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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 RARE JEWEL OF CHRISTIAN CONTENTMENT.
SERMON, I. at Stepney. July 27. 1645.
PHIL. 4.11. For I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
HERE is a very seasonable Cordial to revive the drooping spirits of the Saints in these sad and sinking times: For the hour of temptation is already come upon all the world to try the Inhabitants of the earth; and in special, this is the day of Jacobs troubles in our own bowels.
Our great Apostle experimentally holds forth in this Gospel-Text, the very life and soul of all practical Divinity; wherein we may plainly read his own proficiency in Christs School; and what lesson every Christian that would evidence the power and growth of Godliness in his own soul, must necessarily learn from him.
Our great Apostle experimentally holds forth in this Gospel-Text, the very life and soul of all practical Divinity; wherein wee may plainly read his own proficiency in Christs School; and what lesson every Christian that would evidence the power and growth of Godliness in his own soul, must necessarily learn from him.