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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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Evidence 3
Thirdly: And the third Evidence is this, The Yoke of Christ is easy, and his Burden is light; for there is no gracious heart but would rather come under any Yoke, any Burden in the world, than willingly to cast off any Yoke and Burden of Jesus Christ, name what Yoke you will, what Burden you will, rather than a gracious heart will be from under Christs Burden, and Christs Yoke, O! saith he, let me come under that Yoke, and that Burden.
Thirdly: And the third Evidence is this, The Yoke of Christ is easie, and his Burden is light; for there is no gracious heart but would rather come under any Yoke, any Burden in the world, than willingly to cast off any Yoke and Burden of Jesus Christ, name what Yoke you will, what Burden you will, rather than a gracious heart will be from under Christs Burden, and Christs Yoke, O! saith he, let me come under that Yoke, and that Burden.
Yea further, If God doth put any Yoke, any Burden of affliction upon one that is Gracious, if that Yoke and Burden of affliction may but bring his neck more under the Yoke of Christ than before, and bring him more under Christs Burden than before, a gracious heart doth think it well worth the bearing, thinks himself fully recompensed in the bearing of any Yoke if it may any way further him to come under the Yoke of Christ more; as thus, before I had a wanton Spirit, and I could not get my self to put my neck under the Yoke of Christ, to be quiet as I ought to have been; Well, but now the Lord Christ hath laid the Yoke of affliction upon me, and that hath in some measure subdued my heart, so that I can come and put the Yoke of Christ upon me better, O! blessed be God that ever I had the Yoke of affliction upon me, that now brings me under the yoke of Christ more, Canst thou say so, blessed be God for this affliction? Surely then the Yoke of Christ is easy, that a heart is willing to bear any Yoke that may but further it to the bearing of the Yoke of Christ, that is the third.