Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of…

Name: Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of…
Author: Jeremiah Burroughs

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.

Jeremiah Burroughs 1599–1646London: printed for Nath. Brook, 1660

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Treatise 3 › Sermon 2: The Second SERMON ON The Excellency of the Soul.

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The Second SERMON ON The Excellency of the Soul.

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Matth. 16.26. For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own Soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his Soul?

Matth. 16.26. For what is a man profited if hee shall gain the whole world and lose his own Soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his Soul?

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I Shall add one thing more, which shows the excellency of the soul in the relation that it hath to God, and that is this,

I Shall adde one thing more, which shews the excellency of the soul in the relation that it hath to God, and that is this,

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That it is satisfied only with God himself, there is nothing can fill the soul of man to satisfy it, but God himself. For the true object of mans understanding, it is not this truth, or the other truth, but truth in general, and the highest truth, and that is God; and the object of this soul, it is not this or that good, but good in general, the highest and the chiefest good, and that is God: Let all the creatures in the world present themselves before the soul of man to be the portion of him, Mans soul would say, these are not the things that can satisfy me; saith Austin, Lord thou hast made us for thy self, and our heart is unquiet till it comes unto thy self,

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The Second SERMON ON The Excellency of the Soul.

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