Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world wherein is shewed (besides many other gospel truth) ... that there was a breach made between God and man ... to which is added two sermons / by Jeremiah Burroughs.

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Another Use is this. It is a good establishment for us to help us to beleeve that eternal happiness that is to come; that part of eternity that is a parte post; Beca••se we have God revealeing his love to us in that part of e∣ternity that is a parte ante. God hath shewed, that from eternity he hath been plotting our good: Surely then it is no more for God to make us happy on the o∣ther side of eternity, then it was for him to be plotting our happiness in the former part of eternity. So that a Beleever may see his happy condition in this. He is now injoying that peece of Gods love that is between two Oceans of eternity of love. As if there were a little River, and on each side there wer a mighty Ocean of Water: now the streame of Gods love and mercy runs towards thee, & thou now dost receive abundance of good from God; the Lord sweetneth thy life, and now comforts, and refresheth thy heart with his grace; art thou glad of this; and is this peece of the mercy of God

sweet unto thee? poor soul, look on this side, and look on the other side, and see those Oceans of Eternal Love, on both sides towards thee. Alas, this is a little that thou hast now; but if thou lookest on one side; there thou shalt see that eternal love of God that was toward thee before the world was made. And if thou lookest on the other side, thou shalt see eternal life in al that glory which shal never have an end, which thou shalt actually be possessed of; and that which thou art for the present in the possession of, is a little stream in comparison of these two great Oceans of love that are from eternity, to eternity. And when thou hearest that God intends to make thee happy for ever, and that thou shalt continue a glorious, and blessed creature as long as God himself shal live; and that thou shalt be happy as long as God shal be happy. Perhaps thou thinkest, how is this possible, is it possible for such a poor fraile creature as I am to live to be happy as long as God himself shal be happy? Yes, do not doubt of it, though it be a great thing, for God hath had a love to thee from al eternity; therefore, though it is true there be many frailties, and many sins of thine, yet that can∣not hinder thee of that eternal mercy that God hath been plotting for thee. Methinks the Apostle argues after this manner Galla. 3.17. The Covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the Law which four hundred, and thirty years after cannot disanul, that it should make the promise of none effect. Observe the Apostles argument; the (Law saith he) cannot disa∣nul the promise of Grace; Why? Because it was four hundered, and thirty yeares after the promise was made, and that which came so long after cannot disanul that which was before. We may make use of the argument thus. Surely if thou beest one that belongest to this transaction of God with his Son; the sins that now thou fallest into, cannot take away Gods love from thee, cannot hinder thee from being happy for ever; VVhy?

Because the Covenant of God with his Son for thy hap∣piness was not four hundred and thirty years ago, but hundred of millions of thousands years ago, there∣fore that which is now done, cannot disanul that which was from al eternity. ••••mfort thy self with this, when thou hearest that God was reconciling himself to the world, even before the world it self was, yea, from al Eternity.