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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, One that is humble hath Rest because he can never be in so low a condition, but his heart is lower then his condition. This is an excellent frame of Spirit, though my Estate is low, yet my heart is lower, if you be able to say so, you that have low Estates▪ your care is how you can raise your Estates▪ if I could raise my Estate as high as others. Then I should have a great deal of Peace and comfort, No, thy way must be to lowen thy Heart, that is the way to raise thy Estate. If a mans affliction be above his Heart, and his heart beneath the affliction, if the fire he under the fuel then the fire quickly catcheth the fuel, but now if the Fire be above the fuel, it will not so soon kindle it, so I say in a mans affliction, if a mans heart be above his affliction I mean in a sinful way, he hath lifted up his heart, and he would have higher things then these things are, and these things are beneath his spirit, he hath a higher design and plot, and aims at greater things, and these things are beneath what he would have, Oh! Then the affliction troubles the Spirit, but when a mans spirit is beneath his afflictions then a man hath a great deal of Rest and quiet, he is lower then his afflictions and therefore he is quiet.
Secondly, One that is humble hath Rest because he can never be in so low a condition, but his heart is lower then his condition. This is an excellent frame of Spirit, though my Estate is low, yet my heart is lower, if you be able to say so, you that have low Estates▪ your care is how you can raise your Estates▪ if I could raise my Estate as high as others. Then I should have a great deal of Peace and comfort, No, thy way must be to lowen thy Heart, that is the way to raise thy Estate. If a mans affliction be above his Heart, and his heart beneath the affliction, if the fire he under the fewel then the fire quickly catcheth the fewel, but now if the Fire be above the fewel, it will not so soon kinkle it, so I say in a mans affliction, if a mans heart be above his affliction I mean in a sinful way, he hath lifted up his heart, and he would have higher things then these things are, and these things are beneath his spirit, he hath a higher design and plot, and aimes at greater things, and these things are beneath what he would have, Oh! Then the affliction troubles the Spirit, but when a mans spirit is beneath his afflictions then a man hath a great deal of Rest and quiet, he is lower then his afflictions and therefore he is quiet.