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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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And when we look upon Christ: Consider that he was not only humble, but humble for us, to satisfy for thy sin, without which thou must have gone to Hell eternally; to be humble for thy sin, there lies the power and efficacy of Christs example, in Christs example thou seest what a mean thing any outward excellency of the world is, ⟨p. 619⟩What did he care for any outward excellency? When they would have made him a King, he cared not for it; look up higher, God hath made mankind for higher things than these below, I that had the divine nature hypostatically joined to the humane nature, I that was one that God intended to make use of for the greatest purposes that ever he did in the world, I did not enjoy the world, I had no honour in the world, I had no honour nor esteem among men, I had no riches, no hole to hide my head, and yet I have that that hath more excellency than all the things in the world, and therefore, Children of men you may see by this, that God intends humane nature for higher things than these below; and therefore it should humble thee that the Son of God should be so low, and thou so lifted up.
And when we look upon Christ: Consider that he was not only humble, but humble for us, to fatisfie for thy sin, without which thou must have gone to Hell eternally; to be humble for thy sin, there lies the power and efficacy of Christs example, in Christs example thou seest what a mean thing any outward excellency of the world is, ⟨p. 619⟩What did he care for any outward excellency? When they would have made him a King, he cared not for it; look up higher, God hath made mankind for higher things than these below, I that had the divine nature hypostatically joyned to the humane nature, I that was one that God intended to make use of for the greatest purposes that ever he did in the world, I did not enjoy the world, I had no honor in the world, I had no honor nor esteem among men, I had no riches, no hole to hide my head, and yet I have that that hath more excellency than all the things in the world, and therefore, Children of men you may see by this, that God intends humane nature for higher things than these below; and therefore it should humble thee that the Son of God should be so low, and thou so lifted up.