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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 5: The Fifth SERMON ON The Excellency of the Soul.
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the waves of Gods infinite wrath, were ready to have covered over all man-kind, only the Lord Jesus Christ comes, and even leaps, as it were, into the very Ocean of Gods wrath, into the very flames of the wrath and justice of God, to pluck out our souls, and to save them: Bless we God then for Jesus Christ, considering that the loss of souls is such a dreadful ⟨p. 269⟩loss, and only saved by that great Saviour that is come into the world.
the waves of Gods infinite wrath, were ready to have covered over all man-kinde, onely the Lord Jesus Christ comes, and even leaps, as it were, into the very Ocean of Gods wrath, into the very flames of the wrath and justice of God, to pluck out our souls, and to save them: Bless wee God then for Jesus Christ, considering that the loss of souls is such a dreadful ⟨p. 269⟩loss, and onely saved by that great Saviour that is come into the world.
And then thirdly, If the loss of the soul be so dreadful, then it must needs be a dreadful evil for any to have any hand in this loss, or to be any furtherance of it: Take heed that thou hast no hand at all in so great an evil as this is; Oh how much better thou hadst never been born, than to have a hand in so great an evil! we account those miserable creatures, that have a hand in the loss of Kingdoms; to have a hand in the undoing of one soul is a greater mischief, than to be the cause of the undoing of a whole Kingdom for their outward estate: If one should be the cause of the ruin of a whole Kingdom for their outward estate, you would say that certainly it had been better that that man had never been born: Certainly thou that hast a hand in the undoing of any soul, thou wert born to do a greater mischief than such a one; if any friend of yours take a course whereby he undoes himself, and when the evil consequence of his unwise courses appears, you are ready to say, Blessed be God I had no hand in it. If people will damn their souls eternally, take heed you have no hand in it; and if any of your children, friends, servants, acquaintance, neighbours, should perish eternally, yet it will be a great mercy if you have no hand in it: People may have a hand in the loss of other mens souls many ways.