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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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The third aggravation of the loss of the soul, is this, It will have none to pity it, in that its miserable lost condition it is in.
The third aggravation of the loss of the soul, is this, It will have none to pitty it, in that its miserable lost condition it is in.
If a man in this world should lose his estate, or any great loss, he would have many to pity him: if a man lose by fire, then he may obtain a gathering, whereby his loss may be partly made up, or he relieved; or if you lose your children, you have your friends to pity you, and to condole with you: But that man that shall have his soul lost, he shall be in such a condition, as that he shall have none to pity him.
If a man in this world should lose his estate, or any great loss, hee would have many to pitty him: if a man lose by fire, then hee may obtain a gathering, whereby his loss may bee partly made up, or hee relieved; or if you lose your children, you have your friends to pitty you, and to condole with you: But that man that shall have his soul lost, hee shall bee in such a condition, as that hee shall have none to pitty him.
True, we are all lost by nature, but in that our lost condition we have God pitying us, and Christ pitying us, and the Angels looking upon us with pity, and Saints pitying us; But hereafter, if lost, none shall pity that soul in that condition, when its loss is eternal. God shall not pity it, but then the blessed God shall look upon it as an object of his eternal curse: But no pity shall he have of souls in that their lost condition; neither shall Jesus Christ pity them: True, Jesus Christ came to seek and to save those that were naturally lost, but ye have done what in you lay to frustrate the ends of Christ his coming: and as Christ shall not pity you, so mercy it self shall not pity you; but be so far from pitying of you, as that it shall plead against you