A85953:582
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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and what, will you be such fools as to believe every thing that is said, and you will be melancholy and mad, and who are they but a company of simple people that do thus and thus? and thus thou hast been a means to hinder the good work of God in others, and to draw them from the good way that they were a beginning to set their feet in, and now they begin to be out of love with the good ways of God, and thou hast been the cause of it: Now, if these souls perish, and it may be some of them are in Hell already; truly, if a mans heart we•e as hard as any Iron, or Steel ⟨p. 272⟩in the world, one would think that such a meditation as this should break his heart in pieces: That I know nothing to the contrary but some may be in Hell for my cause. — And so many other ways we might name, how a man might have his hand in the loss of the souls of others; what way soever thou hast a hand in the sin of others, •or keeping of others from good, so many ways thou mayest have a hand in the loss of their souls: But I intend not to stand upon this point, only consider of it, and the Lord strike the hearts of those that are guilty in this kind; But the main use that I would spend the chief part of the time in, is this,
and what, will you bee such fools as to beleeve every thing that is said, and you will bee melancholly and mad, and who are they but a company of simple people that do thus and thus? and thus thou hast been a means to hinder the good work of God in others, and to draw them from the good way that they were a beginning to set their feet in, and now they begin to bee out of love with the good waies of God, and thou hast been the cause of it: Now, if these souls perish, and it may bee some of them are in Hell already; truly, if a mans heart we•e as hard as any Iron, or Steel ⟨p. 272⟩in the world, one would think that such a meditation as this should break his heart in peeces: That I know nothing to the contrary but some may bee in Hell for my cause. — And so many other waies wee might name, how a man might have his hand in the loss of the souls of others; what way soever thou hast a hand in the sin of others, •or keeping of others from good, so many waies thou mayest have a hand in the loss of their souls: But I intend not to stand upon this point, onely consider of it, and the Lord strike the hearts of those that are guilty in this kind; But the main use that I would spend the chief part of the time in, is this,