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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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Yea, Thirdly, It is ready to charge it self with any evil, even that which comes in sometimes by temptation; an humble heart is ready charge it self to be the only cause of it: as other men, Hypocrites, they are ready to charge temptation with what comes from their own corruption; So an humble heart rather chargeth its own corruption with what comes from temptation. You shall have vain and carnal Spirits, think to excuse the evil that comes from them with this, the Devil tempted them, this was a temptation, the strength and violence of a temptation, and they were led to it by the Devil, and so judg the Devil for it, and not themselves, whereas the truth is, it was not thy ⟨p. 549⟩temptation so much as thy corruption, the heart that is lowly and humble chargeth himself with all; this is my corruption, this is my wretched and wicked heart, it is true, the Devil might tempt me, but were it not for my corruption the Devil could never prevail.
Yea, Thirdly, It is ready to charge it self with any evil, even that which comes in somtimes by temptation; an humble heart is ready charge it self to be the only cause of it: as other men, Hipocrites, they are ready to charge temptation with what comes from their own corruption; So an humble heart rather chargeth its own corruption with what comes from temptation. You shal have vaine and carnal Spirits, think to excuse the evil that comes from them with this, the Devil tempted them, this was a temptation, the strength and violence of a temptation, and they were led to it by the Devil, and so judg the Devil for it, and not themselves, whereas the truth is, it was not thy ⟨p. 549⟩temptation so much as thy corruption, the heart that is lowly and humble chargeth himself with all; this is my corruption, this is my wretched and wicked heart, it is true, the Devil might tempt me, but were it not for my corruption the Devil could never prevaile.