A85953:518
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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Now then these things being opened to you, you will understand what this Text means: When you read this Text you think there may be truth in it, and in general you will •ssent unto it, but if you come to understand but these things, then indeed you cannot but all subscribe to it ⟨p. 247⟩and acknowledge: Oh it is indeed a dreadful thing the loss of the soul. But now because it is a point of so great moment, I will not satisfy my self merely in telling you these things, but endeavour to open them unto you, what the evil of this loss is, that if it might be, by presenting this before the souls of men, they may see more the danger that they are in, and how the Devil hath gulled and deceived them all this while: It may make many souls to be at a stand, if they come to know what this loss indeed doth mean. Now I shall endeavour the opening of this in the three last particulars that I named.
Now then these things being opened to you, you will understand what this Text means: When you read this Text you think there may bee truth in it, and in general you will •ssent unto it, but if you come to understand but these things, then indeed you cannot but all subscribe to it ⟨p. 247⟩and acknowledge: Oh it is indeed a dreadful thing the loss of the soul. But now because it is a point of so great moment, I will not satisfie my self meerly in telling you these things, but endeavour to open them unto you, what the evil of this loss is, that if it might bee, by presenting this before the souls of men, they may see more the danger that they are in, and how the Devil hath gulled and deceived them all this while: It may make many souls to bee at a stand, if they come to know what this loss indeed doth mean. Now I shall endeavour the opening of this in the three last particulars that I named.
First, For the rejection of the soul from God so as to be deprived of all the good there is in God, and that it is capable of; Now for the understanding of the evil of this, we must inquire what is that good that the souls of men are capable of, or else we cannot come to understand what an evil thing it is to lose it.