A30598:212
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.
First, That the Children of Kohath were in a higher condition than other of the Levites, that I'll show you out of the fourth of Numb. 4. vers. there you shall find what their condition was. This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tabernacle of the Congregation about the most holy things. Mark, the Levites were exercised about holy things; but the sons of Kohath, their service was about the most holy things of all: and you shall find in the 21. of Joshua, vers. 10. That God did honour the sons of Kohath in a more special manner than he did honour the other Levites, which honour the Children of Aaron (being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the Children of Levi) had, for theirs was the first lot, and they were preferred before the other families of Levi, those that were employed in the most honourable employment, they had the most honourable Lot, the first Lot fell to them: thus you see God honoured the Children of the Kohathites. But (might other Levites say) how hath God preferred this family before us? They were honoured more than the other were: But now, mark their burden that comes in with their honour, and that I'll show you out of two Scriptures, the first is, Numb. 7.6, 7, 8, 9. And Moses took the Wagons and the Oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. Two wagons and four oxen be gave unto the sons of Gershom, according to their service: and four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamer the son of Aaron the Priest. But saith he in the 9. vers. Unto the sons of Kohath he gave none; because the service of the Sanctuary that belonged unto them, was, that they should bear upon their shoulders. Mark, the other Levites had oxen, and wagons given to them, to ease them of their service: but (saith he) to the sons of Kohath he gave none, ⟨p. 88⟩but they should bear their service upon their shoulders; and that's the reason why God was so displeased, because that they would have more ease in Gods service than God would have them, for whereas they should carry it upon their shoulders, they would carry it upon a cart: Mark here, you see the first burden that they had, beyond what the other Levites had.
First, That the Children of Kohath were in a higher condition than other of the Levites, that I'le shew you out of the fourth of