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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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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 ⟨p. 752⟩father, then for a gally slave to obey him that hath the power over him.
Secondly, Evangelical obedience, is to know that the Gospel accepts of uprightness, where there is not perfection, many Christians are exceedingly troubled in the duties of religion, and they are very difficult to them, because they think, that God being an infinite, Holy God, he looks for absolute perfection from them in their duties, and if there be any imperfection in their duties, they think they shall not be accepted, but now Evangelical obedience, accepts of uprightness, when there is not perfection, if there be uprightness this is accepted of God.
Thirdly, Evangelical obedience, the Duties of the Gospel, hath ever a promise going along with them, whatever the Gospel requires, it joins a promise to it, as it is in the body, there is an Artery that goes along together with the Veins in the body, that carries the blood, and the Spirits through the body, we must look upon every Duty as having a promise joined to it, and this will make our obedience easy, evermore join promises unto commands.