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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 for the matter of Covenant, only to profess a willingness to join with such a Society of People in all the Ordinances of Jesus Christ, so far as they know, suppose I should not be convinced of this particular Ordinance, or the other particular Ordinance, if there be a willingness to walk in the Ordinances of Christ so far as I know, this is the uttermost that is required, and for the other it is only for edification, but for necessity, I know none that do require it. Now what an easy Yoke is this? that one should come to be partaker of all the privileges of the Gospel, and all the Ordinances that Jesus Christ hath be trusted his Church with, and this is all that we must come, and profess our willingness to walk with all the People of God in all the Ordinances of Jesus Christ, so far as is revealed to them, is there not an easiness in this to a Gracious heart, Certainly, this that is complained of hath no great difficulty in it.
And for the matter of Covenant, only to profess a willingness to joyn with such a Society of People in all the Ordinances of Jesus Christ, so far as they know, suppose I should not be convinced of this particular Ordinance, or the other particular Ordinance, if there be a willingness to walk in the Ordinances of Christ so far as I know, this is the uttermost that is required, and for the other it is only for edification, but for necessity, I know none that do require it. Now what an easie Yoke is this? that one should come to be partaker of al the priviledges of the Gospel, and all the Ordinances that Jesus Christ hath be trusted his Church with, and this is al that we must come, and profess our willingness to walk with all the People of God in all the Ordinances of Jesus Christ, so far as is revealed to them, is there not an easiness in this to a Gracious heart, Certainly, this that is complained of hath no great difficulty in it.
Object. I but you will say, There is more difficulty than this, It is required that every one should watch over another, a narrow watching over one another in their ways, and observing one another, and this is true, a carnal heart cannot do it, we were wont to have a loose kind of way, that we lived in a Church communion one with another, and never knew one another, perhaps never saw one another's face in all your lives, but when you came to the Sacrament, and whatever evil you