; they can propound objects before the soul, but except the soul do consent, they cannot force it; it is only God that hath power over the soul, therefore saith Christ, fear him, that is, fear God that hath this power; all other creatures, this is all their do, as we may say, they are able to kill the body.
3 Yea, And it is under the power of no Creature to inflict evil upon it: Fear not them, saith Christ, that can kill the body, and can do no more; there is all they can do,1 they can but kill the body, fear not them, but fear him, who after hee hath killed the body, hath power to cast the soul into Hell, yea, I say unto you, fear him, saith Christ. So that it appears by the Text, that there is no Creature can do hurt to the soul; the Devils themselves they cannot do it; they can propound objects before the soul, but except the soul do consent, they cannot force it; it is onely God that hath power over the soul, therefore saith Christ, fear him, that is, fear God that hath this power; all other creatures, this is all their do, as wee may say, they are able to kill the body.
4 But further, The excellency of the soul of man, in reference unto God, appears especially in the large extent of capacity that it hath to receive the Image of God, and its ability to work according as God doth work himself, and to enjoy communion with God, and to receive the communication of those choice excellencies that God hath to communicate; these things show the excellency of the soul: the large extent I say of the soul in the capacity it hath of good (of divine good.)