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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 4: The Fourth SERMON ON The Excellency of the Soul.
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Secondly, The infinite power of God put forth to uphold their natures, that they be not sunk down with those dreadful evils that God hath to put upon them.
Secondly, The infinite power of God put forth to uphold their natures, that they bee not sunk down with those dreadful evils that God hath to put upon them.
Thirdly, The infinite power of God to let out upon the soul, what ever it can bear to make it miserable, so as not to be annihilated therewith, which it shall bear for ever. And ⟨p. 257⟩further, A lost soul is in this condition also, to be continually under the stroke of Gods justice, that when it ha•h lain under its pains thousands of thousands of years, saith divine Justice, I am not yet satisfied. Now that that is required, is, that the soul should lye under the wrath of God, until such time that God may have as much honour by punishing it, as he hath had dishonour by its sinning against him, and that must be for ever; because God can never have so much honour by the punishing of it, as he hath had dishonour by its sinning against him: (And then) As the soul should have had eternal communion with God and Christ, &c. it being lost, it must have communion instead thereof with the Devil and the damned spirits in Hell: And if this be the condition of a lost soul in Hell, as it is, then what shall a man gain in gaining the world, if he lose his soul? But further, to make this misery appear to be misery indeed, There is required a perfect sense of all these evils: for a man or woman may be in a lost condition, as many are now, but they do not understand it, and therefore are not sensible of it.
Thirdly, The infinite power of God to let out upon the soul, what ever it can bear to make it miserable, so as not to bee annihilated therewith, which it shall bear for ever. And ⟨p. 257⟩further, A lost soul is in this condition also, to be continually under the stroak of Gods justice, that when it hah lain under its pains thousands of thousands of years, saith divine Justice, I am not yet satisfied. Now that that is required, is, that the soul should lye under the wrath of God, until such time that God may have as much honour by punishing it, as hee hath had dishonour by its sinning against him, and that must bee for ever; because God can never have so much honour by the punishing of it, as hee hath had dishonour by its sinning against him: (And then) As the soul should have had eternal communion with God and Christ, &c. it being lost, it must have communion instead thereof with the Devil and the damned spirits in Hell: And if this bee the condition of a lost soul in Hell, as it is, then what shall a man gain in gaining the world, if hee lose his soul? But further, to make this misery appear to bee misery indeed, There is required a perfect sense of all these evils: for a man or woman may bee in a lost condition, as many are now, but they do not understand it, and therefore are not sensible of it.