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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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Consequence 4.
And that may be another Use, if the ways of Christ be so easy, then do not bring an ill report upon them, Do not lead such discontented, sullen, dejected lives, especially you that have carnal Husbands, carnal Wives, carnal Parents, carnal Masters, and Mistresses, they look upon you, what you do now, and if they see that since you began to go to Sermons, and to make more profession of Religion, that your lives are more filled with discomfort, and vexing and fretting▪ and discouragement than before, What will they say? What ways are these? Who would come into these ways? they make the• mad, and make them fools, and unfit them for any business, Oh, this is a shame to he ways of Christ, though it is true, now thou seest more cause of humiliation than before, but for all this know, that this is not legal humiliation, but evangelical humiliation, and there is sweetness in that bitter ⟨p. 743⟩of sin if thou understandest it in an evangelical way, and though thou shouldest mourn for thy sin, yet thou shouldest carry thy self with that gentleness, and humility, and meekness in thy spirit, thou shouldst discover that sweetness of heart, and cheerfulness, and activeness in your callings, going about your business better than ever before, that they may say, surely, the way of Christ is easy, and so others may be in love with them; but if others shall see you to be more high, and lofty in your spirits, more proud, more disdaining, more neglective in your callings, and more cross in your carriage than before, then they will be kept off from those ways.
And that may be another Use, if the waies of Christ be so easie, then do not bring an ill report upon them, Do not lead such discontented, sullen, dejected lives, especially you that have carnal Husbands, carnal Wives, carnal Parents, carnal Masters, and Mistresses, they look upon you, what you do now, and if they see that since you began to go to Sermons, and to make more profession of Religion, that your lives are more filled with discomfort, and vexing and fretting and discouragement than before, What will they say? What waies are these? Who would come into these waies? they make the mad, and make them fools, and unfit them for any business, Oh, this is a shame to he waies of Christ, though it is true, now thou seest more cause of humiliation than before, but for all this know, that this is not legal humiliation, but evangelical humiliation, and there is sweetness in that bitter