A85953:583
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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Use 4 If the loss of a soul be so dreadful, then hence is rebuked the folly and madness of most people that have no care of their souls, but through their own wretchedness and vileness they suffer their souls to perish eternally; all their care is in pampering their bodies, and making much of them, but little minding their souls, and their eternal estates: Certainly when the bodies of those souls shall meet them at the day of judgement, it will be a very dreadful meeting: When thine immortal soul shall know what it is to be lost for ever, and shall be brought to join again with the body, Oh how do you think it will look upon that cursed carcass? Oh this is that carcass, that body of mine, for whose sake I must perish for ever, yea and we must now be joined both together, to be fuel for the wrath of the Infinite God to burn upon to all eternity! certainly souls are lost, and perish thick and threefold, they go down to Hell, as Bees fly to the hive in the time of a storm: There are many ways by which the soul may be lost, though there be but one by which it may be saved.
Use 4 If the loss of a soul bee so dreadful, then hence is rebuked the folly and madness of most people that have no care of their souls, but through their own wretchedness and vileness they suffer their souls to perish eternally; all their care is in pampering their bodies, and making much of them, but little minding their souls, and their eternal estates: Certainly when the bodies of those souls shall meet them at the day of judgement, it will bee a very dreadful meeting: When thine immortal soul shall know what it is to bee lost for ever, and shall bee brought to joyn again with the body, Oh how do you think it will look upon that cursed carkass? Oh this is that carkass, that body of mine, for whose sake I must perish for ever, yea and wee must now bee joyned both together, to bee fuel for the wrath of the Infinite God to burn upon to all eternity! certainly souls are lost, and perish thick and threefold, they go down to Hell, as Bees flie to the hive in the time of a storm: There are many waies by which the soul may bee lost, though there bee but one by which it may bee saved.
The several ways by which men come to lose their Souls.