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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.
This Evangelical truth is held forth sufficiently in Scripture; yet take one or two parallel places more for the confirmation of it. 1 Tim. 6.6, & 8. you have both the duty expressed, and the glory thereof: Having food and raiment (saith he vers. 8.) let us be therewith content, there is the duty; But godliness with Contentment is great gain, vers. 6. there is the glory and excellency of it: as if godliness were not gain except there were Contentment withal. The like exhortation you have in Heb. 13.5. Let your conversation be without Covetousness, and be content with such things as you have. I do not find any Apostle or Writer of Scripture treat so much of this spiritual mystery of Contentment as this our Apostle hath done throughout his Epistles.
This Evangelical truth is held forth sufficiently in Scripture; yet take one or two paralel places more for the confirmation of it. 1 Tim. 6.6, & 8. you have both the duty exprest, and the glory thereof: Having food and raiment (saith he vers. 8.) let us be therewith content, there is the duty; But godliness with Contentment is great gain, vers. 6. there is the glory and excellency of it: as if godlinesse were not gain except there were Contentment withal. The like exhortation you have in Heb. 13.5. Let your conversation be without Covetousness, and be content with such things as you have. I do not find any Apostle or Writer of Scripture treat so much of this spiritual mystery of Contentment as this our Apostle hath done throughout his Epistles.
For the clear opening and proving of this practical conclusion, I shall endeavour to demonstrate these four things;
For the cleer opening and proving of this practical conclusion, I shall indeavour to demonstrate these four things;