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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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As our obedience, so our humiliation for want of obedience must be evangelical, for many Christians, may find their obedience somewhat easy to them, I but, when they do not obey, then the sorrow for their sin that is grievous, their humiliation that is a burden to their Spirits, sin lies upon them as a burden, I but, we should be humbled for our sins in an evangelical way, as well as perform duty, in an evangelical way. Now evangelical humiliation, it is a sorrow for sin, not that we might purchase p•• don ⟨p. 754⟩for that sorrow, as we must not perform a duty to think to purchase Heaven, neither must we sorrow for sin to think to satisfy for sin, and to purchase pardon for our sin, but our very sorrow for sin must have a sweetness from Christ in it, it must be out of love, our very mourning must be a fruit of love, and not come from the fear of being destroyed eternally for such sins, that is legal sorrow, I have sinned against God, and therefore am afraid that God will destroy me eternally, and therefore I am sorry, No, but I have sinned against the Lord, a gracious, and a merciful Father, and the Lord yet hath made a Covenant with me, that he will not take advantage of my sin, that he will not destroy me, and therefore my soul mourns and laments the rather for my sin, that I have sinned so much against the grace of the Gospel as I have done: Sorrow evangelically, and then your sorrow will have more sweetness in it then all the joy that the men of the world have, when all their Corn and Wine and Oil is increased, not only when God lifts up the light of his countenance, but even the very sorrow of your heart for sin may have more sweetness in it, then all the men of the world have, when their Corn and Wine and Oil increaseth. Many Christians have much bitterness in their sorrow, but certainly, Evangelical sorrow, the tears of it is Rose water, that hath a great deal of sweetness, it is sweet both unto God, and sweet unto the soul, even while the soul is sorrowing, there is sweetness in the heart, and this is the difference between legal terror, and Evangelical sorrow, the one hath nothing but bitterness and gal in it, and the other nothing but sweetness. That is the first thing.
As our obedience, so our humiliation for want of obedience must be evangelical, for many Christians, may find their obedience somwhat easy to them, I but, when they do not obey, then the sorrow for their sin that is grievous, their humiliation that is a burden to their Spirits, sin lyes upon them as a burden, I but, we should be humbled for our sins in an evangelical way, as wel as performe duty, in an evangelical way. Now evangelical humiliation, it is a sorrow for sin, not that we might purchase p don