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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 be low in our mind, First the mind must be low before the Heart be low, in the judging of our selves, we must judg of our selves right before the heart can lie low, we must judg of our selves by the right rule, by no false rule, but by examining of our selves according unto the word, according to what the word of God doth reveal concerning us after Serious, Faithful, and strict examination of our selves, then follows the work of Humiliation a right judging of our selves first. A Heathen Philosopher being asked What is the hardest thing in the World? He answers. Noscere teipsum; to know thy self, the bravest thing in the World for a man to know himself, and indeed we that profess our selves to be Christians, we may find it by experience to be so, the hardest thing in the World to know our selves, The heart of man is deceitful above all things, and who can know it? The heart of man is, Grande profundum, a very great depth, there's not one of ten thousand that knows himself, there is a great Art, and Skill in being able to know ones self, and that is the reason that there is so little Humility in the World because we do not know our selves, every proud man is a Fool, a Fool in this, Because he knows not himself, he doth not give a right judgment of himself.
To be low in our mind, First the mind must be lovv before the Heart be lovv, in the judging of our selves, vve must judg of our selves right before the heart can lie lovv, vve must judg of our selves by the right rule, by no false rule, but by examining of our selves according unto the vvord, according to vvhat the vvord of God doth reveal concerning us after Serious, Faithfull, and strict examination of our selves, then follovvs the vvork of Humiliation a right judging of our selves first. A Heathen Phylosopher being ask'd What is the hardest thing in the World? He ansvvers. Noscere teipsum; to knovv thy self, the bravest thing in the World for a man to knovv himself, and indeed vve that profess our selves to be Christians, vve may find it by experience to be so, the hardest thing in the World to know our selves, The heart of man is deceitfull above all things, and who can know it? The heart of man is, Grande profundum, a very great depth, there's not one of ten thousand that knovvs himself, there is a great Art, and Skil in being able to know ones self, and that is the reason that there is so little Humility in the World because we do not knovv our selves, every proud man is a Fool, a Fool in this, Because he knovvs not himself, he doth not give a right judgment of himself.