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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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First, It thinks better of others then it self, this ⟨p. 559⟩great work of humility (that hath very much in it as I shall show in opening of it) is held forth▪ unto you in 2 of Philippians, 3 verse. Let Nothing be done through strife, or Vain Glory, but in Lowliness of mind, let each esteem others better then themselves. Mark, This is the Work of a Lowly mind, Learn of me for I am Lowly in Heart, You must be of lowly Hearts, of Lowly minds, what is that? Saith the Apostle Let each esteem others better then themselves. You will say, this indeed upon the very hearing of it, doth make us judg it to be a great work of the Grace of God in the heart, to esteem others better then themselves, and •ow that should be, that I shall speak unto by and by in the opening of it, but I shall first show some Examples of it, of esteeming others better then themselves. That which Paul did Exhort the Philippians to, he did himself, he did not preach to others, that they should esteem others better then themselves, and yet he would lift up himself above others; No, see it in himself, In 1 Corin. 15. 9, For I am the least of the Apostles, that am not meet to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the the Church of God. I am the least of the Apostles, Saith Paul; and yet (as sometimes I have said upon other occasions) there was no man since the beginning of the world that ever did God more Service then Paul, We may safely say it, no man upon the Face of the Earth, that was a mere man, that ever did God more service then this man did, and yet he was the least of the Apostles. Well, But though he may be the least of the Apostles, yet he may have high thoughts of himself enough, Mark then the 1 of Tim. 1. 15. This is a Faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Jesus Christ came into the world to save Sinners, of whom I am chief, The least of the Apostles. but chief of Sinners, he looks upon himself as Chief of Sinners. Yea, yet one diminution, ⟨p. 560⟩to be the chiefest of sinners, it shows he was low in his own Eyes, and that is in Ephes. 3. 8.