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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
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Thirdly, Murmuring it's below the Spirit of a Christian. Below his Spirit, the Spirit of every Christian should be like the Spirit of his Father; every father loves to see his spirit in his child, loves to see his image, not his image of his body only, to say here's a child for all the world like the father, but he hath the Spirit of his father too: A father that is a man of Spirit loves to see his Spirit in his child, rather then the feature of his body; Oh the Lord that is our Father loves to see his Spirit in us: Great men loves to see great Spirits in their children, and the great God loves to see a great Spirit in his Children, we are one Spirit with God, and with Christ, and one Spirit with the Holy-Ghost therefore we should have a Spirit that might manifest the glory of the Father Son & Holy-Ghost in our Spirits; ⟨p. 130⟩that's the Spirit of a Christian indeed. The Spirit of a Christian should be a lion like Spirit, as Jesus Christ is the Lyon of the tribe of Judah, (so he is called) so we should manifest somewhat of the Lyon-like Spirit of Jesus Christ, he manifested his Lyon-like Spirit in passing through all afflictions and troubles whatsoever without any murmuring against God. When he came to drink that bitter cup, and even the dregs of it, he prayed indeed to God that if it were possible it might pass from him, but presently, not my will, but thy will be done: As soon as ever he did mention the passing of the cup from him, though it were the most dreadful cup that ever was drunk since the world began, yet at the mentioning of it, not my will but thy will be done; here Christ showed a Lyon-like Spirit in going through all kind of afflictions whatsoever without any murmuring against God in them; now a murmuring Spirit is a base dejected Spirit, cross and contrary to the Spirit of a Christian, and it's very base. I remember that the Heathens accounted it very base, Plutarch doth report of a certain people that did use to manifest their disdain to men that were overmuch dejected by any affliction, they did condemn them to this punishment;
Thirdly, Murmuring it's below the Spirit of a Christian. Below his Spirit, the Spirit of every Christian should be like the Spirit of his Father; every father loves to see his spirit in his child, loves to see his image, not his image of his body onely, to say here's a child for all the world like the father, but he hath the Spirit of his father too: A father that is a man of Spirit loves to see his Spirit in his child, rather then the feature of his body; Oh the Lord that is our Father loves to see his Spirit in us: Great men loves to see great Spirits in their children, and the great God loves to see a great Spirit in his Children, we are one Spirit with God, and with Christ, and one Spirit with the Holy-Ghost therefore we should have a Spirit that might manifest the glory of the Father Son & Holy-Ghost in our Spirits;