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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 9: The Ninth SERMON ON The Excellency of the Soul.
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Ninthly, If thou wouldest have thy soul saved, thou must keep thy soul under the authority of the Word, and maintain the authority of the Word, and the authority of conscience over thee; this is the way, if thou meanest to go in Gods way for salvation.
First, For the Word; The soul that God intends to save, he doth reveal unto it a dreadful authority that there is in this Book of God; this is that word, saith God to the soul, wherein I have revealed my mind to the children of men: Those counsels of my will that concern the eternal good of the children of men are in this book, and all your souls are to be cast by this book, by this word, for eternity: Now this being revealed to the soul, the soul stands in awe of this word, and trembles at this word, fears the authority of it, looks upon every threatening in the Word, every command in the Word, every promise in the Word, as having a divine authority stamped upon it, sees the broad Seal of Heaven stamped upon every thing in this Book, and dares not wilfully transgress against any thing in the Word, and so continues in keeping its self under the dreadful authority of the Word; and that soul is in a good forwardness to be saved, that is kept under the dreadful authority of Gods Word, in the constant course of it: Now I appeal to you, you would fain have your souls saved, but can you say thus? Indeed I have many sins, yet God knows, (that knows all things) that my soul it is kept under the dreadful authority of ⟨p. 332⟩his Word continually, and this I labour to do more and more, and I am willing it should be so, I am not willing to have the authority of Gods Word cast off, but I am g•ad that ever God did discover to me the dreadful authority that there is in his Word.
First, For the Word; The soul that God intends to save, hee doth reveal unto it a dreadful authority that there is in this Book of God; this is that word, saith God to the soul, wherein I have revealed my mind to the children of men: Those counsels of my will that concern the eternal good of the children of men are in this book, and all your souls are to be cast by this book, by this word, for eternity: Now this being revealed to the soul, the soul stands in awe of this word, and trembles at this word, fears the authority of it, looks upon every threatning in the Word, every command in the Word, every promise in the Word, as having a divine authority stampt upon it, sees the broad Seal of Heaven stampt upon every thing in this Book, and dares not wilfully transgress against any thing in the Word, and so continues in keeping its self under the dreadful authority of the Word; and that soul is in a good forwardness to bee saved, that is kept under the dreadful authority of Gods Word, in the constant course of it: Now I appeal to you, you would fain have your souls saved, but can you say thus? Indeed I have many sins, yet God knows, (that knows all things) that my soul it is kept under the dreadful authority of