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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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The first great lesson is, The lesson of Self-denial: and though it be a great and hard lesson; as you know a child at first cries, It's hard, It's that that I remember Bradford the Martyr saith, Whosoever hath not learned the Lesson of the Cross, hath not learned his ABC in Christianity. Here Christ begins with his Scholars, yea those in the lowest form must begin with this; if you mean to be Christians all, you must buckle to this or you ⟨p. 69⟩can never be Christians: There is none can be a Scholar except be doth learn his ABC: so thou must learn the lesson of self-denial or thou canst never come to be a Scholar in Christs School, to be learned in this Mystery of contentment: That is the first lesson that Christ teaches any soul: Oh self denial, that brings contentment, that brings down & softens a mans heart: a thing (you know) that is soft, if you strike upon it, it makes no noise, but if you strike upon a hard thing it makes a noise; so the hearts of men that are full of themselves, and hardened with self love, if they have any stroke they make a noise; but a self-denying Christian yields to Gods hand, and makes no noise; as when you strike upon a Wool-sack it makes no noise, because it yields to the stroke; so a self-denying heart yields to the stroke, and thereby comes to this contentment. Now in this lesson of self-denial there are divers things: I will not enter into the doctrine of self-denial, but only show you how Christ teaches self-denial, and how that brings Contentment.
The first great lesson is, The lesson of Self-denial: and though it be a great and hard lesson; as you know a childe at first cries, It's hard, It's that that I remember Bradford the Martyr saith, Whosoever hath not learned the Lesson of the Crosse, hath not learned his ABC in Christianity. Here Christ begins with his Scholars, yea those in the lowest form must begin with this; if you mean to be Christians all, you must buckle to this or you ⟨p. 69⟩can never be Christians: There is none can be a Scholar except be doth learn his ABC: so thou must learn the lesson of self-denial or thou canst never come to be a Scholar in Christs School, to be learned in this Mystery of contentment: That is the first lesson that Christ teaches any soul: Oh self denial, that brings contentment, that brings down & softens a mans heart: a thing (you know) that is soft, if you strike upon it, it makes no noise, but if you strike upon a hard thing it makes a noise; so the hearts of men that are full of themselves, and hardened with self love, if they have any stroke they make a noise; but a self-denying Christian yeilds to Gods hand, and makes no noise; as when you strike upon a Wool-sack it makes no noise, because it yeilds to the stroke; so a self-denying heart yeilds to the stroke, and thereby comes to this contentment. Now in this lesson of self-denial there are divers things: I will not enter into the doctrine of self-denial, but only shew you how Christ teaches self-denial, and how that brings Contentment.