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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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Thirdly, Another thing in the Lowliness of heart that doth bring quietness, and hath affinity with it, is this: One that is Lowly in heart, hath never any disappointments in the world; nothing is more troublesome, and disquieting to a mans spirit then disappointment, now one that is Lowly in Heart, he expects no great matters in this world, and therefore he cannot be much disappointed in any thing that befalls, and so he is quiet; you that have great plots and designs in your heads and make account of great things in the world, there will follow many Crosses that will disappoint you, and how do they disquiet you, you may account of such a voyage, and when it is lost, how unquiet are you? Whereas one that is Lowly in heart, he is quiet, and goes on in obedience to God, and that is that he looks to most, to go on in his calling in obedience to God, and leaves the issue to God, and therefore if there be any thing coming in, he receives it thankfully, because he is most unworthy, if he be crossed he is not much disappointed, because he looks for no high things.
Thirdly, Another thing in the Lowliness of heart that doth bring quietness, and hath affinity with it, is this: One that is Lowly in heart, hath never any disappointments in the world; nothing is more troublesome, and disquieting to a mans spirit then disappointment, now one that is Lowly in Heart, he expects no great matters in this world, and therefore he cannot be much disappointed in any thing that befals, and so he is quiet; you that have great plots and designes in your heads and make account of great things in the world, there will follow many Crosses that wil disappoint you, and how do they disquiet you, you may account of such a voyage, and when it is lost, how unquiet are you? Whereas one that is Lowly in heart, he is quiet, and goes on in obedience to God, and that is that he looks to most, to go on in his calling in obedience to God, and leaves the issue to God, and therefore if there be any thing coming in, he receives it thankfully, because he is most unworthy, if he be crossed he is not much disappointed, because he looks for no high things.
Fourthly, An humble heart must needs bring Rest, because this is the guise and frame of it, it would have God to have his glory his own way; and this one principle, Oh, What abundance of quiet, and Rest would it bring to a mans spirit. That God should have his Glory, we all yield to that, I but that God should be glorified in his own way, this is hard, now let this and the other fall out, I but yet, saith a Lowly heart, it is fit God should have his Glory which way he pleaseth, and therefore he is not troubled.