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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 10: The Tenth SERMON ON The Excellency of the Soul.
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Now if there falls ⟨p. 356⟩but a little Rain, it may keep you dry, but if it rains much, the longer you stand under the Tree, the worse you will be: So the things of this world may comfort and quiet us against a little trouble, but Riches, as I said, Avail not in the day of wrath. They will not keep off the dreadful storm of Gods wrath; all these things are uncertain, and will disappoint us.
Now if there falls ⟨p. 356⟩but a little Rain, it may keep you dry, but if it rains much, the longer you stand under the Tree, the worse you will bee: So the things of this world may comfort and quiet us against a little trouble, but Riches, as I said, Avail not in the day of wrath. They will not keep off the dreadful storm of Gods wrath; all these things are uncertain, and will disappoint us.
Now these and divers other Considerations that might be added, are the strength of Reason grounded upon the Scripture, to convince a man of the vanity of all the things of the world. Now put all these Considerations together, and well may we say, as it was said of the price that was given for Christ, that Zechariah prophesies of, those thirty pieces, a goodly price that was given for him. You hear sometimes of Judas's sin, that he betrayed Christ for thirty pieces, a goodly price; I may well apply this to your souls, you that venture the loss of your souls for getting the world, though you could possibly get all the world, considering what hath been said, it is a goodly price; do you not see what a goodly price is given for your soul? if these things be but made real to you, it would be of marvellous use to help against any temptation to any thing of this world. Now you have se•n what darkness is upon all things, how they are all but glittering vanities, and not worth the venturing of the soul for, take heed of hazarding your souls upon any of these things, you will curse your selves hereafter when it is too late; Oh cursed wretch that I was, that I should yet venture upon sinful ways that I was told would in-danger the eternal destruction of my soul! and notwithstanding I heard what a vanity was in all these things, yet for such a vanity I was drawn aside to lose mine own soul; well, you see the upshot of all, that to venture your souls for the gain of the world, it is to venture the loss of pearls for pebble stones, to venture Gold for dirt, yea for dirt that hath a great deal of