Four Books on the Eleventh of Matthew: Viz: Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest. Christ the great teacher of souls that come to him. To which is added a treatise of meekness and of anger. Christ the humble teacher of those that come to him. The only easie way to heaven. I.. II.. III.. IIII.

Jeremiah Burroughs

P. Cole, 1659 - Bible

Contents

• Chap s The Reaſons of the former Dorine 1: 1
• Farber to intercede for Sinners that come to him: 6
• The Burden under the Lao laid open in: 31
• their Conſciences will stand tbem in no ftead: 47
• Of the Burden of Corruption And that: 72
• The Burden of Coruption ſet forth in eight: 81
• In that our nature is oppoſite unto the very: 87
• Why the Saints feel theſe things ſo burden: 103
• in theſe words Come unto me Opened in five: 116
• Home Clarifi cals Sinners into bim: 124
• That there is nothing required of Simers: 130
• Often renedo the ait of coming come often: 143
• glory s taken away Secondly He is infinitly: 156
• The Dotrine ariſing from the dependance: 179
• Of the reſt promiſed by Chriſt in general: 186
• prevalent 92: 4
• ward affliions diſcovered in four Particulars more: 1
• Five Ruler to megken the Spirit of: 4
• Guilt foal never return woben it is once taken off 9: 9
• Treatiſe on Math 11: 11
• Beleevers muſt put on the Yoke of Chrift: 17
• Learners of Chriſt muſt ve humble: 144
• Sheweb out of 1 John 2 6 That Cbrift: 154
• Doc Cbrijtians muſt live of Chriſt lived: 160
• Dons conſtant in bis Obedience 9 He was faithful: 172
• What kind of Pattern Chriſt is opened: 188
• Ule 3 Follopo not the example of the world: 204
• the righteouſneſ of Chriſt 10 Such are ſure that: 218
• tively in five Points more: 228
• Use Of rebuke to thoſe that are of a froward: 258
• Further Confiderations of the excellency: 286
• 3: 359
• Tbe excellency of Meekneſ continued: 378
• wherein the impediments of it are remo: 388
• Divers orber Vair Pleus for immoderate: 403
• Thoſe that are of different judgments: 424
• Means of Meekneſ Prige u 2: 441
• The Dodrine of free Grace tendesh: 477
• C: 477
• 1: 477
• C: 505
• Three Conſequences from the former: 556
• Other Properties of Humility in refpet: 576
• The excellency of Humility in thirteen: 586
• and Explained: 633
• Sic Evidences of the former Dotrine: 641
• The Second Particular mentioned: 649
• miftakes the Yoke of Chriſt contenting himſelf witba: 702
• The Puke of Chriſt eafier than the Toke: 719
• The Yoke of Chriſt eaſier than tbe Yoke: 726
• Eight Conſequences from the former: 737
• NHAP Wherein Theres 1 Toe Depen: 750
• The Burden under fin laid open in nine: 758

Popular passages

Page 347 - And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.

Page 622 - But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.

Page 268 - And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

Page 92 - Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth...

Page 85 - But whereunto shall I liken this generation ? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, he hath a devil. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man gluttonous, and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

Page 210 - God hath chofen the foolifli things of the world, to confound the wife ; and God hath chofcn the weak things of the world, to confound the things which are mighty...

Bibliographic information

• Title: Four Books on the Eleventh of Matthew: Viz: Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest. Christ the great teacher of souls that come to him. To which is added a treatise of meekness and of anger. Christ the humble teacher of those that come to him. The only easie way to heaven. I.. II.. III ...
• Author: Jeremiah Burroughs
• Publisher: P. Cole, 1659
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jun 12, 2007