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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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7. Another form of an humble spirit is this, that it admires •t the least mercy that it is so much, and wonders at the greatest affliction that it is no more, I will give you one Scripture for it, because it hath reference to what I named Last and this both together, and it is a notable Scripture to show the form of an humble Spirit, it is that of David in Sam. 2. 7. in this Chapter God promiseth mercy to David, and the first that I will observe is, that which concerns the former, of advancing of God in whatsoever we have, if you read this Chapter you shall find, how God promiseth that he should be magnified, and his name and house Magnified, but now we find David, he is more affected with Gods name being magnified than his own, as if he should say, Lord, I bless thee for what thou hast done for me, but this is that that rejoiceth me more that thy name is magnified. Now is it thus with thee? Art thou solicitous that Gods name should be ⟨p. 535⟩Magnified, then rejoicest that thy Name is magnified? I put this to thee, when God bestows great things upon thee art thou Solicitous that Gods name should be glorified rather then thine own.
7. Another form of an humble spirit is this, that it admires •t the least mercy that it is so much, and wonders at the greatest affliction that it is no more, I wil give you one Scripture for it, because it hath reference to what I named Last and this both together, and it is a notable Scripture to shew the form of an humble Spirit, it is that of David in Sam. 2. 7. in this Chapter God promiseth mercy to David, and the first that I wil observe is, that which concerns the former, of advancing of God in whatsoever we have, if you read this Chapter you shal find, how God promiseth that he should be magnified, and his name and house Magnified, but now we find David, he is more affected with Gods name being magnified than his own, as if he should say, Lord, I bless thee for what thou hast done for me, but this is that that rejoyceth me more that thy name is magnified. Now is it thus with thee? Art thou sollicitous that Gods name should be ⟨p. 535⟩Magnified, then rejoycest that thy Name is magnified? I put this to thee, when God bestows great things upon thee art thou Sollicitous that Gods name should be glorified rather then thine own.