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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

himself from you I appeal to you suppose you did so depend upon any one man in the world that your life lay at his mercy and if hee should but speak a word you were a dead man or woman would you not when you come into his presence come with fear lest you should displease him would you say what do I care for him let him bee pleased or not pleased what is that to mee you would not dare to do it Now shall wee have less fear because hee with whom wee have to do is the Lord if wee had dependence upon any man in the world as wee have upon God wee would fear him Now I say shall God have the less fear because hee is a God hee should have the more fear Fear him saith Christ that when hee hath killed the body can likewise kill the soul Yea I say unto you fear him Christ puts an I say upon that and truly that soul begins to bee in a way of salvation that begins to have the fear of the great God to fall upon him Most people in the world they walk boldly and presumptuously in the presence of God as if God had nothing to do with them and as if they had nothing to do with God Alas these go on in the waies of death and destruction but that soul that God hath a purpose to save hee begins to reveal his glory to it and to shine upon it as hee did upon Saul when hee did shine from Heaven in a glorious manner and stopt him in his way when hee was riding post unto Hell and destruction hee cries to him I am hee that thou hast sinned against I am hee that thou persecutest then Saul falls down trembling and saith Lord What wiâ—t thou have mee to do as if Saul should say Lord I did not know thee but I see thee now to bee a great and a dreadful God I see that I am in thy hands to save or destroy as thou pleasest and therefore Saul comes with a trembling heart and cries to God Lord What wilt thou have mee to do I hee was in a good way of salvation and so when a vile sinner that hath gone on without the fear of God upon him shall now come in trembling beholding the dreadfulness of the Infinite God that eternal first-beeing that it hath to deal withall and now shall have his fear strike into it this soul is in a good way of salvation it is stopt in the way of destruction and it is in a good way of salvation and that is very observable further in the Text Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling for it is God that works in you That is a place that many people grosly abuse they think they need do nothing but mark how boldly do these people cross the Spirit of God in the Text for the Spirit of God makes this Argument do you work out your salvation because God works and say they It must bee God that works and therefore I will do nothing Oh! if you should wilfully go on in waies of provocation to God and upon your sick-bed and death-bed cry Oh Lord that now thou wouldest bee pleased to work upon my soul as thou usest to work upon those that thou intendest to save If God should make this answer Thou a bold wretch that hast provok'd the eyes of my glory all thy daies and dost thou now cry to mee to do it If any of you do think that there will ever bee a time when you will stand in need of Gods mercy to save your souls you had need walk with fear and trembling before this God Now I put this to the soul of every one here dost thou not think O thou sinful soul that there will bee a time that thou shalt stand in need of the mercy of God and what course dost thou take now before-hand is that course that thou takest before-hand a continual provocation of God is that a good preparation to that time if there were a man that you lived neer though for the present you care not for him but slighted him yet if you knew that there would bee a time that you must stand in need of that man so as if hee should forsake you you would bee a lost man would you dare to provoke that man wee all know what need wee shall have of the mercy of God and therefore wee had need walk with fear and trembling before him Sixthly Further If thou wouldest have thy soul saved attend upon those means that â—od hath appointed to save souls wait at wisdomes posts Now this one direction being clearly shewn out of Scripture will be enough to confute all that talk against doing If God hath appointed means to save then surely hee hath appointed that wee must attend upon those means Now in Rom. 1.16 The preaching of the Gospel there is called The power of God to salvation Now if you would bee saved you must bring your souls under that which is the power of God to salvation Because the Lord in the Ministry of the Gospel doth use to put forth his Almighty Power for the saving of souls therefore it is that the Gospel is called the power of God to salvation you cannot be saved without the Almighty Power of God and where is that put forth but in the preaching of the Gospel To whom is the Arm of the Lord revealed That is the Arm of God in the preaching of the Gospel so you know what the Apostle saith in Rom. 10. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God You will say can wee do any thing towards our salvation yes you may hear it is the duty of us as creatures to come and hear the Word and Faith comes by hearing so then Faith comes by somewhat that wee do but not so that God hath tied himself to give Faith to every one that hears I would not bee understood so But thus God hath appointed that hearing should bee a means for the working of Faith It is true it is the blessing of God in hearing but hearing is the way that God hath set God indeed can convey Faith from Heaven to any soul immediately I but where there is the preaching of the Gospel there do I expect that these creatures that do intend that I should work Faith in them should come and attend upon the preaching of the Gospel Christ could have opened the blind mans eyes without spitting upon the clay and anointing his face but hee would have that done and that must bee the means by which hee will open his eyes So if God will have hearing the Word of the Gospel to bee the means by which hee will work Faith in the soul take heed how this bee neglected Act. 20.18 Paul was sent to preach to what end To open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God that they may receive forgiveness of sins and

