A30598:78
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
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.
The Fifth is [Freely] freely submitting to, and taking complacency in Gods dispose, it is a free work of the spirit: now there are four things to be opened in this freedom of spirit.
The Fift is [Freely] freely submitting to, and taking complacency in Gods dispose, it is a free work of the spirit: now there are four things to be opened in this freedom of spirit.
First, that the heart is readily brought over, that that one doth freely there is no great stir to bring them to it; there are many men and women when their afflictions are grievous upon them, with much ado they are brought to be contented, a great deal of stir there is to quiet their hearts when they are under affliction, yet at last perhaps they are brought to it, I but now this doth not come off freely: if I desire a thing of another and I get it perhaps with much ado, and a great deal of stir there is, but here's no freedom of spirit; but when a man is free in a thing do but mention it and presently he comes off to ⟨p. 16⟩it. So if you have learned this art of Contentment, you will not only be contented after a great deal of do to quiet your hearts, but readily as soon as ever you do come to think that it is the hand of God, your heart presently closeth.
First, that the heart is readily brought over, that that one doth freely there is no great stir to bring them to it; there are many men and women when their afflictions are grievous upon them, with much adoe they are brought to be contented, a great deal of stir there is to quiet their hearts when they are under affliction, yet at last perhaps they are brought to it, I but now this doth not come off freely: if I desire a thing of another and I get it perhaps with much adoe, and a great deal of stir there is, but here's no freedom of spirit; but when a man is free in a thing do but mention it and presently he comes off to ⟨p. 16⟩it. So if you have learned this art of Contentment, you will not only be contented after a great deal of do to quiet your hearts, but readily as soon as ever you do come to think that it is the hand of God, your heart presently closeth.