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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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3 To all lawful seeking out for help in another condition, or simply endeavouring to be delivered out of the present affliction by the use of lawful means. No, I may lay in provision for my deliverance, and use Gods means, waiting on him because I know not but that it may be his will to alter my condition, and so far as he leads me I may follow his providence, it is but my duty. God is thus far mercifully indulgent to our weakness, and he will not take it ill at our hands if by earnest and importunate prayer we seek unto him for deliverance, till we know his good pleasure therein. And certainly thus seeking for help with such a submission and holy resignation of spirit, to be delivered when God will, and as God will, and how God will, so that our wills are melted into the will of God, this is no opposition to the quietness which God requires in a contented spirit.
3 To all lawful seeking out for help in another condition, or simply endeavouring to be delivered out of the present affliction by the use of lawful means. No, I may lay in provision for my deliverance, and use Gods means, waiting on him because I know not but that it may be his will to alter my condition, and so far as he leads me I may follow his providence, it is but my duty. God is thus far mercifully indulgent to our weaknesse, and he will not take it ill at our hands if by earnest and importunat prayer we seek unto him for deliverance, till we know his good pleasure therein. And certainly thus seeking for help with such a submission and holy resignation of spirit, to be delivered when God will, and as God will, and how God will, so that our wils are melted into the will of God, this is no opposition to the quietnesse which God requires in a contented spirit.
Quest. But then, what is this quietness of spirit opposed unto?
Quest. But then, what is this quietnesse of spirit opposed unto?