A30598:570
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.
I shall give some reasons of that part of the doctrine, that we are to stand still, and be quiet: for by our standing still, and our quieting our hearts in our straights,
1. Reas, We are fit to look to the Wisdom, Faithfulness, and Power of God; we are not able to see Gods Wisdom, Faithfulness, and Power, nor to make use of it, except we get our spirits to be quiet: first get them quiet, and then we can look up to God, Psalm, 46.10. Be still (saith the text) and know that I am God, there is a God in Heaven that can help and succour, in time of great straights and extremities, but for all this, people are in a hurly-burly, and their spirits are distempered, and they are wringing their hands, and crying, they cannot know that God is God, they can have no use of all the power and goodness, and faithfulness, and mercy of God. First get your hearts still and quiet in your Families, and in your own spirits, and then you shall know that God is God: God will not appear till first you be still.
1. Reas, We are fit to look to the Wisdom, Faithfulness, and Power of God; we are not able to see Gods Wisdom, Faithfulness, and Power, nor to make use of it, except we get our spirits to be quiet: first get them quiet, and then we can look up to God, Psalm, 46.10. Be still (saith the text) and know that I am God, there is a God in Heaven that can help and succour, in time of great straights and extremities, but for all this, people are in a hurly-burly, and their spirits are distemper'd, and they are wringing their hands, and crying, they cannot know that God is God, they can have no use of all the power and goodnesse, and faithfulnesse, and mercy of God. First get your hearts still and quiet in your Families, and in your own spirits, and then you shall know that God is God: God will not appear till first you be still.