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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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And yet further, the presence and communion with Jesus Christ that the soul shall have, besides that of God the Father, it shall be with him, where he is: It is a blessed thing here to follow the Lamb whithersoever he goes, but to be always with him, to have always fruition of him, and to have communion likewise with all the Saints and Angels, and all the blessed spirits, that is a blessed thing indeed. I remember I have read of Cato, when he was about to dye, Oh blessed day, saith he, for now I shall go to the souls of wise men, and Philosophers; and so upon that ground he did account the day of his death a blessed day, because he should go to have communion with the souls of Philosophers and wise men: But how blessed is it then for our souls to have communion eternally with Angels and blessed spirits? You are come to an innumerable company of Angels, 1and the spirits of just men made perfect. When a soul is converted, it comes to have some kind of communion with innumerable company of Angels, and with the spirits of just men made perfect: It hath the assurance of it here, and ⟨p. 251⟩shall have the enjoyment fully and perfectly hereafter.
And yet further, the presence and communion with Jesus Christ that the soul shall have, besides that of God the Father, it shall bee with him, where hee is: It is a blessed thing here to follow the Lamb whithersoever hee goes, but to bee alwaies with him, to have alwaies fruition of him, and to have communion likewise with all the Saints and Angels, and all the blessed spirits, that is a blessed thing indeed. I remember I have read of Cato, when hee was about to dye, Oh blessed day, saith hee, for now I shall go to the souls of wise men, and Philosophers; and so upon that ground he did account the day of his death a blessed day, because hee should go to have communion with the souls of Philosophers and wise men: But how blessed is it then for our souls to have communion eternally with Angels and blessed spirits? You are come to an innumerable company of Angels, 1and the spirits of just men made perfect. When a soul is converted, it comes to have some kind of communion with innumerable company of Angels, and with the spirits of just men made perfect: It hath the assurance of it here, and ⟨p. 251⟩