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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 7: The Seventh SERMON ON The Excellency of the Soul.
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Secondly, They could not say thus, That they did prize Jesus Christ for a Sanctifier, as well as a Saviour: None of them did look upon Jesus Christ, that he might deliver their souls from the power of their sin, and work righteousness in them, as well as deliver them from the wrath that is to come. Therefore though some of them would be glad to be saved from hell by Christ, yet to look upon Christ in regard of his purity and holiness, as altogether lovely, this none of them could do.
Secondly, They could not say thus, That they did prize Jesus Christ for a Sanctifier, as well as a Saviour: None of them did look upon Jesus Christ, that hee might deliver their souls from the power of their sin, and work righteousness in them, as well as deliver them from the wrath that is to come. Therefore though some of them would bee glad to bee saved from hell by Christ, yet to look upon Christ in regard of his purity and holiness, as altogether lovely, this none of them could do.
Thirdly and lastly, None of them did lift up God as the highest end of all, and give up themselves, and all that they had, or were, or could do, being empty of themselves, so as to lift up God as revealed in Christ as the highest end, so as God and Christ to be all in all to their souls; they went not thus far: And therefore do not think that it is a putting people to great straits, to tell them how far many went, whose souls were lost, and if they went no further, their souls would likewise be eternally lost. — Now then, these things being so, what remains, but that you should lay them to your hearts? Oh lay them to your hearts, and if God would but be pleased this evening to cause every one in this Congregation to examine themselves, and call their souls into question, O my soul, how is it with thee? how do things stand between God and thee? art thou in such an estate, as if God should call for thee out of the body this moment, that thou shouldest be saved? Oh be not satisfied in any thing in the world, till you come to a resolution in these things; And if you find that these things speak against you, and your souls be cast by them for the present, do not sleight them, for verily God will make them good upon thee, these things shall stand when thy soul shall perish.