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…

in the 41 verse, the congregation had murmured, and they murmured but against Moses and Aaron, (perhaps you murmur more directly against God) and that was against God in murmuring against Gods Ministers, it was against God but not so directly, but it may be the murmuring of your hearts is more directly against Gods dealings with you, if you murmur against those that God makes instruments, (because you have not every thing that you would have) as against the Parliament, or such and such that are public instruments, it's against God, it was but against Moses and Aaron that the Israelites murmured, and they said that Moses and Aaron had killed the people of the Lord, though it was the hand of God that was upon them for their former wickedness in murmuring. It is usual for wicked vile hearts to deal thus with God, that when Gods hand is a little upon them for to murmur again and again, and so to bring upon themselves even infinite kind of evils; but now the anger of God was quickly kindled, Oh saith Moses go take the Censer quickly for wrath is gone out from Jehovah, the plague is begun, so while you are murmuring in your families, the wrath of God may quickly go out against you, quickly, in a morning or evening, when you are murmuring, the wrath of God may come quickly out upon your families or persons, you are never so prepared for present wrath as when you are in a murmuring discontented fit, those that stand by and see you in a murmuring discontented fit, have cause to say Oh let us go and take the censer, let us go to prayer for we are afraid that wrath is gone out against this family, against this person: And it were a very good thing for thee that art a godly wife when you see your husband come home and fall to murmuring because things go not according to his desire, to go to prayer, and say Lord pardon the sin of my husband; and so for the husband to go to God in prayer falling down and beseeching of him that wrath may not come out against his family for the murmuring of his wife. And the truth is, at this day there hath been (at least lately) as much murmuring in England as ever was, ⟨p. 145⟩and even in this very particular the plague is begun, and this very judgment it doth come many times upon murmuring upon those that are so discontented in their families, & are always a grumbling and murmuring at any thing that falls out amiss.

in the 41 verse, the congregation had murmured, and they murmured but against Moses and Aaron, (perhaps you murmur more directly against God) and that was against God in murmuring against Gods Ministers, it was against God but not so directly, but it may be the murmuring of your hearts is more directly against Gods dealings with you, if you murmur against those that God makes instruments, (because you have not every thing that you would have) as against the Parliament, or such and such that are publique instruments, it's against God, it was but against Moses and Aaron that the Israelites murmured, and they said that Moses and Aaron had killed the people of the Lord, though it was the hand of God that was upon them for their former wickednesse in murmuring. It is usuall for wicked vile hearts to deal thus with God, that when Gods hand is a little upon them for to murmur again and again, and so to bring upon themselves even infinite kind of evills; but now the anger of God was quickly kindled, Oh saith Moses go take the Censer quickly for wrath is gone out from Jehovah, the plague is begun, so while you are murmuring in your families, the wrath of God may quickly goe out against you, quickly, in a morning or evening, when you are murmuring, the wrath of God may come quickly out upon your families or persons, you are never so prepared for present wrath as when you are in a murmuring discontented fit, those that stand by and see you in a murmuring discontented fit, have cause to say Oh let us go and take the censer, let us go to prayer for we are afraid that wrath is gone out against this family, against this person: And it were a verie good thing for thee that art a godly wife when you see your husband come home and fall to murmuring because things goe not according to his desire, to go to prayer, and say Lord pardon the sin of my husband; and so for the husband to go to God in prayer falling down and beseeching of him that wrath may not come out against his family for the murmuring of his wife. And the truth is, at this day there hath been (at least lately) as much murmuring in England as ever was,