A30598:490
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 › Direction 3: The Third Direction.
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.
The Third Direction.
Thirdly, Be sure of thy call to every business thou goest about, though it be in the lea•t business be sure of thy call to it: then whatever thou meetest withal thou mayest quiet thy heart with this, I know I am where God would have me, there's nothing in the world will quiet the heart so much as this; when I meet with any cross, I know I am where God would have me in my place and calling, I am about the work that God hath set me, Oh this will quiet and content thee when thou meetest with trouble: that that God calls a man to with that he may have comfort in whatsoever befalls him, God is to look to thee, and to see thee blest if thou beest in the work God calls thee to.
Thirdly, Be sure of thy call to every businesse thou goest about, though it be in the lea•t businesse be sure of thy call to it: then whatever thou meetest withal thou mayest quiet thy heart with this, I know I am where God would have me, there's nothing in the world will quiet the heart so much as this; when I meet with any cross, I know I am where God would have me in my place and calling, I am about the work that God hath set me, Oh this will quiet and content thee when thou meetest with trouble: that that God cals a man to with that he may have comfort in whatsoever befals him, God is to look to thee, and to see thee blest if thou beest in the work God cals thee to.