A30598:572
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. Reas. We are not able to make use of our own Graces, till we be quiet and still; If God have bestowed Graces when we are in a hurly-burly, we have no use of them at all; therefore ⟨p. 323⟩saith the text, Psalm, 4. Stand in awe, sin not, commune with your own hearts upon your beds, and be still: Commune with your own hearts: you have somewhat (perhaps) in your own hearts that may quiet you; commune with your own hearts, and be still; you are not fit to commune with your own hearts till you get them quiet; first be quiet, and then commune: (Oh! my brethren) A man or woman of a staid, sound, quiet, and still spirit, hath a mighty advantage of all passionate spirits; there are many of you, that are passionate at all other times, and that is the reason that in such great extremities, you are so overruled with passion; you are so over-ruled with your passion of anger at other times, and out of Gods just judgment, you are over-ruled with the passion of Fear now: But if at other times you would labour to keep in your spirits, God would help you now.
2. Reas. We are not able to make use of our own Graces, till we be quiet and still; If God have bestowed Graces when we are in a hurly-burly, we have no use of them at all; therefore ⟨p. 323⟩saith the text, Psalm, 4. Stand in awe, sin not, commune with your own hearts upon your beds, and be still: Commune with your own hearts: you have somewhat (perhaps) in your own hearts that may quiet you; commune with your own hearts, and be still; you are not fit to commune with your own hearts till you get them quiet; first be quiet, and then commune: (Oh! my brethren) A man or woman of a staid, sound, quiet, and still spirit, hath a mighty advantage of all passionate spirits; there are many of you, that are passionate at all other times, and that is the reason that in such great extremities, you are so overrul'd with passion; you are so over-rul'd with your passion of anger at other times, and out of Gods just judgment, you are over-rul'd with the passion of Fear now: But if at other times you would labour to keep in your spirits, God would help you now.