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Four books on the eleventh of Matthew
Four books on the eleventh of Matthew: viz: I. Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest. II. Christ the great teacher of souls that come to him. To which is added a treatise of meekness and of anger. III. Christ the humble teacher of those that come to him. IIII. The only easy way to heaven. By Jeremiah Burroughs, preacher of the Gospel at Stepney and Cripple-Gate, London.Four books on the eleventh of Matthew: viz: I. Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest. II. Christ the great teacher of souls that come to him. To which is added a treatise of meekness and of anger. III. Christ the humble teacher of those that come to him. IIII. The only easie way to heaven. By Jeremiah Burroughs, preacher of the Gospel at Stepny and Cripple-Gate, London.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1659
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6. The behaviour of an humble Soul is in this, and this mainly, That it is willing that God should be advanced in all, and that in his own way, and the latter branch hath most dependence upon this, it is willing that God should be advanced above all, and in his own way.
6. The behavior of an humble Soul is in this, and this mainly, That it is willing that God should be advanced in all, and that in his own way, and the latter branch hath most dependance upon this, it is willing that God should be advanced above all, and in his own way.
First, an humble Spirit is willing that God should be advanced, and above all, it is willing that God should be advanced as the highest of all, the first cause of all, I look upon my self as nothing, but look upon God as the first cause of all; and therefore I being nothing, and having nothing, and am worthy of nothing, it is fit that God should have all Glory, though I have no share; many would be content that God should have Glory, so they might have some share, I but an humble heart is content that God should have all Glory alone, being willing to lift up Gods Name, and advance him above all. Here is the right temper of an humble heart: Let him increase, though I decrease, as John saith, Joh. 3. 27. he rejoiced that he should increase, though himself decreased, so saith an humble heart, le• God be magnified, though I be mean, God hath given me many mercies, but the Glory of all he reserves to himself, the rent penny he reserves to himself: and now an humble heart is willing to this, Oh, blessed be God that I may share in the comfort and blessing, though I do not share in the Glory. Now a proud heart would not only have the comfort and blessing, but the Glory too, an humble heart saith thus, Oh, it ⟨p. 531⟩is mercy that God will employ me in any thing, it is a wonder that God will use me in his service, when he hath used me, there is infinite cause that what is done he should have the Glory of all after it is once done: So if I be made a Vessel of mercy that I may retain that, if I am not made a Vessel of Glory to retain that; indeed, we are Vessels of Gods mercies, that we may keep them: but we are Vessels of Gods Glory that may run through us, and we should satisfy our selves thus, that we may be Vessels of Gods mercy to keep them in us, and to be Vessels of Gods Glory to have that run through us. Not unto us, not unto us, saith the Psalmist,