A30598:207
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.
The Seventh lesson, Is the burden of a prosperous estate. Such a one that comes into Christ's School to be instructed in this Art, never comes to attain to any great skill in this Art until he comes to understand the burden that is in a prosperous estate.
The Seventh lesson, Is the burden of a prosperous estate. Such a one that comes into Christ's School to be instructed in this Art, never comes to attain to any great skill in this Art untill he comes to understand the burden that is in a prosperous estate.
Object. You will say, What burden is there in a prosperous estate.
Answ. Yes certainly a great burden, and there needs a great strength to bear it: as men had need of strong brains that can bear strong wine, so they had need of strong spirits that are able to bear prosperous conditions, and not to do themselves hurt; there's a fourfold burden in a prosperous estate. Many men and women look at the shine and glittering of prosperity, but they little think of the burden, but there's a fourfold burden.
Answ. Yes certainly a great burden, and there needs a great strength to bear it: as men had need of strong brains that can bear strong wine, so they had need of strong spirits that are able to bear prosperous conditions, and not to do themselves hurt; there's a fourfold burden in a prosperous estate. Many men and women look at the shine and glittering of prosperity, but they little think of the burden, but there's a fourfould burden.