A30598:478
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 11 › Consideration 8: The Eighth Consideration.
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The Eighth Consideration.
A further consideration may be this, That before your conversion, before God wrought upon your souls, you were contented then with the world without grace, though you had no interest in God nor Christ, why cannot you now be contented with grace and Spiritual things without the world? If you your selves were content with the world without grace, there's reason you should be content with grace without the world? Certainly there's infinitely more reason. Yea, you see that many men of the world have a kind of contentment, do not murmur nor repine when the world comes though they have no interest in God and Christ. Then canst not thou have as much Contentment with God and Christ without the world, as they can with the world without God and Christ? This is infinite shame it should be so.
A further consideration may be this, That before your conversion, before God wrought upon your souls, you were contented then with the world without grace, though you had no interest in God nor Christ, why cannot you now be contented with grace and Spiritual things without the world? If you your selves were content with the world without grace, there's reason you should be content with grace without the world? Certainly there's infinitly more reason. Yea, you see that many men of the world have a kind of contentment, do not murmur nor repine when the world comes though they have no interest in God and Christ. Then can'st not thou have as much Contentment with God and Christ without the world, as they can with the world without God and Christ? This is infinite shame it should be so.