New Books of Mr. Jeremiah Burroughs, And New Books of Mr. Sydrach Simpfons.

THE THIRD BOOK Chrift the Humble Teacher of thofe that come to him.

Wherein.is fhewed..

THE FOURTH BOOK

The only Eafe way to Heaven.
Wherein is fhewed.

The way to Heaven that Iefus ■ What Humility or Lowlinefs is Chrift Teacheth, is an Eafie Not. 2 What that Lowliness of Evidences thereof. 2 The Difference way, fix Heart is that Chrift would have us to between the EASE a Carnal heart Learn of him. 3 Arguments from bath, and the EASE a gracious Soul the Lowliness of Chrift to work Low-hath in Religion 3 The Reason liness of spirit in us. 4 The proper-why fome gracious Souls complaine of ties of an humble heart towards God difficulty in Gods waies. 4 What it 5 The Properties of an Humble and is that Makes the waies of God fo Lowly heart in refpect of Our felves. Esfre. 5 Confequences from the6 The properties of humility in re-eafinefs of Gods waies. 6 Dire&ifpe&t of others. 1 It is fearful of ons how we may make the waits of giving or taking offence. a It gives God Eafic. due honor to all. 3 It is tender to others. 4 It's not needlesfly fingular from them. The Excellencies of Hemility. 8 Humility brings REST unto the Soul. 9 Means to get Humility.

Mr. Simpfons New Books. 1 Of Unbelief; Or the want of readiness to lay hold on the comfort given by Chrift.

2 Not going to Chrift for Life and Salvation is an exceeding great Sin, yet it is Pardonable,

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HAP. T The Scope of the Text. The Parafe of receiving Chrift, opened. Receiving denotes. 1. Palivenes

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Chap. 4. By this property of Faith, viz. to Receive, try whether your Faith be true or no. Objections answered. Chap. 5. Ufe 4. Then Beleevers ought to behave themselves as Receivers: And that in thefe Particulars: 1. In waiting continually upon Means and Ordinances. 2. In being bumble whatever they do receive. 3. In being comunicative. Ufe s. Confolation to all that have Faith. Chap. 6. How Faith Receives. 1. By an A&t of the Understanding. 2. By an Aut of the Will. Faith as it is an Aut of the Understanding doth feverall works. Firft, It doth the office of an Informer, and that in feverall Particulars. Chap. 7. Afecond Work of Faith as it is an Alt of the Understanding, viz. To perfwade the Soul to

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Chap 10. This Object. That Receiving of Christ is not an act of the Underftanding, for that may be in Hypocrites and Unregenerate Perfons, Answered.

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Chap. 11. Faith receives Chrift alfo as it is an act of the Will. And here it hath a fivefold att. 1. A plous affection. 2. An approving of the affent of the Understanding to the truth of the Promife. 3. Agiving up lt felf to Fefus Chrift. 4. A refting upon Jefus Chrift, S. An application to it felf of what is in Jefus Christ. Caution. Application. yo Chap. 12. Object. Faith be ing a Quality, and fo an Accident, can be but in one Subject, and therfore not both in the Understanding and the Wil. Antw. 1. Faith is one Aggregation. 2. That habit which is in one Faculty formally may be in divers by diffufion. Application. By this try whether you have true Famb or no. An Objection An fwered.

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Chap. 13. The temper of a man that hath Falth Can confidered under the notion of Receiving) doth dif cover it self in these particulars. I. He is dayly purging out corruptions, that there may be room to receive Fefus Chrift. Particularly. 1. Confidence in the Flesh. 2. Living by fenfe. II. He is much

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Chap. 16. Though Faith be fmall, yet it makes us the Sons of God. Chap. 17. Faith confidered in its loweft degree, I.. As in the Understanding: and fo it is. 1. Attention. 2. Inquiry. II. As in the Will: and fo, 1. It is accompanied with much fear. 2. It is carefull and folicitous, for the things of this Life..

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in the Understanding, or the Will. Chap. 19. How the life of Faith is faid to be mean. First, If compared with any other kind of living wel: 1. As compared with the life of Adam in innocency. 2. Compared with the life of Glory. Secondly, If Compared with any other kind of living by Faith. An Objection answered. Chap. 20. Application. The Reason why Belee. vers are tempted to Pride. Where there is true Faith, there is humility of Spirit: And that is manifefted in four Particulars. 1. In Modefty. 2. In a fenfe of its own Condition before Grace. 3. In an acknowledgment of all that is in a man to be from God. 4. In making a man wary and faithfull in the ufe of what he hath received. Chap. 21. Receiving denotes taking a thing with joy and gladnes of heart; and fo Faith is Receiving. An Object. answered. Chap. 22. Faith accompanied with joy and delight: and that. 1. As an Act of the Underftanding. 2. As an Act of the Will. Chap. 23. The Nature of true Faith in a willingneß to believe, appears in these Particulars. 1. In loving to bear the Doctrine of Faith. 2. In a defire and longing after Chrift. 3. In a bigh esteem of Jefus Chrift. 4. In fuffering it felf to be wrought up by God to Jefus Chrift. 5. In gladly parting with its confidence in any thing but Fefus Chrift. 6. In that its joy is full, when it comes to know that it hath by Faith received Jefus Chrift. Chap. 24. Reasons why the Soul must be willing to receive Jefus Chrift. 1. By this true Grace is diftinguished from that which is not true but only like to it. 2. By this the murmuring and corrupt difputing

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