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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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yet because of •he infinite distance between God and him, and because of his mean condition that he was in as a Creature, because of what he had been, or what he might be without the Grace of God, if God should withdraw his Grace from him; therefore saith he, though I were perfect, yet would I not know my Soul, I would despise my life, How much more Cause have we to despise and loath our selves, when we are conscious to our selves of so much evil. And so that other place in Job that I named about the Souls behaviour before God, when he saw the Glory of God, In Job 42. 5. I have h•ard of thee by the hearing of the Ear, but now mine Eyes see thee, wherefore I abhor my self in dust and ashes, this is the work of an humble heart, to loath and abhor it self before the Lord.
yet because of •he infinite distance between God and him, and because of his mean condition that he was in as a Creature, because of what he had been, or what he might be without the Grace of God, if God should withdraw his Grace from him; therefore saith he, though I were perfect, yet would I not know my Soul, I would despise my life, How much more Cause have we to despise and loath our selves, when we are conscious to our selves of so much evil. And so that other place in Job that I named about the Souls behavior before God, when he saw the Glory of God, In Job 42. 5. I have h•ard of thee by the hearing of the Ear, but now mine Eyes see thee, wherefore I abhor my self in dust and ashes, this is the work of an humble heart, to loath and abhor it self before the Lord.
6. The behaviour of a Lowly heart in respect of it self, it is to judg it self, judgeth it self.