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…

and there was no water for the people to drink, then in the second verse, Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, give us water that we may drink, and Moses said unto them why chide you with me, wherefore do you tempt the Lord? And in the third verse, And the people thirsted there for water, and the people murmured against Moses and said, Wherefore ⟨p. 150⟩is this, that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, and our Children, and our Cattle with thirst? So one time after another, still as soon as ever they had received the mercy then they were a little quieted, but they were not humbled. I bring these Scriptures for this to show, that if we have not been humbled for murmuring, the next cross that we meet withal we will fall to murmuring again.

and there was no water for the people to drinke, then in the second verse, Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, give us water that we may drink, and Moses said unto them why chide you with me, wherefore doe you tempt the Lord? And in the third verse, And the people thi•s•ed there for water, and the people murmured against Moses and said, Wherefore ⟨p. 150⟩is this, that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, and our Children, and our Cat•ell with thirst? So one time after another, still as soon as ever they had received the mercy then they were a little quieted, but they were not humbled. I bring these Scriptures for this to shew, that if we have not been humbled for murmuring, the next crosse that we meet withall we will fall to murmuring again.

And now there are divers aggravations of this sin of murmuring, Isle mention but one now, and I shall but begin that. The first Aggravation is this.

And now there are divers agravations of this sinne of murmuring, Ile mention but one now, and I shall but begin that. The first Agravation is this.