A30598:544
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. Doct. That when God is in a way of mercy and salvation to his people, he doth many times bring them into great straights, even then when he is in a way of Salvation. 2. Doct. That in time of these great straights, even the people of God are subject to have their hearts to be overwhelmed with trouble, distracting fears, and to be disquieted. 3. Doct. That it is our duty to stand still, keep quiet, and look for Gods Salvation in the time of the greatest straights. 4. Doct. That the sight of Gods Salvation coming after straights, is a glorious sight to behold: Stand still, see the salvation of God. These are the 4. For the first then.
1. Doct. That when God is in a way of mercy and salvation to his people, he doth many times bring them into great straights, even then when he is in a way of Salvation. 2. Doct. That in time of these great straights, even the people of God are subject to have their hearts to be overwhelmed with trouble, distracting fears, and to be disquieted. 3. Doct. That it is our duty to stand still, keep quiet, and look for Gods Salvation in the time of the greatest straights. 4. Doct. That the sight of Gods Salvation coming after straights, is a glorious sight to behold: Stand still, see the savation of God. These are the 4. For the first then.
First, When God is in a way of salvation, yet he may and doth divers times bring his people into very great straits. Truly, this straight in the text is exceeding remarkable: but I'll show you further, how when God was about to save this people of Israel out of the Egyptian bondage, (which is the work God hath now to do with us to save us out of the Egyptian bondage that we were in, and that we were going further into,) after they were delivered from this straight, from Pharaoh and all his host; yet in the 15. Chap. you shall find, (the very next Chapter;) after they were come out of the Sea, they presently wanted water to drink, yea, the waters were bitter that they could not drink them (saith the text 15. vers.) The waters were bitter, they could not drink them, they were ready to perish for want of water: As soon as ever they were delivered out of that strait, mark the 16. Chap. they were in another as bad as that, there you shall find they want bread, and were ready to starve for hunger; in Chap. 16.2, 3. And all the Assembly were ready to be killed for hunger (the text saith:) well, Moses cries to God, and God delivered them out of that straight too: In the next Chap. they were in as great a straight too: They pitched at Rephidim, and there they had no water to drink again: I might go through the story, and show you in the wilderness, what great straights God put them in, and yet God was working salvation for them. When they come to possess the land, (because I will not go through the story the time will not permit) they have Jordan to pass over without any bridge, whether the