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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 8: SERMON, VIII. at Stepney. Sept. 21. 1645.
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.
Answ. Where did Christ teach us to pray, Lord give us provision for so long a time? no, but if we have bread for this day Christ would have us content: Therefore when we murmur because we have not so much variety as others have, we do (as it were) forget out Pater-noster; Its against our prayers, we do not in our lives hold forth the acknowledgement of the Sovereignty of God over us as we seem to acknowledge in our prayers; therefore when at any time you find your hearts murmuring then do but reflect upon your selves and think thus, Is this according to my prayers, wherein I held forth the Sovereign Power and Authority that God hath over me?
Answ. Where did Christ teach us to pray, Lord give us provision for so long a time? no, but if we have bread for this day Christ would have us content: Therefore when we murmur because we have not so much variety as others have, we do (as it were) forget out Pater-noster; Its against our prayers, we do not in our lives hold forth the acknowledgement of the Soveraignty of God over us as we seem to acknowledge in our prayers; therefore when at any time you find your hearts murmuring then do but reflect upon your selves and think thus, Is this according to my prayers, wherein I held forth the Soveraign Power and Authority that God hath over me?
The seventh thing that I add for the evil of discontentment, is, The woeful effects that comes to a discontented heart from murmuring. I'll name you five: There are five evil effects that comes from a murmuring spirit.
The seventh thing that I adde for the evil of discontentment, is, The woful effects that comes to a discontented heart from murmuring. I'le name you five: There are five evil effects that comes from a murmuring spirit.
1. By murmuring and discontent in your hearts, you come to lose a great deal of time; How many times do men and women when they are discontented let their thoughts run, and are musing and contriving through their present discontentedness; then let their discontented thoughts be working in them, for some hours together, and they spend their time in vain. When you are alone you should spend your time in holy meditation, but you are spending your time in discontented thoughts; you who complain that you cannot meditate, you cannot think on good things, but if you begin to think of them a little, presently your thoughts are off from them, but if you be discontented with any thing, then you can go alone. and muse and roll things up and down in your thoughts to feed a discontented humour: Oh labour to see this evil effect of murmuring, the losing of your time. 2. It doth unfit a man for duty: A man or woman that is in a contented frame, you may turn such a one to any thing at any time, he is fit for to go to God at any time; but when one is in a discontented condition, then a man or woman is exceeding