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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 6: The Sixth SERMON ON The Excellency of the Soul.
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Secondly, That soul that yet hath not made it to be its great care, above all outward things in this world, to save its self, that soul, if it should now depart from the body, would be lost: I say, if God hath not first convinced thee, and made thee sensible of that damnable condition in which thou art in thy self, and secondly, if he hath not taken off thy heart from the creature, from the things that are here below, and made it to be the great care of thy soul, for to get it to be saved, hath not made thee to be solicitous about the work of saving of thy soul; such a soul as this is, I say, if it should now depart, would be lost, for God doth not save souls, but by manifesting himself to them;1 he would have all to work out their salvation with fear and trembling. Certainly, though the principle of our salvation be without us, yet the Lord that made us without our selves, will never save us without our selves; whosoever God doth save, he doth make them solicitous and careful about the work of the salvation of their souls: Now, if thy conscience tells thee that to this day thy care hath been about many vanities, but as for having thy heart taken up with the saving thy soul, thou knowest not what belongs to this; I say, if God should work no more in thee, than he hath done, if thou shouldest now die, thou wouldest be lost.
Secondly, That soul that yet hath not made it to bee its great care, above all outward things in this world, to save its self, that soul, if it should now depart from the body, would bee lost: I say, if God hath not first convinc'd thee, and made thee sensible of that damnable condition in which thou art in thy self, and secondly, if hee hath not taken off thy heart from the creature, from the things that are here below, and made it to bee the great care of thy soul, for to get it to bee saved, hath not made thee to bee solicitous about the work of saving of thy soul; such a soul as this is, I say, if it should now depart, would bee lost, for God doth not save souls, but by manifesting himself to them;1 hee would have all to work out their salvation with fear and trembling. Certainly, though the principle of our salvation bee without us, yet the Lord that made us without our selves, will never save us without our selves; whosoever God doth save, hee doth make them solicitous and careful about the work of the salvation of their souls: Now, if thy conscience tells thee that to this day thy care hath been about many vanities, but as for having thy heart taken up with the saving thy soul, thou knowest not what belongs to this; I say, if God should work no more in thee, than hee hath done, if thou shouldest now die, thou wouldest bee lost.