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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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I but this is not all, to be humble to have the Lord advanced, every one will say so, but this makes the behaviour of an humble heart indeed, to be willing that God should be advanced his own way, for God to choose his own way to be advanced, this goes hard, we would fain have God advanced in our liberty, in our comfort, and our blessings. But what if God will have all our comforts? Will have himself advanced by our estates, and by our liberty? What if God will have all our comforts and all we have to be but as a footstool to get up unto his glory. And indeed an humble spirit, appears not only in this, because he submits to what is Gods due, but if the Lord at any time cross him in any thing, yet an humble heart will think all his crosses is made up in this that God may have any glory by it, here is the genuine humble Spirit, there is such and such a thing that I am crossed in, that I have a mind unto, yet it yields to this now, that though I am crossed yet God hath Glory, and I can see this ⟨p. 534⟩that God hath glory in my affliction. Now when I can account that my affliction is made up, if any glory can come to God hereby, here is the true Genuine and humble spirit, when a man is called to any hard Service, it may be he finds the Service harder then he thought of, I but saith he, God is glorified in this Service, and whatever hardship I endure it matters not, I account all is made up in Gods glory, and now God is glorified by me in this way, let God be advanced his own way. Sometimes you think if you should be put into such and such a condition, God may have more glory, if you had more in largement, and more comfort, but what if God will choose to glorify himself in your affliction, your low condition? An humble heart will be content that God should advance himself in his own own way.
I but this is not al, to be humble to have the Lord advanced, every one wil say so, but this makes the behavior of an humble heart indeed, to be willing that God should be advanced his own way, for God to chuse his own way to be advanced, this goes hard, we would fain have God advanced in our liberty, in our comfort, and our blessings. But what if God wil have al our comforts? Wil have himself advanced by our estates, and by our liberty? What if God wil have al our comforts and al we have to be but as a footstool to get up unto his glory. And indeed an humble spirit, appears not only in this, because he submits to what is Gods due, but if the Lord at any time cross him in any thing, yet an humble heart will think al his crosses is made up in this that God may have any glory by it, here is the genuine humble Spirit, there is such and such a thing that I am crossed in, that I have a mind unto, yet it yields to this now, that though I am crost yet God hath Glory, and I can see this