A30598:539
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.
2. When it is out of Faith, there should be a keeping our stations till God calls us out; not to run up and down this way and that way, and to think of nothing but of shifting courses, to shift for our selves: As in time of danger (I verily believe) if we could look into the thoughts of many men and women, they scarce have any thought but merely of shifting their place or house; they think to shift for themselves: Now we should not busy our thoughts so much about shifting, as about quieting our hearts in believing: For (my brethren) in times of extremity of danger, God calleth for Courage more than discretion; though it's true, Discretion is not excluded, yet that is not that explicit and special work that is called for in times of danger; I mean discretion to shift for your selves; but discretion so far as may improve courage: the main work that God now calls for at this time, it is Courage and Discretion, and Prudence only so far as to manage Courage, and to drive it on further, and to improve it, not to abate it, that is not the Discretion certainly that now is called for, but to keep our station.
2. When it is out of Faith, there should be a keeping our stations till God cals us out; not to run up and down this way and that way, and to think of nothing but of shifting courses, to shift for our selves: As in time of danger (I verily beleeve) if we could look into the thoughts of many men and women, they scarce have any thought but meerly of shifting their place or house; they think to shift for themselves: Now we should not busie our thoughts so much about shifting, as about quieting our hearts in beleeving: For (my brethren) in times of extremity of danger, God calleth for Courage more than discretion; though it's true, Discretion is not excluded, yet that is not that explicite and special work that is called for in times of danger; I mean discretion to shift for your selves; but discretion so far as may improve courage: the main work that God now cals for at this time, it is Courage and Discretion, and Prudence only so far as to mannage Courage, and to drive it on further, and to improve it, not to abate it, that is not the Discretion certainly that now is called for, but to keep our station.
Quest. But you will say, In time of danger may we not fly? must men keep their stations? is it not lawful to avoid danger and to fly? Then we shall accuse many of our brethren, that heretofore have fled in time of danger.