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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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Of the behaviour of humility before God in ten Particulars. 1. It acknowledgeth the infinite distance between God and a sinner. 2. It hath a trembling Heart before God. 3. A Relenting Spirit. 4. It makes Gods will its Rule. 5. It is willing God should choose its condition. 6. It is willing God should be advanced in all his ways. 7. It admires the least mercy. 8. It is willing to be put in a mean and bard employment. 9. It is willing to wait upon God. 10. It is willing to do what it can to honour God.
Of the behavior of humility before God in ten Particulars. 1. It acknowledgeth the infinite distance between God and a sinner. 2. It hath a trembling Heart before God. 3. A Relenting Spirit. 4. It makes Gods will its Rule. 5. It is willing God should choose its condition. 6. It is willing God should be advanced in all his waies. 7. It admires the least mercy. 8. It is willing to be put in a mean and bard imployment. 9. It is willing to waite upon God. 10. It is willing to do what it can to honor God.
Now these two being laid as the ground of Humility, the proportion upon which an humble Soul goes. Let us come to the Particulars. It is that virtue whereby the Heart behaves it self, towards God, and it self, and others, according to the right low esteem that it hath of it self, and the sense of its own vileness. Having laid that first as the ground, The right low esteem of it self, and sense of its own vileness. Now let us come to open the behaviour of this humble Heart. You will say, it is a behaviour answerable to this: It is First, in respect of God: Secondly, It self: Thirdly, Others.
NOw these two being laid as the ground of Humility, the proportion upon which an humble Soul goes. Let us come to the Particulars. It is that vertue whereby the Heart behaves it self, towards God, and it self, and others, according to the right low esteem that it hath of it self, and the sence of its own vileness. Having laid that first as the ground, The right low esteem of it self, and sence of its own vileness. Now let us come to open the behavior of this humble Heart. You will say, it is a behavior answerable to this: It is First, in respect of God: Secondly, It self: Thirdly, Others.