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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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Yet further, For the excellency of the soul, 1as it is excellent in relation to God, so in relation to the Angels. It is of the same kind of nature that they are of, they are spirits, and so is the soul of man, yea it hath the very same name with God himself, God is a Spirit, and so is the soul of man; it is of the very same nature with the Angels, and so is able to converse with them as well as with God himself; but for the way and manner of converse with those spirits, that is little revealed in the word, and therefore we can say litt•e of it.
Yet further, For the excellency of the soul, 1as it is excellent in relation to God, so in relation to the Angels. It is of the same kinde of nature that they are of, they are spirits, and so is the soul of man, yea it hath the very same name with God himself, God is a Spirit, and so is the soul of man; it is of the very same nature with the Angels, and so is able to converse with them as well as with God hims•lf; but for the way and manner of converse with those spirits, that is little revealed in the word, and therefore wee can say litt•e of it.
- 1The excellency of the soul discovered in its relation to Angels.
And further, The excellency of mans soul, 1it will appear in the excellent endowments of it: Look upon the soul of man in his fallen estate, and what admirable endowments some men have, as in the excellent knowledge that some men have of Arts and Sciences, the knowledge of the heavens; it is a very glorious thing that they are able to ⟨p. 214⟩