A85953:623
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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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.
Because without repentance a soul must needs be lost, Except ye repent, 1ye shall all likewise perish, saith Christ. ⟨p. 291⟩Now repentance cannot stand with feeling sin light, much less with joy in sin: Repentance, whether before Faith or after, we will not now speak of, whether a Legal repentance, or an Evangelical repentance, yet it must be such a repentance as must be apprehensive and sensible of sin, as a greater evil than all the evils that it is liable to here in the world; It must feel sin, as it is against God, feel sin, as sin, so as to be a burden to it (the measure of it, how far, and how weighty sin should be, we do not now stand upon) but that sin should be found a great burden, yea an intolerable burden, so that were it not for an infinite Mediator, the soul could not stand under the burden, that is necessary in the work of repentance, and so the soul to come to sorrow for sin, as sin; and this is the repentance which is unto life, which cannot be except the soul doth feel in some measure the weight and burden of sin.
Because without repentance a soul must needs bee lost, Except yee repent, 1yee shall all likewise perish, saith Christ. ⟨p. 291⟩