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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.
WE proceed now. There are some two or three things more of the excellency of Contentment and then we are to proceed to Application of the point.
WE proceed now. There are some two or three things more of the excellency of Contentment and then we are to proceed to Applycation of the point.
The Eight excellency is, Contentment is a great blessing of God upon the Soul. There is Gods blessing upon those that are content, the blessing of God is upon them, and their estates, and upon all that they have. We read in Deut. of the blessing of Judah the principal Tribe; this is the blessing of Judah, And he said hear Lord the voice of Judah and bring him unto his people, let his hands be sufficient for him, and be thou an help to him from his enemies. Let his hand ⟨p. 116⟩be sufficient for him, that is, bring in a sufficiency of all good unto him that he may have of his own, that's the blessing of Judah. So when God gives thee a sufficiency of thine own, (as every contented man hath) there is the blessing of God upon thee, the blessing of the principle Tribe of Judah is upon thee. It is the Lord that gives us all things to enjoy, we may have the thing and yet not enjoy it except God comes in with his blessing now whatsoever thou hast thou dost enjoy it: Many men have estates and do not enjoy them, it's the blessing of God that gives us all things to enjoy, it is God that through his blessing, hath fashioned thy heart and made it suitable to thy condition.
The Eight excellency is, Contentment is a great blessing of God upon the Soul. There is Gods blessing upon those that are content, the blessing of God is upon them, and their estates, and upon all that they have. We reade in Deut. of the blessing of Judah the principal Tribe; this is the blessing of Judah, And he said hear Lord the voice of Judah and bring him unto his people, let his hands be sufficient for him, and be thou an help to him from his enemies. Let his hand ⟨p. 116⟩