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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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Reas. First, Every one of your souls are in a lost condition naturally; therefore it concerns you to be inquiring after the way of salvation.
Reas. First, Every one of your souls are in a lost condition naturally; therefore it concerns you to bee inquiring after the way of salvation.
Secondly, The salvation of a soul is the most difficult thing in the world; if ever thy soul be saved, it must cost more than Heaven and Earth is worth to save it; it is not therefore such a trifling business, the saving of souls: This I dare avouch, as in the Name of God, that the soul of the poorest girl or servant that is here, if it be saved, it must cost more than Heaven and Earth is worth to save it; therefore there is a difficulty in it.
Secondly, The salvation of a soul is the most difficult thing in the world; if ever thy soul bee saved, it must cost more than Heaven and Earth is worth to save it; it is not therefore such a trifling business, the saving of souls: This I dare avouch, as in the Name of God, that the soul of the poorest girl or servant that is here, if it bee saved, it must cost more than Heaven and Earth is worth to save it; therefore there is a difficulty in it.
Thirdly and lastly, There are but few that shall be saved; there is nothing more clear in the Word of God than that, that there are but few souls that shall be saved; we cannot tell (as I have said) that this or the other soul cannot be saved; we are not to enter into Gods counsels concerning particular souls, but this we may say,1 and have warrant from the Word to say, that there are but few souls that shall be saved: Strive to enter in at the strait gate,