A85953:505
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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Yea, and this would not be the greatest loss for the soul to cease to be. There are two degrees of evil that are beyond the evil of ceasing to be; to be miserable, to be in pain and torture, is worse than not to be, and to be sinful, is worse than to be in pain; and therefore the ceasing to be, is not the greatest evil: What is the loss of the soul then?
Yea, and this would not bee the greatest loss for the soul to cease to bee. There are two degrees of evil that are beyond the evil of ceasing to bee; to bee miserable, to bee in pain and torture, is worse than not to bee, and to bee sinful, is worse than to bee in pain; and therefore the ceasing to bee, is not the greatest evil: What is the loss of the soul then?
First, The loss of the soul it is first in the privation of it of all the good and excellency that the soul is capable of, the privation of the true good that the soul was made for.
Secondly, It consists in its departing and wandering from God: As a sheep is said to be a lost sheep that wanders up and down in the wilderness; so that is a lost soul that wanders away from God the fountain of all good.
Secondly, It consists in its departing and wandring from God: As a sheep is said to bee a lost sheep that wanders up and down in the wilderness; so that is a lost soul that wanders away from God the fountain of all good.