A30598:536
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.
6. There is an obediential stand-still; that is, for the hearts of men and women to stand still, to wait, to know further of Gods mind, what God revealeth, our hearts are willing to yield unto, and we will listen to hear what the mind of God further is, what God would have us to do; to stand still, to hearken to what the Lord would have us to do, with hearts resigned up to him, and resolved to walk accordingly to it; this is good, and that is somewhat of it, but that is not all.
6. There is an obediential stand-still; that is, for the hearts of men and women to stand still, to wait, to know further of Gods mind, what God revealeth, our hearts are willing to yeeld unto, and we will listen to hear what the mind of God further is, what God would have us to do; to stand still, to hearken to what the Lord would have us to do, with hearts resign'd up to him, and resolved to walk accordingly to it; this is good, and that is somewhat of it, but that is not all.
7. There is a stand-still out of faith; a believing standstill; and that is when (though in the greatest extremity) I having used what means I can for helping me, yet I see my self wrapped up in extremity, I will now exercise Faith. First,
7. There is a stand-still out of faith; a beleeving standstill; and that is when (though in the greatest extremity) I having used what means I can for helping me, yet I see my self wrapped up in extremity, I will now exercise Faith. First,
1. To quiet my heart; to get out of my spirit those distracting thoughts of that hurry and tumult that there is in the heart, and to get all silenced, all murmurings, all distractions, all giddiness of spirit; and uproar that many times is in the hearts of men and women in time of danger; so by faith I come to quiet these, and to get my heart to be still, to be still within me; Be still O my soul; and therefore the Scripture expresses the waiting upon God out of Faith by a word of silence, in the 62. Psalm, at the beginning, and verse 5. My soul waits upon God, it is silenced, so the Hebrew word signifies, it signifies a silence in God: there is many times in the hearts of men and women (when they apprehend any danger) a great deal of hurrying and noise in their hearts, all is in a combustion in their hearts; it is a grievous thing to see a City all in a combustion, and in a tumult; there are many men and women's hearts, in as great a tumult upon apprehension of danger, as many times a whole City is, there is a rising in their hearts, and a mighty noise there: Sometimes they keep (it may be in private and public exigencies) their tongues silent, but their