salvation and the Covenant of Grace but not distinctly It may bee after this beam of light is darted in God may come over again distinctly and reveal to him his miserable estate by nature and humble him more and so hee may have a little glimpse of this at one Sermon and a little more at another but at that very instant there may bee that let into the heart that possibly may unite the heart to Jesus Christ and save it if it should dye at that present here is a wonderful work in the Prophetical Office of Jesus Christ 6 And then Christ is wonderful in his Prophetical Office in this he teaches the heart no men nor Angels can teach the heart but Jesus Christ though men or Angels may present truths before another man and so convince the understanding yet there is no men nor Angels can bee able to say thus I will so make known such a truth to this man or woman as I will gain his heart by it it shall transform his heart into the very image of that truth that I shall present unto him no man nor Angel can do it but Christ hee teaches so as no man teaches Job 36.22 Behold God exalteth by his power who teacheth like him Now God teacheth by Christ in the administration of his Prophetical Office Man may come and tell us this and the other thing ought to bee done Oh but who teaches like Jesus Christ none teaches the heart but Jesus Christ Job 38.36 Who hath put wisdome in the inward parts or who hath given understanding to the heart certainly none living no Angel can do it nor no man can do it it is onely Jesus Christ in the administration of his Prophetical Office it is hee that teaches and prevails with the heart when hee comes with truths therefore when you see people come to hear many truths and sit under a clear and distinct Ministry that opens many truths unto them it may bee many will get brain-knowledge that shall make them to confer about those truths but yet not changed you will say What should bee the reason why they that have so much knowledge live wickedly why here is the ground Jesus Christ hee hath not exercised this Prophetical Office of his so far upon them to over-power their hearts Here is the reason why such men have had knowledge in the brain and yet lived wickedly a long time yet if they belonged to Christ at some other time they shall come to hear the Word of God they shall hear the very same truths they heard before and perhaps delivered in a weaker manner than they have heard it and yet their hearts shall bee a hundred times more wrought upon at that time than ever they were wrought upon before Sometimes a man comes by accident into a Congregation and hears a Minister upon such a subject and it may bee a Minister by the by speaks of something that hee little thought of perhaps before hee came up and this man hath heard the same truth largely handled perhaps many Tractates about it heretofore and his heart never touch'd but now hearing it mentioned by the by his heart is mightily wrought upon and he goes away and saith Verily God is in this place What is the reason why here Christ speaks to the heart and before man only spoke to the ear this is a wonderful thing in the Prophetical Office of Christ that hee speaks to the heart and thus should wee exercise our faith upon Christ in this when wee come to the Word look upon Christ by the eye of faith as the great Prophet of the Church that teaches so as no man teaches that doth not onely speak unto the ear but speaks unto the heart 7 Further Chrâ—â—t is wonderful in his Prophetical Office in this In that hee teaches immediately himself indeed hee doth teach mediately that is by his Ministers therefore you shall finde Act. 1.1 there St. Luke speaking of Christs teaching when hee lived here upon the earth saith hee in vers 1. The former Treatise have I made O Theophilus of all that Jesus began both to do and teach why Luke is hee that writ the Gospel and the Acts hee writ the summe of what Christ did teach in the whole course of his life and yet here hee tells us that hee did make a Treatise and did relate what Jesus Began to do and teach if one should have said to Luke Why did you not relate all that Jesus did do and preach why Christ is dead now But the meaning is this That indeed all that Christ did preach personally when hee was here in the world it was but a Beginning Christ was to teach afterwards to the end of the world and that hee was to do partly by his Ministers that should bee to the end of the world hee doth exercise his Prophetical Office by them And by the way whensoever you come to hear any Minister of God to reveal any thing of the Gospel to you you are to look upon it as Christ exercising his Prophetical Office in this way hee is wonderful in teaching in this that hee doth not onely by instruments but immediately himself many times where there is want of means wee may there expect Jesus Christ immediately to reveal the Will of his Father to those souls that do belong to Election 8 And then Christ is wonderful in teaching for hee teaches infallibly which none can do Likewise many other particulars might bee named in the wonder of Christs Prophetical Office but time doth slip mee therefore wee will proceed to the next thing in the wonder of Christ onely take this along with you That in your beleeving in Jesus Christ you must beleeve in him as Christ that is Anointed by the Father King Priest and Prophet and when you exercise your faith upon him in all these three of his Offices then you will know what it is rightly to beleeve indeed But to go on The Third SERMON ON The Excellency of Christ Isaiah 9.6 And his Name shall bee called Wonderful Christ Wonderful in his Miracles CHrist is wonderful in the Miracles that hee wrought here in the World while hee lived in the second of Acts vers 22. Yee men of Israel hear these words Jesus of Nazareth a man approved of God among you by Miracles Wonders and Signs which God did by him in the midst of you as yee your selves also know Never did any come into the Woâ—ld to work such great Miracles and Wonders as Christ did and indeed all that ever did Miracles and Wonders they did doe them by Jesus Christ Josephus that was no great friend to Christ hee was a Jew and did not acknowledge Christ to be the Messias yet he writing the Story of those times could not but take notice of such an one as Christ hee did professe that at such a time there was a Wise man did arise which they did call by the Name of Jesus that did work a great

