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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, Lastly, It judgeth it self worthy to be destroyed. So that place in Ezek. 36 31. Whereas some Books have it You shall loath your selves▪ The old Translation hath it, And shall judg your selves worthy to be destroyed, A Lowly heart is willing to pass sentence upon it self, to accuse it self before the Lord, and therefore passeth the sentence of eternal death upon it self, so as to justify God, God is clear when he judgeth, whatever the judgment of God is against the sin that I have committed, I join with it, I close with the judgment, and I judg my self as God doth judg in his word, it takes the sentence of Gods word and lays it to it self, and judgeth it self. If you judg your selves, you shall not be judged, saith the Apostle, 1 Cor. 11. 32. This is the work of a Lowly Spirit, it judgeth it self before the Lord. That is the Sixth.
Yea, Lastly, It judgeth it self worthy to be destroyed. So that place in Ezek. 36 31. Whereas some Books have it You shall loath your selves▪ The old Translation hath it, And shall judg your selves worthy to be destroyed, A Lowly heart is willing to pass sentence upon it self, to accuse it self before the Lord, and therefore passeth the sentence of eternal death upon it self, so as to justifie God, God is clear when he judgeth, whatever the judgment of God is against the sin that I have committed, I joyn with it, I close with the judgment, and I judg my self as God doth judg in his word, it takes the sentence of Gods word and laies it to it self, and judgeth it self. If you judg your selves, you shall not be judged, saith the Apostle, 1 Cor. 11. 32. This is the work of a Lowly Spirit, it judgeth it self before the Lord. That is the Sixth.
Seventhly, An Humble Spirit denies it self.