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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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Object. I but you will say, They think others are wicked, and that others shall go to Hell, and that they shall go to Heaven.
Object. I but you wil say, They think others are wicked, and that others shall go to Hell, and that they shall go to Heaven.
Answ. This must be granted indeed, and this would wrong the Grace of God, if they should not think their condition better than others, if they should think that they were in as dangerous a condition as the wicked and ungodly, No, they bless God for the condition that they are in, that God hath opened their Eyes, and showed them the evilness of their hearts and lives, and they would not for a thousand worlds venture their condition with theirs: Certainly, one that knows the difference between a converted estate, and an unconverted, would not for a thousand worlds venture for a quarter of an hour to be in their condition, yet this doth not hinder, but that they look upon themselves, as in themselves, as vile and as wretched as any; & for one time that thou dost condemn thy self before God, they do it a hundred times it may be ⟨p. 567⟩a thousand times, and God knows they judg of themselves worse than thou dost of thy self; thou goest on merrily, and thinkest thy self in a good condition, but they are daily judging of themselves and humbling themselves before God, and admiring Gods goodness that they are out of Hell, but thou dost not so, and therefore they may look upon themselves as more vile, and so be more humble.
Answ. This must be granted indeed, and this would wrong the Grace of God, if they should not think their condition better than others, if they should think that they were in as dangerous a condition as the wicked and ungodly, No, they bless God for the condition that they are in, that God hath opened their Eyes, and shewed them the evilness of their hearts and lives, and they would not for a thousand worlds venture their condition with theirs: Certainly, one that knows the difference between a converted estate, and an unconverted, would not for a thousand worlds venture for a quarter of an hour to be in their condition, yet this doth not hinder, but that they look upon themselves, as in themselves, as vile and as wretched as any; & for one time that thou dost condemn thy self before God, they do it a hundred times it may be