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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 1 › Sermon 1: The First SERMON ON The Nature of God.
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9 Further, Not only eternally, but immutably in him; and therefore his name is alone excellent, it is immutable, that is, God hath such an infinite excellency, that it is impossible that he can be better, or other than he is; if God should be otherwise than he is, he would instantly cease to be a God; the being of God hath that excellency in it, that there can be no addition, no subtraction, add any thing to him, and you destroy him, take any thing from him, and you destroy his being, alter any thing in him, and he ceases to be God; so the Scripture saith, With him ⟨p. 16⟩There is no shadow of change. 1Indeed there is a change in the creature, but nothing at all in God; as if you bring a piece of wax to the Sun it melts it, and clay, it hardens it, here is a different effect of the Sun, but the Sun is the same; so bring the creature in one disposition to God, and the love of God, and delight of God is in it; bring the creature in another disposition to God, and the wrath of God is upon it, yet God is the same, only the variety is in the creature. And therefore his Name alone is excellent, and the creature, whatsoever excellence it hath, it changes up and down: As there is no shadow of change with God, so no shadow of constancy in the creature.
9 Further, Not onely eternally, but immutably in him; and therefore his name is alone excellent, it is immutable, that is, God hath such an infinite excellency, that it is impossible that hee can bee better, or other than hee is; if God should bee otherwise than hee is, hee would instantly cease to bee a God; the beeing of God hath that excellency in it, that there can bee no addition, no substraction, add any thing to him, and you destroy him, take any thing from him, and you destroy his beeing, alter any thing in him, and hee ceases to bee God; so the Scripture saith, With him ⟨p. 16⟩There is no shadow of change. 1Indeed there is a change in the creature, but nothing at all in God; as if you bring a peece of wax to the Sun it melts it, and clay, it hardens it, here is a different effect of the Sun, but the Sun is the same; so bring the creature in one disposition to God, and the love of God, and delight of God is in it; bring the creature in another disposition to God, and the wrath of God is upon it, yet God is the same, onely the variety is in the creature. And therefore his Name alone is excellent, and the creature, whatsoever excellence it hath, it changes up and down: As there is no shadow of change with God, so no shadow of constancy in the creature.