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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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But now we come to open the promise, and then we will apply altogether, the promise here made to those that are lowly in Heart, I will give you Rest. Now I shall not need to open the Rest that a Christians heart hath that comes to Christ, that hath been done at large in the former verse, Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy Laden, and I will give you Rest. Therefore here I shall only show, how Humility, and Lowliness of heart gives Rest unto the Soul, There is, I confess, a great correspondency between those two Graces, and therefore I shall speak the less now of the Rest of the Soul in humility, because there is a great affinity between this and Meekness, now one that is Lowly in heart must needs live at Rest.
BUt now we come to open the promise, and then we will apply altogether, the promise here made to those that are lowly in Heart, I will give you Rest. Now I shal not need to open the Rest that a Christians heart hath that comes to Christ, that hath been done at large in the former verse, Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy Laden, and I will give you Rest. Therefore here I shall only shew, how Humility, and Lowliness of heart gives Rest unto the Soul, There is, I confess, a great correspondency between those two Graces, and therefore I shal speak the less now of the Rest of the Soul in humility, because there is a great affinity between this and Meekness, now one that is Lowly in heart must needs live at Rest.
First, Because such a one dares not venture upon any thing before he sees Gods call, a bold spirit will venture upon any thing when he hath not Gods call, and there he meets with trouble, but now a Lowly Spirit thinks ⟨p. 606⟩thus, is this Gods way? Have I a word for it? And a call for it? If I have, Let me go on whatever comes of it, if he meet with trouble in such a business, if he can say, I undertook it thus, I had Gods call, what abundance of Rest hath he? What is the Reason that men are disquieted in the world, and troubled? It is because they rush upon things without Gods call. When the Soul can appeal to God, Lord, I would not undertake such a thing, nor such a thing, though I say, there might be some preferment by it, and somewhat got by it, yet, Lord, thou seest the uprightness of my heart, that I would not venture upon it without thy call, and then when I saw that, I ventured upon it, such a Soul must needs have a great deal of quiet.