A30598:532
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 SAINTS DUTY IN TIMES OF EXTREMITY.THE SAINTS DVTY IN TIMES OF EXTREMITY.
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.
and certainly if it were Rebellion, our King would never have matched his Daughter unto the Son of such a Rebel; if it should be Rebellion merely to take up Arms to defend Religion, and to defend the Liberties of the Country that are according unto Laws; yea, we know further, that the King himself hath acknowledged our Brethren the Scots, to be loving subjects, to be his loyal subjects, do we more than they? do we more in our cause? nay, have we done so much in our cause, as they have done? how generally was it there in their Kingdom, and shall it be acknowledged they are loving subjects doing so much, and we be accounted Rebels? surely no man can plead, to stand still through ignorance upon that ground.
and certainly if it were Rebellion, our King would never have match'd his Daughter unto the Son of such a Rebel; if it should be Rebellion meerly to take up Arms to defend Religion, and to defend the Liberties of the Countrey that are according unto Laws; yea, we know further, that the King himself hath acknowledged our Brethren the Scots, to be loving subjects, to be his loyal subjects, do we more than they? do we more in our cause? nay, have we done so much in our cause, as they have done? how generally was it there in their Kingdom, and shall it be acknowledged they are loving subjects doing so much, and we be accounted Rebels? surely no man can plead, to stand still through ignorance upon that ground.
3. There is a third stand-still, and the truth is, though it be not through Ignorance, it is though a worse principle, and that is of Neutralizing; that is, when men though they are informed well enough, yet they stand still to see which will be the strongest side, and are loth to appear yet, they know not which side will most prevail, but they have such a principle in their spirits, to go to the strongest side, which way soever it be, only they will stand still till it appear: My brethren, certainly we can admit of no Neuters in these times; the times ⟨p. 306⟩are grown to a greater height, than that any should be admitted as a Neuter, either for us or against us; whatsoever is not for us at this time, now coming to this straight, may well be concluded to be against us.