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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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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.
And then another use may be, to humble our Souls for the want of humility, and indeed that is a good Humiliation, to be humble for the want of humility, to be humbled for our pride is an argument of the truth of humility as much as any thing whatsoever, and certainly, if I should go back and open the Particulars of the behaviour of an humble Soul towards God, its self, and others, Certainly, never a Man and Woman but may lay his hand upon ⟨p. 610⟩his Mouth, and say, Lord, have mercy upon me, how have I failed in the behaviour of my spirit towards God, my self, and others? Lord, my heart hath not answered to that that hath been spoken in the word, the truth is, the best of us all have cause to be humbled before God because they are not humble as they ought. To be proud of heart, one compares it to an Onion, that if you pill off one part of it, there is another pill afterwards, pill off that and there is another still, and another, and another till you come to the end; so when there is some pride, take off one, and under that pride there lies more, take off that, and under it there lies more, and take off that, and under it lies more, continually more and more pride there lies in the heart of Men, and Women, and that man and woman that thinks they have not proud hearts, I dare challenge them, in the Name of God, that they have proud hearts, As John saith,