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…

First, that which we spoke to before, how a murmuring heart doth slight Gods mercies, so it is here, They despised the pleasant land: and that a murmuring heart is contrary to faith, they believed not his word but (saith the text) they murmured in their tents, and harkned not to the voice of the Lord, many men and women will hearken to the voice of their own base murmuring hearts, that will not hearken to the voice of the Lord; if you would hearken to the voice of the Lord there would not be such murmuring as there is: But mark what follows upon it, you may not think to please your selves in your murmuring discontentedness, and think that no evil shall come of it! Therefore he lifted up his hand against them to overthrow them, you that are discontented, you lift up your hearts against God, and you cause God to lift up his hand against you; perhaps God lays his finger upon you softly in some afflictions that are upon you, in your families or else where, and you cannot bear the hand of God that lies upon you as tenderly as a tender-hearted nurse that lays her hand upon the child, you cannot bear the tender hand of God that is upon you in a lesser affliction; it were •ust with God to lift up his hand against you in another manner of affliction; Oh a murmuring spirit provokes God exceedingly▪ There is another place in 16. of Num. compare the 41. verse, and the 46. ver. together, But on the morrow all the Congregation of the Children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, ye have killed the people of the Lord, and mark in the 46. verse, And Moses said unto Aaron, take a Censer and put fire therein, from off the Altar, and put on Incense, and go quickly unto ⟨p. 144⟩the Congregation and make an atonement for them, for there is wrath gone out from the Lord, the plague is begun; mark how Gods wrath is kindled:

First, that which we spoke to before, how a murmuring heart doth slight Gods mercies, so it is here, They despised the pleasant land: and that a murmuring heart is contrary to faith, they beleeved not his word but (saith the text) they murmured in their tents, and harkned not to the voice of the Lord, many men and women will hearken to the voice of their own base murmuring hearts, that will not hearken to the voice of the Lord; if you would harken to the voice of the Lord there would not be such murmuring as there is: But mark what follows upon it, you may not think to please your selves in your murmuring discontentednesse, and think that no evill shall come of it! Therefore he lifted up his hand against them to overthrow them, you that are discontented, you lift up your hearts against God, and you cause God to lift up his hand against you; perhaps God layes his finger upon you softly in some afflictions that are upon you, in your families or else where, and you cannot bear the hand of God that lies upon you as tenderly as a tender-hearted nurse that lays her hand upon the child, you cannot bear the tender hand of God that is upon you in a lesser affliction; it were ust with God to lift up his hand against you in another manner of affliction; Oh a murmuring spirit provokes God exceedingly There is another place in 16. of Num. compare the 41. verse, and the 46. ver. together, But on the morrow all the Congregation of the Children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, ye have killed the people of the Lord, and mark in the 46. verse, And Moses said unto Aaron, take a Censer and put fire therein, from off the Altar, and put on Incense, and go quickly unto