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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 1 › Sermon 3: The Third SERMON ON The Nature of God.
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Secondly, Hath the sight of God caused you to see the dreadfulness of the evil that there is in sin?
Secondly, Hath the sight of God caused you to see the dreadfulness of the evill that there is in sin?
Thirdly, Hath the sight of God made you to be vile in your own eyes? That is a good evidence that you have had some sight of God indeed.
Thirdly, Hath the sight of God made you to bee vile in your own eyes? That is a good evidence that you have had some sight of God indeed.
In the fourth place, If God be thus excellent, and his Use 4 glory so great above the earth and heavens; Hence we may learn to know the vanity of the creature. Set but God now, and the creature together, nay, all the creatures in the world together, Oh how is the vanity of all creature-comforts in the world made known to us. There are many ways to convince us that there is a vanity in all things in the world, by the strength of reason we may be convinced, and by experience: A man sometimes that hath an estate, God doth but touch his body, and lays him upon his sick-bed; such a man saith, Oh what a poor thing is it to enjoy all the world? had I all the world at my command, I could have no comfort in it, and therefore what a vanity is there in the creature: And another perhaps by arguments and reasons, will tell you that every thing is vain, and there is no contentment, nor continuance in any thing in the world: When we see men that are rich and great dye, and carry nothing with them, we are ready to say, Oh how vain the world is! these are some means to cause us to see the vanity of the creature: But what are all these to the sight of God? The sight of the ⟨p. 37⟩