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…

2. There is a burden of danger in it, men that are in a prosperous condition they are in a great deal of danger, you see some times in the evening when you light up your candles, the moths and gnats will be flying up and down in the candle, but they scorch their wings, and there they fall down dead, so there is a great deal of danger in a prosperous estate, those men that are set upon a Pinnacle on high, these men they are in greater danger then other men are. Honey we know doth invite Bees and Wasps unto it, and so the sweet of prosperity doth invite the Devil and temptation. Men that are in a prosperous estate are subject to many temptations that other men are not subject to. The Scripture calls the Devil Beelzebub, that is the God of flies, & so Beelzebub comes where the honey of prosperity is, they are in very great danger of temptations that are in a prosperous condition. The dangers of men that are in a prosperous estate that have more then others, should be considered of by those that are lower, think with thy self though they be above me, yet they are in more danger then I am, the tall trees are more shattered a great deal then low shrubs, so you know the ship that hath all the sails up, the top sail & all in a storm, this is in more danger then that that hath all the sails ⟨p. 87⟩drawn in: And so men that have their Top-gallant, and all up and brave they are more like to be drowned, drowned in perdition then other men are, and therefore you know what the Scripture saith, how hard it is that rich men should go into the Kingdom of Heaven, such a text should make poor people to Contented with their estates. We have a notable example for that in the Children of Kohath, you shall find that they were in a more excellent estate then the other of the Levites, but they were in more danger then the other, and more trouble.

2. There is a burden of danger in it, men that are in a prosperous condition they are in a great deal of danger, you see some times in the evening when you light up your candles, the mothes and gnats will be flying up and down in the candle, but they scorch their wings, and there they fall down dead, so there is a great deal of danger in a prosperous estate, those men that are set upon a Pinacle on high, these men they are in greater danger then other men are. Honey we know doth invite Bees and Wasps unto it, and so the sweet of prosperity doth invite the Devill and temptation. Men that are in a prosperous estate are subject to many temptations that other men are not subject to. The Scripture cals the Devill Beelzebub, that is the God of flies, & so Beelzebub comes where the honey of prosperity is, they are in very great danger of temptations that are in a prosperous condition. The dangers of men that are in a prosperous estate that have more then others, should be considered of by those that are lower, think with thy selfe though they be above me, yet they are in more danger then I am, the tal trees are more shattered a great deal then low shrubs, so you know the ship that hath al the sails up, the top sail & all in a storm, this is in more danger then that that hath al the sails