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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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and it appears that he was a young Gentleman, a man of great possessions, and he is called in the Gospel by St. Luke, a Ruler; some Interpreters think that that was meant only in the family, for the Jews had some chief in the family that did rule and govern there; but this young man he comes to Christ, and that running,1 as in Mark. 10. where you have the story, and Christ looked upon him, and loved him, as in vers. 21. Oh it is a lovely thing to see young people begin betimes to inquire what they should ⟨p. 302⟩do to be saved, and we have had great hopes of young people; but here is the policy of the Devil, when the Lord was bringing the greatest harvest of young people within this three or four years to himself, as ever was, I think, since the beginning of the world, and the Devil knowing that he could not get them to turn to lewdness and profaneness presently again, therefore he labours to put them upon turning all their Religion into questions about controversial things, which they could not be able to manage and understand, and so puts them off the thoughts of that great question, What they should do to be saved? But O labour to inquire, and to be satisfied and resolved in that question betimes.
and it appears that hee was a young Gentleman, a man of great possessions, and hee is called in the Gospel by St. Luke, a Ruler; some Interpreters think that that was meant onely in the family, for the Jews had some chief in the family that did rule and govern there; but this young man hee comes to Christ, and that running,1 as in Mark. 10. where you have the story, and Christ lookt upon him, and loved him, as in vers. 21. Oh it is a lovely thing to see young people begin betimes to inquire what they should ⟨p. 302⟩do to bee saved, and wee have had great hopes of young people; but here is the policy of the Devil, when the Lord was bringing the greatest harvest of young people within this three or four years to himself, as ever was, I think, since the beginning of the world, and the Devil knowing that hee could not get them to turn to lewdness and prophaneness presently again, therefore hee labours to put them upon turning all their Religion into questions about controversal things, which they could not be able to mannage and understand, and so puts them off the thoughts of that great question, What they should do to bee saved? But O labour to inquire, and to bee satisfied and resolved in that question betimes.