A30598:564
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.
Secondly, Lay up encouraging experiences, that may help you against such times of fainting and trouble.
Use 2. But then, if it be so with the Saints and Gods own people, that when they are in straights, they are so ready to be troubled with distracting fears & cares, what shall become of the wicked and ungodly then? when they come in straights, how must their hearts sink in horror, because all their straights are no other, but the beginning of eternal straights? present sorrows making away to eternal sorrows, the way of their deliverance from present straights is, by being brought into greater straights: many women with child have strong pains in their child birth, yet when they think they shall be delivered, they have joy in stead of sorrow; but a woman that is with child, ⟨p. 321⟩and is only reprieved because she is with child, till she be delivered, though she have a great deal of trouble and pain before she be delivered, she desires not to be rid of it, because then she knows she shall come to greater, to be hanged, and if she could live seven years together and never be delivered, she could be content with the trouble, because when that is gone, greater comes: So wicked and ungodly men that are in great straights for the present, may well be content with them, because when they are gone, greater will come.
Ʋse 2. But then, if it be so with the Saints and Gods own people, that when they are in straights, they are so ready to be troubled with distracting fears & cares, what shal become of the wicked and ungodly then? when they come in straights, how must their hearts sink in horror, because all their straights are no other, but the beginning of eternal straights? present sorrows making away to eternal sorrows, the way of their deliverance from present straights is, by being brought into greater straights: many women with child have strong pains in their child birth, yet when they think they shall be delivered, they have joy in stead of sorrow; but a woman that is with child, ⟨p. 321⟩