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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, 6
And the Sixth and Last Evidence is this, it is taken from the experience of the Saints, and that is as great a demonstration as any thing, that which I have found experimentally, that I find so, it is taken from the experience of the Saints, there is none that are truly Gracious though they may be afflicted with temptation, especially when they are grown in the ways of Christianity, but they have some experience of it, perhaps at first they find it somewhat hard to get their necks under, but afterwards, they will say, well, I never found that rest, that ease, that quiet upon my •oul, as since I got my neck fully under the yoke of Christ, since I brought my self to resign my self fully & wholly to the ways of Jesus Christ, I bless God I have had great ease and rest. Just as it is with your ships, if your ship Stick fast in the Sands and water, the Waves come and beat against your ship, and it is ready to break, but now if it is got off from the Sands, and wholly upon the Water, then away it goes, and you may hold a cup of wine in your hands and it goes away with ease, so it is with a Godly heart, when he is part in Gods ways, and part in the mud, and doth not fully give up himself to Gods ways, then he finds trouble, and his Conscience flies in his Face, and he cannot sleep quietly, but let the Soul fully resign it self to Christ to be guided by him, Oh! the unspeakable joy that there is in this. Heathens may talk, and have witty discourses about tranquillity of mind, but only the true Christian can have the true tranquillity of mind, never could the soul say till now, my soul return ⟨p. 649⟩unto thy rest, let there be never such commotions in the world, and troubles and stirs in the World, yet I can retire to God, and I can bless my self in God, and bless God in what I enjoy, when I can say as in the presence of God to my soul, O my Soul, return to thy rest, I never had such rest and quiet in any ways as I find in these. Surely these Six things do evidence the truth, that his yoke is easy, and his burden light.