The rare jewel of Christian contentment. By Jeremiah Burroughs, preacher of the Gospel to…The rare jevvel of Christian contentment. By Jeremiah Burroughs, preacher of the Gospel to…

Ans. First, this is the Answer I would give, the promises of outward deliverances that were made to the people of God in the time of the law, were to be understood then a great deal more literally, & fulfilled more literally then in the times of the gospel, God makes it up otherwise with as much mercy, though God made a covenant of grace & eternal life in Christ with them, yet I think there was another Covenant too▪ that God speaks of as a distinct covenant for outward things, to deal with his people by according to their ways, either in outward prosperity, or in outward afflictions, more then now, in a more punctual, set way, then in the times of the gospel; and therefore when the Children of Israel did but sin against God, they were sure to have public judgments to come upon them, and if they did well▪ always public mercies; the general constant way of God was to deal with the people of the Jews according as they did well or ill, (in an ordinary way), with outward judgments, and outward mercies: but it's not so now in these ⟨p. 55⟩times of the gospel; we cannot bring such a certain conclusion, that if God did deal so severely with men by such and such afflictions that he will deal so with them now: and so; that they shall have outward prosperity as they had then, therefore that's the first thing, for the understanding of this, and all other texts of that kind

Ans. First, this is the Answer I would give, the promises of outward deliverāces that were made to the people of God in the time of the law, were to be understood then a great deal more litterally, & fulfilled more litterally thē in the times of the gospel, God makes it up otherwise with as much mercy, though God made a covenant of grace & eternal life in Christ with them, yet I think there was another Covenant too▪ that God speaks of as a distinct covenant for outward things, to deal with his people by according to their waies, either in outward prosperity, or in outward afflictions, more then now, in a more punctuall, set way, then in the times of the gospel; and therefore when the Children of Israel did but sin against God, they were sure to have publique judgments to come upon them, and if they did well▪ alwaies publique mercies; the generall constant way of God was to deal with the people of the Jews acording as they did well or ill, (in an ordinary way), with outward judgments, and outward mercyes: but it's not so now in these