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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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1. Be sure that all your obedience be evangelical obedience, when you are tendering up any service to God let it be (I say) an evangelical service; you will say, what is the meaning of an evangelical work, or evangelical obedience, or service? certainly, the want of the knowledge of Christ, is the chief thing that makes the ways of God difficult to Godly people, their obedience is legal, not evangelical. I have already, in the former part of the invitation of Christ, showed much of the difficulty that there is in legal obedience, I will give you but the heads of some four or five things for evangelical obedience, and show what it is, or what ease there is in evangelical obedience, in comparison of the other.
1. Be sure that all your obedience be evangelical obedience, when you are tendering up any service to God let it be (I say) an evangelical service; you will say, what is the meaning of an evangelical work, or evangelical obedience, or service? certainly, the want of the knowledg of Christ, is the chiefe thing that makes the waies of God difficult to Godly people, their obedience is legal, not evangelical. I have already, in the former part of the invitation of Christ, shewed much of the difficulty that there is in legal obedience, I will give you but the heads of some four or five things for evangelical obedience, and shew what it is, or what ease there is in evangelical obedience, in comparison of the other.
First, Evangelical obedience, is an obedience that the child tenders up unto the father, when you come to do any work, do not look upon God as a severe Judge, passing judgment, and condemning of you, But look upon God as a father, and all your obedience to be nothing but the obedience of a child to his father, this will make it easy; it is a greater ease for a child to obey his father; when he knows that he is a loving and tender ⟨p. 752⟩father, then for a galley slave to obey him that hath the power over him.
First, Evangelical obedience, is an obedience that the child tenders up unto the father, when you come to do any work, do not look upon God as a severe Judge, passing judgment, and condemning of you, But look upon God as a father, and all your obedience to be nothing but the obedience of a child to his father, this wil make it easy; it is a greater ease for a child to obey his father; when he knows that he is a loving and tender