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england_n	duke_n	king_n	philip_n	3,907	5	9.3364	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85953	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.	Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646.	1660 (1660)	Wing G6083; Thomason E1029_1; ESTC R208881	280,310	387

as thou goest on in thy sin the curse of God is upon it But now the good of all the things in the world consists in this the communication of Gods goodness towards mee in them and Christs blessing of them to draw my heart nearer to God and to bee instrumental for mee the better to serve God but Oh how few men do know wherein the true chief good of these things doth consist I have more of the things of the world than others have I but wherein am I more happy wherein Oh! I see God letting out of himself to me in the way of his goodness and hee gives mee this to do him more service than others that are poor Oh if thou couldest say thus this were a sign of a gracious heart indeed A man that loses his soul and gets the world hee gets dogs-meat wrapt up in dirt and filth Oh poor price for an immortal soul Ninthly And then besides wee must shew you somewhat about the uncertainty of all these things Charge those that are rich in the world 1 Tim. 6.17 that they trust not in uncertain riches The whole wo●ld is as it were upon a wheel the Scripture saith that the tongue sets on fire the whole course of nature it is in the Original the wheel of nature all these things are turning up and down as it were in a wheel you have heard of the wheel of him who was a great King and having overcome others set them to draw his Charriot but he observing of them as they drew his Charriot took notice how they continually look'd back unto the wheel and asking them what the reason was why say they wee by this see the turning of the things of this world the nail that is now on the top is by and by on the bottom wee were high enough within a while but now are low enough and the consideration of this did abate the pride of that great Prince that made four Kings to draw his Charriot So it is but a wheel of nature and wilt thou venture thy soul for these things that have no certainty in them I remember Philip de Co●●ines reports of a Duke of Exeter which married one of the Kings of Englands Sisters and yet hee saith that hee was seen in the Low-Countries begging his bread bare-foot Oh therefore would a man venture the loss of his soul for the gaining of these things that are so fading and passing away All flesh is grass and as the flower of the field it passes away and comes to nothing yea at those times when wee have most use of the things of the world then they are gone from us as Absalom when hee was caught by the tree and had the most use of his Mule then his Mule left him and leaves him hanging by the hair of the head so worldly things are most out of the way when you have the most need of them and will a man venture the loss of his soul for the gaining of these things that will leave you when you have the most need of them when you lye upon your sick-bed and death-bed what good will it do you to think that I wore fine cloaths and I had so much riches coming in yearly Riches avail not in the day of wrath but Righteousness that delivers from death All these things are but fading and will fail a man when he● hath the most need of them I remember our Chronicles tell a strange story of Richard the third King of England and you that have them it is worth your reading I do not know that ever I read of a more magnificent Coronation for a King than of his set out in abundance of glory hee had one Earl that bare before him his Crown and four Earls carrying four swords before him one a sword of state and another without a point to betoken mercy and two glittering swords one in respect of the Temporalty and the other in respect of the Clergy and four Barons bearing a Canopy over his head and himself in a long Purple Velvet Robe and his Queen in all her Pomp and State himself had a Duke to bear up his Train and his Queen shee had a Countess to bear up hers and divers other particulars that might bee shewn to set out the greatest pomp and glory almost that could bet conceived for a man to bee in but behold the revolution of things within some two years and a little more after this this glorious Prince was slain and his body lying naked to the view of all and carried on a Horse with his hands and head hanging down on the one side and his heels on the other as Butchers carry Swine or Calves and so hee was carried to Leicester and there lay divers daies above ground naked and contemptible and the very stone in which his body was laid was afterwards made use of to bee a Trough for Horses to drink at at a common Inne such hatred did they shew to him which a while before was in such a glorious condition Thus wee see that these things which are here will not hold long and for one to seek to make his rest in these things is as if a bird should build her nest in a little bush that is floating up and down in the Sea these things will carry you a little way but not far wee have all to provide for eternity If a man had a Voyage to the Indies and hee should provide a little Boat that should carry him from Westminster to the Bridge it were a poor provision so when wee provide for outward comforts and no more wee little think of the great Voyage that wee have to go wee have all of us to sail to eternity and what is a Boat of these outward comforts to carry us that long Voyage The things of this world may well bee compared to a Tree in the time of a storm when you are travelling in the way it begins to rain and you ride under an Oak or an Elm-Tree Now if there falls 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 bee 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 wee say as it was said of the price that was given for Christ that Zechariah prophesies of those thirty peeces a goodly price that was given for him You hear sometimes of Judas's sin that hee betrayed Christ for thirty peeces a goodly price I may well apply this to your souls