A30598:287
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.
yet thus thou hast done, charge thy heart with this sin of rebellion, you that are guilty of this sin of murmuring you are this day by the Lord charged as being guilty of Rebellion against him, and God expects that when you go home you should humble your souls before him for this sin, that you should charge your souls for being guilty of rebellion against God, many of you may say, I never thought that I had been a Rebel against God before, I thought that I had many infirmities, but now I see the Scripture speaks of sin in another manner than men do, the Scripture makes men (though but murmurers) to be Rebels against God, Oh this rebellious heart that I have against the Lord that hath manifested it's self in this way of murmuring against the Lord? That's a Third particular in the evil of discontentment.
A Fourth particular in the evil of Discontentment, it is a wickedness that is exceeding contrary to Grace, and especially contrary to the work of God, in bringing of the soul home to himself; I know no distemper more opposite and contrary to the work of God in conversion of a sinner, than this is.
A Fourth particular in the evil of Discontentment, it is a wickedness that is exeeeding contrary to Grace, and especially contrary to the work of God, in bringing of the soul home to himself; I know no distemper more opposite and contrary to the work of God in conversion of a sinner, than this is.
Quest. What's the work of God when he brings a sinner home to himself?