thus long therefore hee will bee so still Wee may indeed venture upon the Grace of God in his Son as well for sanctification as for pardon but not to venture either upon patience or any thing else so as to continue in our sins though God hath been patient thus long thou dost not know but that upon thy next venture the cord of mercy may crack and thou mayest sink and perish eternally that may befall thee in one day that hath not befallen thee all thy life before take heed my brethren of venturing upon patience for that hath not a word of promise to strengthen it unto thee Indeed Faith is a kind of venture but that ventures upon the Word of God and the Promise of God and it is good venturing upon that but when thou venturest upon patience thou hast no word to assure thee that patience will hold Thou hast no word to make this good unto thee that though God hath been patient so many years therefore hee will bee so still Fourthly And then a fourth venture that men make it is to venture upon their own lives they are young and they hope they may live many years yet I know others they live to bee old men and why may not I live and have my pleasure as well as they and thus they venture Oh but what if the threed of thy life should bee snapt asunder what will become of thee then wilt thou venture thy eternal miscarrying upon such a brittle and frail thing as thy life is Oh it is a desperate venture when men and women will venture thus that if God take away my life now certainly I must perish for ever Now I put it unto every soul in this place let this bee the case now do you examine what you think in your consciences your conditions would bee if you should hear a voice from Heaven saying unto you presently this soul shall have no more time to make provision for eternity I am perswaded that in such a place as this is there cannot but bee many that would in their own consciences say If God should take away my life now I fear I should bee lost for ever I doubt if wee could go from one to another and lay our ears to the bosoms of men and could but hear what the consciences of men say upon this that is now put to them that thou shouldest dye in the condition in which now thou art and what repentance thou hast had bee it good or bad that thy soul must depend upon if it bee not right thy soul must perish I say I fear that upon such a message from Heaven many a mans and womans heart would ask within them and their consciences would tell them I am afraid I should bee lost for ever Oh for thee to bee content to bee in such a condition any one moment that if thou shouldest dye that moment thy soul should bee damned I say thou art a bold and presumptuous sinner a most desperate wretch The Sixth SERMON ON The Excellency of the Soul Matthew 16.26 For what is a man profited if hee shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul 8. MAny do lose their souls by starving of them that is such as neglect the Word that is the food of the soul the Word of God upon which the soul should feed as the body doth upon any food that neglect Gods Ordinances that care not to come to the Word either to feed upon it privately or publickly that think that there is no need of the Word but if they can procure food for their bodies and make shift to get up a living and that that may satisfie the flesh there is all that they look after but for the feeding of their souls by the Word it is that that is little minded or regarded by thousands Oh how many that belong to this Congregation perish eternally even that way by starving Wee pitty people that wee see ready to die that are starved if wee hear but of a prisoner starved even the poorest body wee account it an in humane thing in those that knew it and did not relieve them to see a beast to die by starving wee account it a cruel thing and it can scarse consist with the heart of a man to see I say so much as a dogg to perish by way of starving Now to see immortal souls thousands of them to die and perish and drop down to Hell as thick as may bee and that for want of the food of their souls meerly for starving it should bee an object of pitty and commiseration Now because wee are sensual wee are onely affected with such things as concern the body immediately but for the soul how many care not what kind of Ministry they live under Oh the curse of God is upon them as wee read of in Psal 106.15 Hee gave them their requests and sent leanness into their souls hee gave them their requests that is hee gave them Quails They lusted in the wildeâ—ness and tempted God in the desert and hee gave them Quails to feed upon but sent leanness into their souls wee may apply it thus unto those that seek after nothing else but Quails but that that may feed the flesh Oh the curse of God is upon their souls there is leanness there and they are starved there even unto death whereas those that do but know what the sweetness of the Word is to their souls and have fed upon the Word they had rather feed upon brown bread and water all their daies so bee it they may have the Word than have the greatest delicacies in the world without the Word I put this to your consciences answer it as in the presence of God if this should bee put to you can you say as in Gods presence that sees and searches the hearts of men that upon the real sweetness and good your souls have found in the Word that if God should put it to your choice either to live with bread and water and have the Word or to live with all the delicacies in the world without the Word you would a thousand thousand times sooner chuse to live with the Word with bread and water rather than without the Word with all delicacies Luther I remember hee hath an expression That hee had rather bee in Hell with the Word than in Paradise without the Word Ninthly In the ninth place there is another sort that lose their souls by surfeiting of them their souls do surfeit with the cares and pleasures of this life they glut their hearts with the delights and pleasures and cares of this world until their souls get a surfeit and die of them giving liberty unto their hearts to delight themselves in all outward contentments especially if they bee lawful Now a man or woman may surfeit their souls Licitis perimus omnes and undo themselves by lawful things as a man may not onely destroy his life by eating poison but by

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