A30598:162
The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
The rare jewel of Christian contentment wherein is showed, I. What contentment is, II. The holy art or mystery of it, III. Several lessons that Christ teacheth, to work the heart to contentment, IV. The excellencies of it, V. The evils of murmuring, VII. The aggravations of the sin of murmuring / by Jeremiah Burroughs.The rare jewel of Christian contentment wherein is shewed, I. What contentment is, II. The holy art or mystery of it, III. Several lessons that Christ teacheth, to work the heart to contentment, IV. The excellencies of it, V. The evils of murmuring, VII. The aggravations of the sin of murmuring / by Jeremiah Burroughs.
London: printed for Peter Cole, 1649
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
not that he doth not live upon God (I mean not so) but upon that that he hath of God within himself, that he can live upon, although he doth not enjoy the comforts that are without himself, that's it which I mean, and those that are godly and keep close to God in their Communion with him, they understand what I mean by this, that a Christian hath supply of all his wants within himself; and here you may see that the spirit of a Christian is a precious spirit, a godly spirit is precious, why? because it hath enough to make him happy within himself.
not that he doth not live upon God (I mean not so) but upon that that he hath of God within himselfe, that he can live upon, although he doth not enjoy the comforts that are without himselfe, thats it which I mean, and those that are godly and keep close to God in their Communion with him, they understand what I mean by this, that a Christian hath supply of all his wants within himselfe; and here you may see that the spirit of a Christian is a precious spirit, a godly spirit is precious, why? because it hath enough to make him happy within himself.
The next thing that the Mystery of Contentment consists in is this, That a gracious heart fetches supply of all from the Covenant and so comes to have Contentment; which is a dry thing to a carnal spirit: Now there are two things here.
First, he fetches Contentment from the Covenant in general, that is from the great Covenant that God hath made with him in Christ.