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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: Labour to convince thy Soul of the emptiness and vanity of all those outward excellencies that are the usual things that puff up the heart; it is nothing but wind that puffs up any mans heart, if they had what is truly excellent their hearts would not be puffed up, but that that puffs up the heart is ⟨p. 615⟩wind, Now consider all things in the world under these three Notions.
Secondly: Labor to convince thy Soul of the emptiness and vanity of all those outward excellencies that are the usuall things that puff up the heart; it is nothing but wind that puffs up any mans heart, if they had what is truly excellent their hearts would not be puffed up, but that that puffs up the heart is ⟨p. 615⟩wind, Now consider all things in the world under these three Notions.
1. They are things beneath the true excellency of an immortal Soul, the way to cure sinful pride, is to have a holy, gracious pride; Now a Holy pride is to know what is the end of a rational Creature, what he is capable of, to enjoy communion with Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the knowledge of this will take off the heart from all things below, look upon these things as Dogs meat, if you could but take off your heart from all these things it would keep your hearts Low.
1. They are things beneath the true excellency of an immortall Soul, the way to cure sinful pride, is to have a holy, gracious pride; Now a Holy pride is to know what is the end of a rational Creature, what he is capable of, to enjoy communion with Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the knowledge of this will take off the heart from all things below, look upon these things as Dogs meat, if you could but take off your heart from al these things it would keep your hearts Low.