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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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CHAP. CXXXI.
Exhortation to humility with five several means to get it. 1. Labour to see the Excellency of it. 2. Convince the Soul of its emptiness. 3. Get the knowledge of God. 4. Of Christ. 5. Of our selves.
Exhortation to humility with five several means to get it. 1. Labor to see the Excellency of it. 2. Convince the Soul of its emptiness. 3. Get the knowledg of God. 4. Of Christ. 5. Of our selves.
Now then we come to the Use and Application, some time might be spent in speaking about Examination, to show whether we are humble or not, and then to show the difference between being humble, and humbled, many are humbled by affliction, brought low, or by Terror Tormented, but their hearts are not humble, there is a great deal of difference between Humiliation and Humility, but I shall refer that as a seasonable point to be handled at another time, Certainly God hath made many people to be humbled, and yet not humble in their Spirits.
NOw then we come to the Use and Application, some time might be spent in speaking about Examination, to shew whether we are humble or not, and then to shew the difference between being humble, and humbled, many are humbled by affliction, brought low, or by Terror Tormented, but their hearts are not humble, there is a great deal of difference between Humiliation and Humility, but I shal refer that as a seasonable point to be handled at another time, Certainly God hath made many people to be humbled, and yet not humble in their Spirits.