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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…
The rare jewel of Christian contentment. By Jeremiah Burroughs, preacher of the Gospel to two of the greatest congregations in England; viz. Stepney and Cripplegate, London.The rare jevvel of Christian contentment. By Jeremiah Burroughs, preacher of the Gospel to two of the greatest congregations in England; viz. Stepney and Criplegate, London.
London: printed for Peter Cole, 1648
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.
1 I would fain have such a thing, and then I could be content, but if I had it then it were but the Creature that did help to my Contentment, but now it's the Grace of God in my soul that makes me content, and surely it is better to be Content with the Grace of God in my soul, then with the enjoying of an outward comfort.
2. If I had such a thing indeed my estate might be better, but my soul would not be better, but by Contentment my soul is better, that would not be bettered by an estate, or lands, or friends; but Contentment makes my self to be better, and therefore Contentment is a better portion then the thing is that I would fain have to be my portion.
2. If I had such a thing indeed my estate might be better, but my soul would not be better, but by Contentment my soul is better, that would not be bettered by an estate, or lands, or friends; but Contentment makes my selfe to be better, and therefore Contentment is a better portion then the thing is that I would fain have to be my portion.
3. If I get Content by having my desire satisfied, that's but self-love, but when I am Contented with the hand of God, and am willing to be at his dispose, that comes from my love to God, in having my desire satisfied there I am contented through self love, but through the Grace of Contentment I come to be contented out of love to God, and is it not better to be contented from a principle of love to God, then from a principle of self-love?
3. If I get Content by having my desire satisfied, that's but selfe-love, but when I am Contented with the hand of God, and am willing to be at his dispose, that comes from my love to God, in having my desire satisfied there I am contented through selfe love, but through the Grace of Contentment I come to be contented out of love to God, and is it not better to be contented from a principle of love to God, then from a principle of selfe-love?