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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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Secondly, If he would undertake to be Mediator, then God •els him he must become a man, and take Human Nature upon him, and that in a personal union, that Christ the infinite glorious Son of God, should be content to be made a Man, that it should be said of him, this person is a man, this is a mighty lowening of himself. In Hebrews, 2. 16. He did not take the Nature of Angels▪ But the Nature of Man, The Seed of Abraham It had not been so much Lowening of himself, if he had taken upon him the Nature of Angels, No saith God, if you will be Mediator for man, you must take the Nature of Man, This Poor Wretched Creature; saith Christ, I will do it rather then man should Perish.
Secondly, If he would undertake to be Mediator, then God •els him he must become a man, and take Human Nature upon him, and that in a personal union, that Christ the infinite glorious Son of God, should be content to be made a Man, that it should be said of him, this person is a man, this is a mighty lowening of himself. In Hebrews, 2. 16. He did not take the Nature of Angels▪ But the Nature of Man, The Seed of Abraham It had not been so much Lowening of himself, if he had taken upon him the Nature of Angels, No saith God, if you wil be Mediator for man, you must take the Nature of Man, This Poor Wretched Creature; saith Christ, I will do it rather then man should Perish.
Thirdly, When he takes the Nature of Man, one would think he would be Born of the greatest Queen upon the Earth, if Christ must come, and take the Nature of man, and be Born in the Womb, it would be of the greatest Empress, No, of a poor Woman, a Poor Virgin, a Poor Maid, and therefore she saith, in Luke. 1. 48. For he hath regarded the Low Estate of his Hand-Maiden, It is not there Lowliness, as noting Humility, but the Low condition of his Hand-Maid, The Lord regarded the Lew condition of his Hand-Maid. Of purpose, to that end, to encourage those that are in a Low condition, that Christ should pass by all the Princesses, and Empresses in the World, and be willing to be born of a poor Maid, for she was not a Rich Maid, nor had great things, that appears by the offering that she made for Her Purification, in