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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, Upon this follows, That an humble heart in behaviour towards God, hath a trembling heart, walks with God in a trembling way, fears this great God that he hath such high thoughts of, & reverenceth before him. In Isai. 66. 4. There those two are put together, The poor Contrite Spirit, and one that trembles at his Word, Herein the Soul shows it self to be a poor, contrite, low Spirit, in that it trembles at any thing of God, at any manifestation of God, not in a slavish way, but in a reverential way, having this fear struck into him, because of the greatness of that God that I see so infinitely above me, and I see my self so low under this God, and this makes me fear before him, especially when he co•es into the presence of God, this makes him fear before him, through the apprehension of his own meanness. So Abraham, when he ⟨p. 525⟩speaks to God, Gen. 16. 27, 28. Dust and ashes hath begun to speak to thee, O Lord: This is the Reason of the reverential behaviour of the Saints of God in the presence of God; because of the fear of God: Whereas a proud heart is bold before the Lord, and presumptuous before the Lord, and stands it out against God, stands ou• against what is manifested in the Word, that might make him tremble, but the least word makes the humble heart to tremble. As we go along we may examine our Humility, whether your behaviour be the behaviour of an humble heart before God? Do you find this? That as heretofore your hearts were bold in the presence of God, you could walk in a daring way before God, now you can tremble at Gods word, tremble in his presence in a reverential way?
Secondly, Upon this follows, That an humble heart in behavior towards God, hath a trembling heart, walkes with God in a trembling way, fears this great God that he hath such high thoughts of, & reverenceth before him. In Isai. 66. 4. There those two are put together, The poor Contrite Spirit, and one that trembles at his Word, Herein the Soul shews it self to be a poor, contrite, low Spirit, in that it trembles at any thing of God, at any manifestation of God, not in a slavish way, but in a reverentiall way, having this fear struck into him, because of the greatness of that God that I see so infinitely above me, and I see my self so low under this God, and this makes me fear before him, especially when he coes into the presence of God, this makes him fear before him, throgh the apprehension of his own meanness. So Abraham, when he