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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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Secondly: And further, We have cause to judg of others better than our selves, though profane and wicked, for their si•s do not do so much hurt as our sins do; though the• be wicked outwardly, yet all the sins of all the profane people in a Town, do not do a quarter so much hurt as the sins of a few professors of Religion▪ thy Lightness, thy Wantonness, thy Pride and Covetousness, doth more hurt than the open sins of others, the Covetousness of a Professor of Religion, doth more hurt than the theft of another if another should rob & steal, it doth not dishonour God, and pollute Gods name, so much as the Covetousness of a Professor of Religion: the Swearings of other men do not dishonour God so much as thy passion doth. You think those notorious wretches, that take Gods name in vain, and swear, but I say thou pollutest Gods name more by thy Passion, and it may be puttest off many from Religion more by thy froward carriage than Swearing doth in another man; for it is true, they sin against God, but what hurt d•th it do, there is nothing expected from them; but this thing is expected from thee, it may be thou mayest be a means to convert thy Husband, or Wife, and thou hardenest them ⟨p. 566⟩by this means, now what reason hast thou to judg others worse than thy self, when thou dost God as much dishonour as others? Now such considerations and many others that might be named, shows ground enough why we should judg of others better than our selves.
Secondly: And further, We have cause to judg of others better than our selves, though prophane and wicked, for their si•s do not do so much hurt as our sins do; though the• be wicked outwardly, yet all the sins of all the prophane people in a Town, do not do a quarter so much hurt as the sins of a few professors of Religion▪ thy Lightness, thy Wantonness, thy Pride and Covetousness, doth more hurt than the open sins of others, the Covetousness of a Profesior of Religion, doth more hurt than the theft of another if another should rob & steal, it doth not dishonor God, and pollute Gods name, so much as the Covetousness of a Professor of Religion: the Swearings of other men do not dishonor God so much as thy passion doth. You think those notorious wretches, that take Gods name in vain, and swear, but I say thou pollutest Gods name more by thy Passion, and it may be puttest off many from Religion more by thy froward carriage than Swearing doth in another man; for it is true, they sin against God, but what hurt dth it do, there is nothing expected from them; but this thing is expected from thee, it may be thou maist be a means to convert thy Husband, or Wife, and thou hardenest them