Four books on the eleventh of Matthew

Name: Four books on the eleventh of Matthew
Author: Jeremiah Burroughs

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.

Jeremiah Burroughs 1599–1646London: printed by Peter Cole, 1659

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Thus because one that is lowly knows much evil of it self, and knows ⟨p. 562⟩more evil of it self then it doth of any other, therefore it sees cause to judg of others better then it self, I do not know that such have such secret evils as my self, I do not know that they have such base principles that act them as in my self, that there is such a non-correspondency to good as in my self, upon this ground, because it knows more evil of it self then others know, therefore it is ready to think better of others then of it self.

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Object. I but you will say, Suppose I see a great deal of Evil in others that I know, and am conscious to my self that I am not guilty of, shall I think better of others then of my self then?

Object. I but you wil say, Suppose I see a great deal of Evil in others that I know, and am conscious to my self that I am not guilty of, shall I think better of others then of my self then?

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Answ. I Answer still, for all this I am to think of others better then my self.

Answ. I Answer stil, for all this I am to think of others better then my self.

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