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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 7: SERMON, VII. at Stepney. Sept. 7. 1645.
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SERMON, VII. at Stepney. Sept. 7. 1645.
PHIL. 4.11. For I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
WE proceed now. There are some two or three things more of the excellency of Contentment, and then we are to proceed to Application of the Point.
The eight Excellency is, Contentment is a great blessing of God upon the soul. There is Gods blessing upon those that are content, the blessing of God is upon them, and their estates, and upon all that they have. We read in Deut. of the blessing of Judah the principle Tribe; this is the blessing of Judah, And he said, hear Lord the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people, let his hands be sufficient for him, and be thou an help to him from his enemies. Let his hand ⟨p. 114⟩[…] ⟨p. 115⟩[…] ⟨p. 116⟩