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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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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.
2. Another Notion is this, Consider, That all these outward Excellencies make no great difference between man and man, it may be you have more parts than another, you have more Estate than another, you have more honour and esteem than another, What great difference makes this between man and man? But now Grace makes a great difference between man & man, one hath Grace another hath not, this makes a mighty difference; one hath Humility, & another not, this makes a very great difference, there is not so much difference between the natural excellency of an Angel of Heaven and a Worm upon the earth, as between an humble Soul and the greatest Prince in the world that hath not the Grace of Humility, Were we but throughly principled in this one thing, we may hear it, and confess it I suppose, but none of you when you go away will say this is true, that Grace makes the great difference, except you be principled in this thing, that it is not the having much and little that makes any great difference between man and man.
2. Another Notion is this, Consider, That al these outward Excellencies make no great difference between man and man, it may be you have more parts than another, you have more Estate than another, you have more honor and esteem than another, What great difference makes this between man and man? But now Grace makes a great difference between man & man, one hath Grace another hath not, this makes a mighty difference; one hath Humility, & another not, this makes a very great difference, there is not so much difference between the natural excellency of an Angell of Heaven and a Worm upon the earth, as between an humble Soul and the greatest Prince in the world that hath not the Grace of Humility, Were we but throughly principled in this one thing, we may hear it, and confes it I suppose, but none of you when you go away will say this is true, that Grace makes the great difference, except you be principled in this thing, that it is not the having much and little that makes any great difference between man and man.