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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: Another thing in the behaviour of an humble Spirit in respect of others is this, It is very fearful of giving offence to others, and not very ready to take offence from others. I will put both together. It will not give offence to others, and that you have very frequently in Scripture in Rom. 14. 10. But why dost thou judg thy Brother? or why dost thou set at naught thy Brother? We shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Now this is in case of giving offence to others, that is the plain scope of this place, the Argument that is driven at in this 14. of the Romans, it is the Argument of giving offence to our Brethren, and here you may perceive in this place the Reason why men do not care what offence they give unto others, why they set at naught their Brethren, and judg them. Why dost thou set at naught thy Brother? Why dost thou make thy Brother as no body to thee? so the Greek, one that hath a proud heart, if he think he hath liberty himself for such and such things, what cares he for others? Others are offended and grieved, but what cares he for others? they are no body to him, he maketh nothing of them: For that is the word, Why dost thou set at naught thy Brother, in being careless in giving offence unto thy Brother? Oh, this is the pride of thy heart, a gracious heart is loath to grieve any body in the world, so in the ⟨p. 571⟩15. verse of this Chap. But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not Charitably, destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ dyed. There the Apostle shows, that he was loath, and so he would have all the Romans to be loath so much as to grieve their brother. O! this is a very gracious Lowly spirit indeed, that is so tender of others that he is not willing to grieve any one in the world, he is so with others, as he is afraid to be a grief to others; here is a Spirit that Jesus Christ shall have a great deal of Glory from, that lives so, as that he is careful and very tender of grieving the spirits of others. It was a Speech once of a great Captain, a Roman, when others commended the great Exploits he did, I but saith he, I Bless God never any one wore a Mourning Garment for my sake, Oh, It is a blessed thing, for a man or woman to go out of the world so, that every one can say, never any wore a mourning Garment for such a man or woman. In Phillip. 2. 3.
SEcondly: Another thing in the behavior of an humble Spirit in respect of others is this, It is very fearful of giving offence to others, and not very ready to take offence from others. I will put both together. It will not give offence to others, and that you have very frequently in Scripture in