A30598:560
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.
Reas. 2. Because there is a great deal of guilt rests in the best, and that will make any one afraid; where there is much guiltiness in their hearts, it is exceeding troublesome to the soul.
Reas. 3. Because they are too to confident in the flesh, they are too to confident in themselves, Thence it is that God withdraws himself from them; and at what time they are afraid, they cannot trust in God, as David (it is an admirable sweet text) professes of himself, That at what time he was afraid, he would trust in God: There is many a man that for the present thinks he can trust in God, but he cannot do it at that time when he is afraid: Psal. 56.3. What time I am afraid, I will trust in the Lord. When your passion comes, then you make no use of your faith, to trust in God: As now, many a man or woman can be meek & ⟨p. 320⟩quiet, till they have a temptation, but when your passion is up, can you be meek then? and rise then, and beat it down with the contrary grace? So when the passion of your fears and troubles come up, can you then trust in God? I, that is somewhat like; but because we trust so much in our selves, therefore when the time cometh we should trust in God, God withdraws himself from us, and we are most afraid.
Reas. 3. Because they are too to confident in the flesh, they are too to confident in themselves, Thence it is that God withdraws himself from them; and at what time they are afraid, they cannot trust in God, as David (it is an admirable sweet text) professes of himself, That at what time he was afraid, he would trust in God: There is many a man that for the present thinks he can trust in God, but he cannot do it at that time when he is afraid: Psal. 56.3. What time I am afraid, I will trust in the Lord. When your passion comes, then you make no use of your faith, to trust in God: As now, many a man or woman can be meek & ⟨p. 320⟩