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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.
yet thus thou hast done, charge thy heart with this sin of rebellion, you that are guilty of this sin of murmuring you are this day by the Lord charged as being guilty of rebellion against him, and God expects that when you go home you should humble your souls before him for this sin, that you should charge your souls for being guilty of rebellion against God, many of you may say I never thought that I had bin a rebel against God before, I thought that I had many infirmities but now I see the Scripture speaks of sin in another manner then men do▪ the Scripture makes men (though but murmurers) to be Rebels against God▪ Oh this rebellious heart that I have against the Lord that hath manifested it's self in this way of murmuring against the Lord? That's a third particular in the evil of discontentment.
yet thus thou hast done, charge thy heart with this sin of rebellion, you that are guiltie of this sin of murmuring you are this day by the Lord charged as being guilty of rebellion against him, and God expects that when you go home you should humble your souls before him for this sin, that you should charge your souls for being guilty of rebellion against God, many of you may say I never thought that I had bin a rebel against God before, I thought that I had many infirmityes but now I see the Scripture speaks of sin in another manner then men doe▪ the Scripture makes men (though but murmurers) to be Rebels against God▪ Oh this rebellious heart that I have against the Lord that hath manifested it's selfe in this way of murmuring against the Lord? That's a third particular in the evill of discontentment.
A fourth particular in the evil of Discontentment, it is a wickedness that is exceeding contrary to Grace, and especially contrary to the work of God, in bringing of the soul home to himself▪ I know no distemper more opposite and contrary to the work of God in conversion of a sinner, then this is