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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 1 › Sermon 2: The Second SERMON ON The Nature of God.
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13 But in the next place, As all is in him originally, that is, he hath all from himself, So God is the fountain of all excellency to all creatures whatsoever; if there be any good in any creature, it is but a beam from this Sun, and a drop from this infinite Ocean, it all flows from that infinite Sea of all good, which lets out it self to this creature, or the other creature, in this or the other manner: So God is the fountain of all good to all creatures whatsoever, they are to look upon him as having all coming from him. And therefore he alone is excellent, and his glory is above the Heavens and Earth.
13 But in the next place, As all is in him originally, that is, hee hath all from himself, So God is the fountain of all excellencie to all creatures whatsoever; if there bee any good in any creature, it is but a beam from this Sun, and a drop from this infinite Ocean, it all flows from that infinite Sea of all good, which lets out it self to this creature, or the other creature, in this or the other manner: So God is the fountain of all good to all creatures whatsoever, they are to look upon him as having all coming from him. And therefore hee alone is excellent, and his glory is above the Heavens and Earth.
14 Further, As all things are from him, so they depend upon him; all excellencies that are in the creature, as they come from God, so they have their absolute dependency upon God, so as God need do nothing to destroy a creature: if he doth but withdraw himself from it, it falls to nothing presently; take the most glorious Angels, and the highest Heavens, Sun, Moon, Stars, Sea, and Earth, if God should but withdraw his hand from these creatures, they would presently fall down to nothing; they do depend upon God, as the light upon the Sun, there is no more light if the beams of the Sun be withdrawn; so if God withdraw his influence from the creature, it can do nothing, ⟨p. 21⟩and its nothing presently; so that the influence that there is from God to the creature, it is to maintain the creature in his being; every moment the Lord must put forth as infinite a power to maintain thee and me, and every creature, as he did at the first for the making of the world.