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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 8: The Eighth SERMON ON The Excellency of the Soul.
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Quest. Now you will say, What is it in the Gospel, and in the Covenant of Grace that we must labour to inform our selves in, that we may be saved?
Quest. NOw you will say, What is it in the Gospel, and in the Covenant of Grace that wee must labour to inform our selves in, that wee may bee saved?
Answ. First, Thou must labour to inform thy self of the absolute necessity of satisfaction to divine Justice, that is revealed in the Gospel, and that thou must come to know, I am a sinful wretched creature, my soul is in a damnable condition; now that that must save me must satisfy Gods infinite Justice, I may not be saved merely by my crying to God for mercy; no, if there were nothing else but my crying to God for mercy, yea, put all my good deeds into the scale, put what I have done, what I can do, what I can be enabled to do, all ⟨p. 312⟩my prayers, my cries, this will not do. — It is true, there is not enough in me, but will not Gods mercy eke it out? — No, it is neither what thou doest, or canst do, or canst be enabled to do, and put Gods mercy merely without any more, that doth it, but it is a satisfaction to justice, a price paid for the soul; no soul is ever saved, but it is saved in the way of a price, that is paid for it; and this thou must acquaint thy soul with, which thousands of people are ignorant of; yet they hope to be saved, but how? they will pray to God that they may be saved, and that God would have mercy upon them; and is here all? certainly this is not the way of the Gospel; but the way of the Gospel it is that that reveals unto the soul the price that is paid for a soul, even the blood of Christ: That in Christ the great Mediator of the second Covenant, there is a perfect satisfaction to Gods Infinite Justice; this indeed is a great part of the Mystery of the Gospel; this is the saving truth of the Gospel, and thou must acquaint thy soul with this truth if thou be saved. — And when thou hearest of this truth, perhaps thou canst not understand it for the present, Oh then thou hadst need go to God in secret, and be crying to him that he would reveal this truth unto thee. — But you will say, it is not our crying; — It is true, it is not merely our crying, but there is something of God further: But God hath made many gracious promises of answering our cries, and now that so he may make good his promises, he will further reveal this Mystery of the Gospel to thee, that there is a necessity of satisfaction to divine Justice for thy sin that hath brought thy soul into a lost condition.