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The rare jewel of Christian contentment Wherein is showedThe rare jewel of Christian contentment Wherein is shewed
The rare jewel of Christian contentment Wherein is showed; 1. What contentment is. 2. The holy art or mystery of it. 3. Several lessons that Christ teacheth, to work the heart to contentment. 4. The excellencies of it. 5. The evils of murmuring. 6. The aggravations of the sin of murmuring. By Jeremiah Burroughs. The first of the eleven volumes that are published by Thomas Goodwin, William Greenhil, Sydrach Simpson, Philip Nigh, William Bridge, John Yates, William Adderly.The rare jewel of Christian contentment Wherein is shewed; 1. What contentment is. 2. The holy art or mystery of it. 3. Several lessons that Christ teacheth, to work the heart to contentment. 4. The excellencies of it. 5. The evils of murmuring. 6. The aggravations of the sin of murmuring. By Jeremiah Burroughs. The first of the eleven volumes that are published by Thomas Goodwin, William Greenhil, Sydrach Sympson, Philip Nye, William Bridge, John Yates, William Adderly.
London: printed for Ben. Billingsley, 1666
THE RARE JEWEL OF CHRISTIAN CONTENTMENT. › Sermon 4: SERMON, IV. at Stepney. Aug. 17. 1645.
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He hath Contentment by realizing the glorious things of Heaven to him, he hath the Kingdom of Heaven as present, and the glory that is to come, by faith he makes it as present, So the Martyrs they had Contentment in their sufferings, for said some of them. Though we have but a hard breakfast, yet we shall have a good dinner, we shall presently be in Heaven, do but shut your eyes (saith one) and you shall be in Heaven presently. 2 Cor. 4.16. We faint not (saith the Apostle) Why? Because these light afflictions that are but for a moment, work for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. They see Heaven before them and that contents them. You Mariners when you can see the Haven before you, though you were mightily troubled before you could see any land, yet when you come nigh the shore and can see a land-mark, that contents you exceedingly; a godly man in the middest of the waves and storms that he meets withal, he can see the Glory of Heaven before him, and so contents himself; one drop of the sweetness of Heaven is enough to take away all the sour and bitter of all the afflictions in the world: Indeed here we know that one drop of sour, or one drop of gall will make bitter a great deal of honey, put a spoonful of Sugar into a cup of gall or wormwood, that will not sweeten it, but if you put a spoonful of gall into a cup of Sugar it will embitter that; now it's otherwise in Heaven, one drop of sweet will sweeten a great deal of sour affliction, but a great deal of sour and gall will not embitter a soul that sees the glory of Heaven that is to come: now a carnal heart hath no Contentment but from what he sees before him in this world, but a godly heart hath Contentment from that that he sees laid up for him in the highest Heavens.
He hath Contentment by reallizing the glorious things of Heaven to him, he hath the Kingdom of Heaven as present, and the glory that is to come, by faith he makes it as present, So the Martyrs they had Contentment in their sufferings, for said some of them. Though we have but a hard breakfast, yet we shall have a good dinner, we shall presently be in Heaven, do but shut your eyes (saith one) and you shall be in Heaven presently. 2 Cor. 4.16. We faint not (saith the Apostle) Why? Because these light afflictions that are but for a moment, work for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. They see Heaven before them and that contents them. You Mariners when you can see the Haven before you, though you were mightily troubled before you could see any land, yet when you come nigh the shore and can see a land-mark, that contents you exceedingly; a godly man in the middest of the waves and storms that he meets withall, he can see the Glory of Heaven before him, and so contents himself; one drop of the sweetness of Heaven is enough to take away all the sour and bitter of all the afflictions in the world: Indeed here we know that one drop of sour, or one drop of gall will make bitter a great deal of honey, put a spoonfull of Sugar into a cup of gall or wormwood, that will not sweeten it, but if you put a spoonful of gall into a cup of Sugar it will imbitter that; now it's otherwise in Heaven, one drop of sweet will sweeten a great deal of sour affliction, but a great deal of sour and gall will not imbitter a soul that sees the glory of Heaven that is to come: now a carnal heart hath no Contentment but from what he sees before him in this world, but a godly heart hath Contentment from that that he sees laid up for him in the highest Heavens.