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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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For Scriptures, take these three, the first is in Psal. 119. 44, 45. So shall I keep thy Law continually for ever and ever, and I will walk at liberty, for I seek thy Precepts. The Soul that doth truly seek Gods precepts, to be under the command of the precepts of God, such a one walks at liberty, never hath so much liberty as at that time when he seeks Gods precepts You may think that to be under the command of the word, and especially that in seeking the commands of the Lord, it will bring you into bondage: There is no such liberty in the world as being under the command of God, and seeking the commands of the word. And then in ⟨p. 639⟩Prov. 15. 19. The way of the slothful is as a hedge of Thorns, that is, there is a great deal of difficulty in the way of the slothful, now this is an opposition to the ways of the slothful, But the way of the righteous is plain, there is no such difficulty in his way, a righteous mans way to Heaven it is a plain way, a plain path, he may go in it with ease, it is not a rigid way, it is not a stony way, a thorny way, but it is a plain way, that a man may go easy there. Now if you be walking in any place from Town to Town, if you walk in a place where is plain way in the fields, it is easy all the while. Now you go to the City, and you walk in the fields, it is plain, it is easy, but when you come upon stones, it is more difficult, So it is here, The way of the righteous is plain, the righteous have a plain path to Heaven, but the wicked they are upon the stones, they are upon the dirt, when one comes upon the stones, and it be dirty too, that is more difficult, But the way of righteousness is plain. And there is one Scripture more remarkable than these, and that is, in 1 John 5. 3. And his commandments are not grievous, the commands of God have no grievousness in them, there is nothing in Gods Commandments to be so much as grieving to a▪ Gracious Soul. It is said in the Scripture, that God delights not to grieve the Children of Men, certainly, there is nothing that God requires of thee if thou understandest it aright that will grieve thee;
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