A85953:612
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 6: The Sixth SERMON ON The Excellency of the Soul.
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Ninthly, In the ninth place there is another sort that lose their souls by surfeiting of them; their souls do surfeit with the cares and pleasures of this life, they glut their hearts with the delights, and pleasures, and cares of this world, until their souls get a surfeit and die of them; giving liberty unto their hearts to delight themselves in all outward contentments, especially if they be lawful: Now a man or woman may surfeit their souls,1 and undo themselves by lawful things; as a man may not only destroy his life by eating poison, but by a surfeit of good meat, though the meat be good, yet he may surfeit upon it: so, though the things of this world, the cares, and the pleasures may be (as some things are) in themselves lawful, yet by an inordinate and immoderate letting out thy heart to lawful things, thou mayest surfeit thy soul, and it may die of that surfeit: Many men think themselves out of danger, if the things that their hearts are upon, be in themselves lawful, they are not swearers, and whoremasters, and drunkards, and thieves, as others are, and therefore they think their souls may be saved: I say, thou mayest busy thy heart only about that which is in its self lawful, and yet thy soul may take a surfeit and perish eternally.
Ninthly, In the ninth place there is another sort that lose their souls by surfeiting of them; their souls do surfeit with the cares and pleasures of this life, they glut their hearts with the delights, and pleasures, and cares of this world, until their souls get a surfeit and die of them; giving liberty unto their hearts to delight themselves in all outward contentments, especially if they bee lawful: Now a man or woman may surfeit their souls,1 and undo themselves by lawful things; as a man may not onely destroy his life by eating poison, but by a surfeit of good meat, though the meat bee good, yet hee may surfeit upon it: so, though the things of this world, the cares, and the pleasures may bee (as some things are) in themselves lawful, yet by an inordinate and immoderate letting out thy heart to lawful things, thou mayest surfeit thy soul, and it may die of that surfeit: Many men think themselves out of danger, if the things that their hearts are upon, bee in themselves lawful, they are not swearers, and whoremasters, and drunkards, and theeves, as others are, and therefore they think their souls may bee saved: I say, thou mayest busie thy heart onely about that which is in its self lawful, and yet thy soul may take a surfeit and perish eternally.