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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 10 › Plea 6: The Sixth PLEA.
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The Sixth PLEA.
Oh! but it is very great, mine affliction it is exceeding great, saith one, and however you say, we must be contented, it's true, you may say so that feel not such great afflictions, but if you felt my affliction that I feel, you would think it hard to bear and be content.
To that I answer, Let it be as great an affliction as it will, it is not so great as thy sin, He hath punished thee less than thy sins.
Secondly, It might have been a great deal more, thou mightest have been in Hell: And it is (as I remember) Bernards speech, saith he, It is an easier matter to be oppressed than perish. Thou mightest have been in Hell, and therefore the greatness of the thing should not make thee murmur, grant it be great.
Secondly, It might have been a great deal more, thou mightest have been in Hell: And it is (as I remember) Bernards speech, saith he, It is an eafier matter to be opprest than perish. Thou mightest have been in Hell, and therefore the greatness of the thing should not make thee murmure, grant it be great.