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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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CHAP. CXXXIX.
Divers Objections answered. The easiness of the ways of Christ; which is the third particular mentioned in Chap. 139.
Divers Objections answered. The easiness of the waies of Christ; which is the third particular mentioned in Chap. 139.
QUEST.
BUT do we not find that Christ hath said in his word, that the way to Heaven is difficult, and the Gate to Heaven is strait and narrow? and do ⟨p. 673⟩we not find Preachers ordinarily speaking so, that the way to Heaven is difficult and strait? according to what is in Scripture, yea, do we not find that the People of God themselves complain, that there is a great deal of difficulty in the ways of God? and do they not oftentimes complain of the hardness of them? Yea, and what though some things may be easy, yet some others are very hard, As, you will say to the Discipline of Christ in his Church: Is that easy? Is not that hard? and what will you say to the sufferings that Christ requires of his people, Doth it not seem very hard?
BUT do we not find that Christ hath said in his word, that the way to Heaven is difficult, and the Gate to Heaven is strait and narrow? and do