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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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Now there are other kinds of poison that will not work till a quarter or half a year after: A man may go into company, and get his bane, and yet not work till a quarter of a year after: As I remember a Philosopher seeing two women that were wicked, talk together, Oh! saith he, now the Viper is taking of poison from the Asp, and indeed it seemed to be a Proverb in Tertullians time, for I meet with such a proverbial speech in him, as that the Viper borrows poison from the Asp: so when wicked company are infusing wicked principles, here is the poison gotten from the Asp; wicked company perhaps they come with their sweet cups, and perhaps thou drinkest down the Wine merrily, but together with the Wine, wicked things are infused into thy spirit that are poisonful: When thou art in wicked company, and hearest the ways of God spoken against, and hearest the Saints of God railed on, and the good Word of God spoken against, and this thou drawest into thy heart, oh there is poison goes down in this cup; it is like to poison thy soul, and to be thy undoing for ever.
Now there are other kinds of poison that will not work till a quarter or half a year after: A man may go into company, and get his bain, and yet not work till a quarter of a year after: As I remember a Philosopher seeing two women that were wicked, talk together, Oh! saith hee, now the Viper is taking of poison from the Asp, and indeed it seemed to bee a Proverb in Tertullians time, for I meet with such a proverbial speech in him, as that the Viper borrows poison from the Asp: so when wicked company are infusing wicked principles, here is the poison gotten from the Asp; wicked company perhaps they come with their sweet cups, and perhaps thou drinkest down the Wine merrily, but together with the Wine, wicked things are infused into thy spirit that are poisonful: When thou art in wicked company, and hearest the waies of God spoken against, and hearest the Saints of God railed on, and the good Word of God spoken against, and this thou drawest into thy heart, oh there is poison goes down in this cup; it is like to poison thy soul, and to be thy undoing for ever.
And then there is another kind of venom, and that is wicked errors and heresies, when men drink off the Cup of Fornication, as when they are taken with the great errors of Popery, this poisons the soul; that place in the Thessalonians is a most dreadful place, even for that very error,