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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
THE RARE JEWEL OF CHRISTIAN Contentment. › Sermon 9 › Part 2: The Second Plea.
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But will a discontented heart say, I am not so much troubled with my afflictions, but it is for my sin rather than my affliction, and I hope you will give leave that we should be troubled and discontented with our sin, and were it not for sin that I see in my self I should not be so discontented as I am, Oh! it is sin that is heavy upon me, and it's that that troubles me more than my afflictions.
But wil a discontented heart say, I am not so much troubled with my afflictions, but it is for my sin rather than my affliction, and I hope you wil give leave that we should be troubled and discontented with our sin, and were it not for sin that I see in my self I should not be so discontented as I am, Oh! it is sin that is heavy upon me, and it's that that troubles me more than my afflictions.
Deceive not thine own heart, there is a very great deceit in this, there's many people that when Gods hand is out against them they will say, they are troubled for their sin, but the truth is, it's the affliction that doth trouble them rather than their sin, their heart doth exceedingly deceive them in this very thing: For,
First, They were never troubled for their sin before this Affliction came; but you will say, It's true, I was not before, for my prosperity blinded me, but now God hath opened mine eyes by afflictions: Hath he so?