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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 2: The Second SERMON ON The Excellency of the Soul.
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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, ⟨p. 220⟩and this is the excellency of mans soul, it is above all creatures; it is a virtue in the soul of man to have a holy kind of pride, to think all creatures in the world to be too little to be the portion of it, and God takes this well, he likes it well, that we should know our own souls, so far, that we should have this kind of pride of spirit, as we may so call it, or rather a right elevation of spirit, to look upon all creatures in the world, as too low, and too mean to be the portion of one immortal soul.
That it is satisfied onely with God himself, there is nothing can fill the soul of man to satisfie 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 bee the portion of him, Mans soul would say, these are not the things that can satisfie mee; saith Austin, Lord thou hast made us for thy self, and our heart is unquiet till it comes unto thy self, ⟨p. 220⟩and this is the excellency of mans soul, it is above all creatures; it is a vertue in the soul of man to have a holy kinde of pride, to think all creatures in the world to bee too little to bee the portion of it, and God takes this well, hee likes it well, that we should know our own souls, so far, that wee should have this kinde of pride of spirit, as wee may so call it, or rather a right elevation of spirit, to look upon all creatures in the world, as too low, and too mean to bee the portion of one immortal soul.