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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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Eighthly, They must needs be easy, because they bring so much ease to the Conscience, they bring abundance of ease to the Conscience of a man or woman; When hath any man or woman ease to their consciences, but when they have gone in the ways of Religion? though before they had throbs of conscience, and terrors of conscience, an angry conscience. Thou couldest never lie down to sleep, but thy conscience was as it were a hard stone to thy head, and as pricks in thy side, but now when thou art got into the ways of Religion, thou canst lie down in the bosom of a reconciled Father in peace, and thy conscience very easy, and thy soul easy, thou feelest no more of the throbs of conscience that thou wast wont to feel▪ the ways of God bring ease to thy conscience. Many of you love your estates, because you can have means coming in when you are old, and you can sit in a Chair, and can have maintenance brought in unto you, Oh, but if that be good, what is it to have quiet and ease in your consciences, which only the yoke of Jesus Christ brings in? and therefore the ways of Jesus Christ are easy.
Eighthly, They must needs be easie, because they bring so much ease to the Conscience, they bring abundance of ease to the Conscience of a man or woman; When hath any man or woman ease to their consciences, but when they have gone in the waies of Religion? though before they had throbs of conscience, and terrors of conscience, an angry conscience. Thou couldest never lie down to sleep, but thy consicence was as it were a hard stone to thy head, and as pricks in thy side, but now when thou art got into the waies of Religion, thou canst lie down in the bosome of a reconciled Father in peace, and thy conscience very easie, and thy soul easie, thou feelest no more of the throbs of conscience that thou wast wont to feel▪ the waies of God bring ease to thy conscience. Many of you love your estates, because you can have means coming in when you are old, and you can sit in a Chair, and can have maintenance brought in unto you, Oh, but if that be good, what is it to have quiet and ease in your consciences, which only the yoke of Jesus Christ brings in? and therefore the waies of Jesus Christ are easie.