A85953:436
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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Thirdly, And it is capable of enjoyment of the communion with God himself; What is Gods happiness, but to enjoy himself as the only good? Now the soul of man is capable of the enjoyment of God, of having communion with the infinite first being of all things, and so he is capable of living the same life that God himself lives; for so the Scripture saith,1 That the Heathens were estranged from the life of God; so that it appears then, that believers are not estranged from the life of God, but do live the life of God in the enjoyment of communion with himself: For indeed there could be no communion, except there were living the same kind of life; as thus, A man and a beast cannot have communion together, why? ⟨p. 211⟩because they live not the same life one with another, their lives are of different kinds: so, were it not that the soul were capable of the same life that God lives, it could not be capable of communion with God.
Thirdly, And it is capable of injoyment of the communion with God himself; What is Gods happiness, but to enjoy himself as the onely good? Now the soul of man is capable of the enjoyment of God, of having communion with the infinite first beeing of all things, and so hee is capable of living the same life that God himself lives; for so the Scripture saith,1 That the Heathens were estranged from the life of God; so that it appears then, that beleevers are not estranged from the life of God, but do live the life of God in the injoyment of communion with himself: For indeed there could bee no communion, except there were living the same kinde of life; as thus, A man and a beast cannot have communion together, why? ⟨p. 211⟩because they live not the same life one with another, their lives are of different kindes: so, were it not that the soul were capable of the same life that God lives, it could not bee capable of communion with God.