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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: Seriously work upon your hearts the meditation of the vanity of all these things, how quickly all the beauty and excellency of these ⟨p. 616⟩things will be gone; what is become of all the great pomp and excellency of the world, when death comes, what is the difference between one that was poor and contemptible, and one that was rich and honourable? Death makes all even, The Glory of the world passeth away, and the lustre of of it, every thing here is but as flesh and grass that withereth, by looking upon all these things that puff up the heart to be but as wind, is the main thing to make the soul humble.
Thirdly: Seriously work upon your hearts the meditation of the vanity of all these things, how quickly all the beauty and excellency of these ⟨p. 616⟩things will be gone; what is become of all the great pomp and excellency of the world, when death comes, what is the difference between one that was poor and contemptible, and one that was rich and honorable? Death makes all even, The Glory of the world passeth away, and the lustre of of it, every thing here is but as flesh and grass that withereth, by looking upon all these things that puff up the heart to be but as wind, is the main thing to make the soul humble.
But the main thing is the setting God before us, and Christ before us, and the right understanding of our selves, these are the three principal things that are helps for the Lowliness of the heart.
But the main thing is the setting God before us, and Christ before us, and the right understanding of our selves, these are the three principall things that are helps for the Lowliness of the heart.