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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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Fourthly, Another thing in an humble Spirit in reference unto others is this, which is somewhat more then the other, he not only gives respect, but rejoiceth in the good of others, in whatever excellency God hath bestowed upon others, in what success God gives to others, what esteem God ⟨p. 579⟩hath of others, an humble heart will rejoice in all, you know, Paul, he rejoiced that the Gospel was Preached, though he was nothing. There are two Cases in which we are to rejoice in respect of others, to be glad that others are above us: As first, If God raiseth any in spiritual Grace: Doth God give any spiritual Grace more than to thee; I say, thou art bound not only to be content but to rejoice in it, and it is a wickedness in the hearts of Men and Women, that because their Glory shall be somewhat eclipsed by the Graces of others, they could even almost wish that they did somewhat to darken their Graces, because then they should not shine so bright, and they should be some body as well as they, if there be this wickedness in thy heart, know, that this is as cursed a wickedness as the heart of man is capable of in the world, next to the sin against the Holy Ghost, there is as cursed an evil in this distemper of thine, as can almost be imagined to be in the heart of a man or woman, What! shall thy eye be evil because thy Brothers is good? because thy name must suffer a little, what is thy name, or thy Glory in comparison of the Glory that God may have by the Grace of thy Brother? And so for the gifts of others, not only the Graces, but the gifts of others, the Scripture saith, When the wicked are exalted, the People mourn, and may not we mourn because the wicked are lifted up? Therefore that is the second case, when God gives any gifts, so as to make another more instrumental for good than he doth our selves, we are to rejoice in that though it be not true Grace, yet if he give any gifts whereby they come to be more instrumental for God and his Glory than our selves, we are bound to rejoice in this, and to bless God for it, this many times comes very near the hearts of men, & yet there is infinite reason, for what is my name, ⟨p. 580⟩my credit, my estate, in comparison of the work that is done for God?
Fourthly, Another thing in an humble Spirit in reference unto others is this, which is somewhat more then the other, he not only gives respect, but rejoyceth in the good of others, in whatever excellency God hath bestowed upon others, in what success God gives to others, what esteem God