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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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Thirdly, From the consideration of the comparison of the gain of the world, to the loss of the soul; It is a Use of exhortation, To teach us to answer all temptations, or to work this upon our hearts, the answering of all temptations to any way of sin, To answer all with this, you offer me too little, whatsoever you can offer me, to draw me to think well of sin, certainly it is too little, for it endangers my soul; the thorough understanding of this point, and the working of it upon the heart, is a very great help against whatsoever temptation should come to draw thee to sin.
Thirdly, From the consideration of the comparison of the gain of the world, to the loss of the soul; It is a Use of exhortation, To teach us to answer all temptations, or to work this upon our hearts, the answering of all temptations to any way of sin, To answer all with this, you offer mee too little, whatsoever you can offer mee, to draw mee to think well of sin, certainly it is too little, for it indangers my soul; the thorow understanding of this point, and the working of it upon the heart, is a very great help against whatsoever temptation should come to draw thee to sin.
Surely, If these things be so, then this can be no Argument for me to neglect any duty that God calls for at my hands, or to venture upon any way that my conscience tells me is sin: Oh but if I do thus, it will endanger my estate, but if I do such a thing I shall get so much by it: Certainly there can be no strength in this, if what hath been spoken out of this Text be true. But now when there comes a temptation and prevails over thee, thou dost deny this Scripture to be the Word of God, and thou settest thy judgement against the truth of God; but now consider with thy self which is like to stand, know, that God will make his Word stand, he will make it good, when thou and a thousand thousand such as thou art shall perish for ever; and therefore, as you that are chapmen, when men offer you less than your ware is worth, you scorn and contemn them; so you should do when temptation offers you less than your soul is worth. We read of Saul, when he saw the people following David, saith he, What can the son of Jesse do for you? Can he give you Olive-yards and Vine-yards, and the like? So when temptation to sin comes, ask it, what can