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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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Fifthly: They must needs be easy, because that in all the ways of Religion there is ever more good success, a gracious heart evermore finds success in the ways of Godliness, now that way that a man always hath success in, is very easy to him, you count that work very easy work that always thrives in your hand, and that you may certainly, know that it will succeed before you go about it. If a man go about a work, and he is uncertain in the success, and he thinks; I may take a great deal of pains, but I know not how I shall speed, Oh, that is tedious, I but now, when he goes out to the work of the Lord, where he knows he shall never fail of success, this work is very easy to him, In the first Psalm it is said, that a Godly man prospers in every thing that be doth, whatever he doth shall prosper, it is true, we may set upon outward things and not have success, but there was never any gracious action since the beginning of the world but had success, here is the difference between your outward employment, and your gracious employment, your earthly and your spiritual employment in one, though we work never so well according to the Rules of our Art, yet there will not be success in what we do always, but now let us perform any holy Duty, we shall never lose any action, though we may not see it, yet we shall certainly prosper in it; and therefore there is a great deal of ease.
Fifthly: They must needs be easie, because that in all the waies of Religion there is ever more good fuccess, a gracious heart evermore finds success in the waies of Godliness, now that way that a man alwaies hath success in, is very easie to him, you count that work very easie work that alwaies thrives in your hand, and that you may certainly, know that it wil succeed before you go about it. If a man go about a work, and he is uncertain in the success, and he thinks; I may take a great deal of pains, but I know not how I shall speed, Oh, that is tedious, I but now, when he goes out to the work of the Lord, where he knows he shal never fail of success, this work is very easie to him, In the first Psalm it is said, that a Godly man prospers in every thing that be doth, whatever he doth shall prosper, it is true, we may set upon outward things and not have success, but there was never any gracious action since the beginning of the world but had success, here is the difference between your outward imployment, and your gracious imployment, your earthly and your spiritual imployment in one, though we work never so well according to the Rules of our Art, yet there wil not be success in what we do alwaies, but now let us perform any holy Duty, we shal never lose any action, though we may not see it, yet we shal certainly prosper in it; and therefore there is a great deal of ease.