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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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To that I answer, at first it may be some labour and toil, but those that have once got their hearts into a readiness, find it not so hard, but have a great deal of ease, As now it is a great deal of toil for one that neglects his accounts, he is not ready, but his accounts are entangled, if he be called to give a perfect account, it is a great deal of toil to him, but now let a man get over the difficulty, and make all his accounts clear, now for him every day to keep his Books straight and clear, this will not be so great a trouble. This is the difference between one Christian and another for all the world, one that shall take his pleasure all the week long, and ride this way and the other way, and neglects his Books, and but one day in the week will look them over, he will have a great deal of trouble, and it will break his head sometimes, when he hath multitude of business. But now the other Merchant, looks into his Books every day, spends half an hour, or a quarter of an hour every day, and he goes on with a great deal of cheerfulness: So it is ⟨p. 758⟩with many Christians, they think on the Lords day they must have their hearts in a good frame and temper, but all the week they have no thoughts of God, and of the word, and now when the Sabbath comes, or Sacrament and holy duties come, they are burdensome to them; whereas another that keeps his heart in a holy frame, he rejoiceth in the Sabbath, for he hath had a Sabbath day frame of heart all the week long. Luther saith, a Christians life should be a perpetual Sabbath. And that is the second means to facilitate every good work.
To that I answer, at first it may be some labor and toyl, but those that have once got their hearts into a readiness, find it not so hard, but have a great deal of ease, As now it is a great deale of toyl for one that neglects his accounts, he is not ready, but his accounts are intangled, if he be called to give a perfect account, it is a great deal of toyl to him, but now let a man get over the difficulty, and make all his accounts cleer, now for him every day to keep his Books streight and cleer, this wil not be so great a trouble. This is the difference between one Christian and another for all the world, one that shall take his pleasure all the week long, and ride this way and the other way, and neglects his Books, and but one day in the week will look them over, he wil have a great deal of trouble, and it wil break his head somtimes, when he hath multitude of business. But now the other Merchant, looks into his Books every day, spends half an hour, or a quarter of an hour every day, and he goes on with a great deal of cheerfulness: So it is