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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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Thirdly, That soul to whom the Lord hath not revealed the glory of the mysteries of the Gospel, that yet hath the Gospel kept hidden from it, that doth not see into the glorious ⟨p. 289⟩work of God in the covenant of Grace, in those great counsels of God, and great things that God hath done for the salvation of mankind in Jesus Christ, that soul would be lost, if it should now go from the body, and no further work of God upon it: That Scripture that divers times you have heard named, is proof sufficient for it; If our Gospel be hidden, it is hidden to those that are lost, 2 Cor. 4.3. Now certainly, my brethren, if God hath revealed to your souls the glorious things of the Gospel, they cannot but be taking things to you, they cannot but cause much stirring, much activeness, mighty workings in your souls: when once the glorious light of the Gospel comes into a soul, I say, it cannot but cause mighty stirrings and workings in such a soul. When I see people sit deadly and dully under the means of Grace, under the preaching of the glorious things of the Gospel, I cannot but think with my self, Lord, do these people know what Jesus Christ is? and understand what the great things are that God hath done for the salvation of man-kind? certainly did they but know the wonderful and strange works of God about the salvation of the souls of the children of men, their hearts could not but stir within them, and work in another manner than yet they have done.
Thirdly, That soul to whom the Lord hath not revealed the glory of the mysteries of the Gospel, that yet hath the Gospel kept hidden from it, that doth not see into the glorious ⟨p. 289⟩work of God in the covenant of Grace, in those great counsels of God, and great things that God hath done for the salvation of mankind in Jesus Christ, that soul would bee lost, if it should now go from the body, and no further work of God upon it: That Scripture that divers times you have heard named, is proof sufficient for it; If our Gospel bee hidden, it is hidden to those that are lost, 2 Cor. 4.3. Now certainly, my brethren, if God hath revealed to your souls the glorious things of the Gospel, they cannot but bee taking things to you, they cannot but cause much stirring, much activeness, mighty workings in your souls: when once the glorious light of the Gospel comes into a soul, I say, it cannot but cause mighty stirrings and workings in such a soul. When I see people sit deadly and dully under the means of Grace, under the preaching of the glorious things of the Gospel, I cannot but think with my self, Lord, do these people know what Jesus Christ is? and understand what the great things are that God hath done for the salvation of man-kind? certainly did they but know the wonderful and strange works of God about the salvation of the souls of the children of men, their hearts could not but stir within them, and work in another manner than yet they have done.