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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 3: The Third SERMON ON The Excellency of the Soul.
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6. Show your love to them in labouring to bring them to the attaining of that end that they were made for, the ⟨p. 243⟩uttermost happiness that they are capable of; then indeed you show true love to your souls, when as your care is to bring them to the attainment of that end that God made them for: Certainly when God made a creature of so much excellency, he did intend a glorious end for it: And let this now be your great care, and manifest your love to your souls, I say, in this, by labouring to attain the end that God made them for. But this shall suffice for the first point, of the preciousness and excellency of our souls.
6. Shew your love to them in labouring to bring them to the attaining of that end that they were made for, the ⟨p. 243⟩uttermost happiness that they are capable of; then indeed you shew true love to your souls, when as your care is to bring them to the attainment of that end that God made them for: Certainly when God made a creature of so much excellency, hee did intend a glorious end for it: And let this now bee your great care, and manifest your love to your souls, I say, in this, by labouring to attain the end that God made them for. But this shall suffice for the first point, of the preciousness and excellency of our souls.
We come now to the second, and that is the main Point indeed in the Text, that is,
Wee come now to the second, and that is the main Point indeed in the Text, that is,
That the loss of this soul is a most dreadful loss. Doct 2