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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. But then may not this make wicked men secure and say, Well, we may find mercy and be saved as well as the best, for the best may know so much evil of themselves, that they may judg themselves worse than others.
Object. But then may not this make wicked men secure and say, Well, we may find mercy and be saved as well as the best, for the best may know so much evill of themselves, that they may judg themselves worse than others.
To that I answer,
For Mercy, I grant you, it is possible thou mayest have as much mercy as they, it is possible thou mayest come into as good a condition as they, and therefore thou mayest make this use of it, and much good it may do thee, that is to say, well, it is then possible that my Soul may be saved, and find mercy as well ⟨p. 568⟩as the best of them all, I but do not say it may be so, and thou remainest as bad as thou art, there must be then that change in thee that is in them.
For Mercy, I grant you, it is possible thou maist have as much mercy as they, it is possible thou maist come into as good a condition as they, and therefore thou maist make this use of it, and much good it may do thee, that is to say, well, it is then possible that my Soul may be saved, and find mercy as well ⟨p. 568⟩as the best of them all, I but do not say it may be so, and thou remainest as bad as thou art, there must be then that change in thee that is in them.