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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.
Doct. That to be well skilled in the mystery of Christian Contentment is the Duty, Glory, and Excellency of a Christian.
This Evangelical truth is held forth sufficiently in this Scripture; yet take one or two parallel places more for the confirmation of it. 1 Tim. 6. 6. & 8. you have both the duty expressed, and the glory thereof: Having food and raiment (saith he vers. 8.) let us be therewith content, there is the duty; But godliness with contentment is great gain, vers. 6. there is the glory and excellency of it: as if godliness were not gain except there were contentment withal. The like exhortation you have in Heb. 13. 5. Let your conversation be without Covetousness, and be content with such things as you have. I do not find any Apostle or Writer of Scripture treat so much of this spiritual mystery of Contentment as this our Apostle hath done throughout his Epistles.
This Evangelical truth is held forth sufficiently in this Scripture; yet take one or two paralel places more for the confirmation of it. 1 Tim. 6. 6. & 8. you have both the duty exprest, and the glory thereof: Having food and raiment (saith he vers. 8.) let us be therewith content, there is the duty; But godliness with contentment is great gain, vers. 6. there is the glory and excellency of it: as if godlinesse were not gain except there were contentment withall. The like exhortation you have in Heb. 13. 5. Let your conversation be without Covetousness, and be content with such things as you have. I do not find any Apostle or Writer of Scripture treat so much of this spiritual mystery of Contentment as this our Apostle hath done throughout his Epistles.