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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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Answ. To that I answer, There is a supernatural righteousness, the righteousness of a Mediator, God-Man, that is come into the world to stand between lost souls, and an infinite provoked God; and that is made over to the soul by Faith, and that soul that is saved, by the hand of Faith, doth tender up the righteousness of that Mediator, God-Man, for the satisfaction of infinite divine Justice, and the appeasing of infinite wrath, and that is the soul that is saved: but that soul that is not acquainted with such a righteousness, that hath not such a righteousness made over to it by Faith, the righteousness of the Son of God, the righteousness that is by Faith in Christ, that soul, if it should now depart from the body, and the Lord work no otherwise upon it, than he hath yet done, certainly he would be a lost soul; and that is the fourth evidence of a soul that would presently be lost, if it should now depart from the body.
Answ. To that I answer, There is a supernatural righteousness, the righteousness of a Mediatour, God-Man, that is come into the world to stand between lost souls, and an infinite provoked God; and that is made over to the soul by Faith, and that soul that is saved, by the hand of Faith, doth tender up the righteousness of that Mediatour, God-Man, for the satisfaction of infinite divine Justice, and the appeasing of infinite wrath, and that is the soul that is saved: but that soul that is not acquainted with such a righteousness, that hath not such a righteousness made over to it by Faith, the righteousness of the Son of God, the righteousness that is by Faith in Christ, that soul, if it should now depart from the body, and the Lord work no otherwise upon it, than hee hath yet done, certainly hee would bee a lost soul; and that is the fourth evidence of a soul that would presently bee lost, if it should now depart from the body.
Fifthly, A fifth evidence is this, That soul that God hath not made (in some measure at least) to feel the weight and burden of sin, discovered sin unto it as a greater burden than all burdens whatsoever, if such a soul should depart, it would prove to be lost, and that upon this Reason.
Fifthly, A fifth evidence is this, That soul that God hath not made (in some measure at least) to feel the weight and burden of sin, discovered sin unto it as a greater burden than all burdens whatsoever, if such a soul should depart, it would prove to bee lost, and that upon this Reason.