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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
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.
The CONTENTS.
SERMON I. The Words opened Page 2 Doctrine. To be well skilled in the Mystery of Christian Contentment, is the duty, glory, and excellency of a Christian Page 3 Christian Contentment described. Page 4 1 It is Inward ibid. 2 It is quiet, which is not opposed 1 To sense of affliction Page 5 2 To complaint to God or man ibid. 3 To lawful seeking of help Page 6 But it is opposed 1 To Murmuring ibid 2 To fretting and vexing ib. 3 To tumult of spirit ib. 4 To insettledness of spirit Page 7 5 To distracting cares and fears ibid. 6 To sinking discouragement ibid. 7 To sinful shifting Page 8 8 To rising of the Heart against God Page 9 3 It is a frame of spirit 1 It is spread through the whole Soul Page 10 2 It is a frame of soul Page 11 3 It is a habitual frame Page 13 4 It is a gracious frame opposed 1 To natural stillness ib. 2 To sturdy resolutions ib. 3 To strength of natural reason Page 14 5 It is a frame of spirit, freely submitting 1 The heart is readily brought over Page 25 2 It is not by constraint Page 16 3 It is not out of stupidity Page 17 6 Freely submitting ib. 7 Taking Complacency in Gods dispose ib. 8 In Gods dispose Page 19 In every condition Page 20
SERMON I. THe Words opened Page 2 Doctrine. To be well skil'd in the Mystery of Christian Contentment, is the duty, glory, and excellency of a Christian Page 3 Christian Contentment described. Page 4 1 It is Inward ibid. 2 It is quiet, which is not opposed 1 To sense of affliction Page 5 2 To complaint to God or man ibid. 3 To lawful seeking of help Page 6 But it is opposed 1 To Murmuring ibid 2 To fretting and vexing ib. 3 To tumult of spirit ib. 4 To insettledness of spirit Page 7 5 To distracting cares and fears ibid. 6 To sinking discouragement ibid. 7 To sinful shifting Page 8 8 To rising of the Heart against God Page 9 3 It is a frame of spirit 1 It is spred through the whole Soul Page 10 2 It is a frame of soul Page 11 3 It is a habitual frame Page 13 4 It is a gracious frame opposed 1 To natural stilness ib. 2 To sturdy resolutions ib. 3 To strength of natural reason Page 14 5 It is a frame of spirit, freely submitting 1 The heart is readily brought over Page 25 2 It is not by constraint Page 16 3 It is not out of stupidity Page 17 6 Freely submitting ib. 7 Taking Complacency in Gods dispose ib. 8 In Gods dispose Page 19 In every condition Page 20