A30566:847
Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest
Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest by Jeremiah Burroughs.Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest by Jeremiah Burroughes.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1659
Title page typeset from the transcription.
CHRIST INVITING SINNERS TO COME TO HIM. › Chapter 31 › Part 7: The seventh Lesson.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The seventh Lesson.
Seventhly, Another Lesson that believers are to learn from their deliverance from the law which is of marvellous use to them in their life and conversation is this, That certainly it is the most unbecoming thing in the world, to see a believer to be rigorous towards his brethren, Christ hath delivered thee from rigour, then wilt thou be rigorous? Christ hath given thee Rest, wilt not thou do what thou canst to give thy brother rest too? If Christ hath delivered thee from great troubles, burdens, and bondage that thou wert under, why shouldest thou not endeavour with all thy might to deliver thy brother from burdens, troubles, any thing that might grieve thy brother? Oh! what an unworthy thing is it, that a Christian, that hath received so much rest from Christ, yet should be a troublesome ⟨p. 261⟩man or woman to his brother or sister? Christ doth therefore give Rest to thee, that thou mayest be of a quiet disposition towards others, that thou mayest be pitiful towards others; To see one that professes to have deliverance from the Law, and to have Rest in Christ, to be rigorous to those under him, rigorous to his servants, rigorous to his Children it is miserable; remember what rigour Christ hath delivered thee from, and remember to be quiet spirited to thy brother.
Seventhly, Another Lesson that beleevers are to learn from their deliverance from the law which is of marvelous use to them in their life and conversation is this, That certainly it is the most unbecoming thing in the world, to see a beleever to be rigorous towards his brethren, Christ hath delivered thee from rigor, then wilt thou be rigorous? Christ hath given thee Rest, wilt not thou do what thou canst to give thy brother rest too? If Christ hath delivered thee from great troubles, burdens, and bondage that thou wert under, why shouldest thou not endeavor with al thy might to deliver thy brother from burdens, troubles, any thing that might grieve thy brother? Oh! what an unworthy thing is it, that a Christian, that hath received so much rest from Christ, yet should be a troublesome