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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
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.
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 ⟨p. 308⟩hearts boil within them: but your hearts must be silent, you must cry to your heart, be silent there; my heart is now in a mutiny, and a great deal of stir, cry silence to your hearts, that your hearts and thoughts may be composed; that is the meaning of the word, that there should be a settled composed frame of spirit in the hearts of men and women, in the times of extremity: that is the first. Secondly,
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 giddinesse of spirit; and upproar 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. Psalme, 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 Citie all in a combustion, and in a tumult; there are many men and womens 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 publick exigencies) their tongues silent, but their