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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 9: The Ninth PLEA.
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Thirdly, Thou art in a high calling, though thy outward calling be low in respect of men, yet in respect of God thou art in the same calling with the Angels in Heaven, and in some degree called to that that is higher, for the Scripture saith, that the Angels come to understand the Mystery of the Gospel by the Church; thou that art a Christian in that general calling of thine, thou art joined with Principalities and Powers, and with Angels, in the greatest work that God hath called any ⟨p. 178⟩creature to, and therefore let that comfort thee in this.
Thirdly, Thou art in a high calling, though thy outward calling be low in respect of men, yet in respect of God thou art in the same calling with the Angels in Heaven, and in some degree called to that that is higher, for the Scripture saith, that the Angels come to understand the Mystery of the Gospel by the Church; thou that art a Christian in that general calling of thine, thou art joyned with Principalities and Powers, and with Angels, in the greatest work that God hath called any ⟨p. 178⟩creature to, and therefore let that comfort thee in this.
Fourthly, Thy calling is low and mean, yet be not discontented with that, for thou hast a principle within thee (if thou beest a godly man or woman) of Grace that doth raise thy lowest actions to be higher in Gods esteem, than all the brave glorious actions that are done in the world; the principle of Faith doth it, for any man or woman to go on in obedience to God in a way of Faith, in the calling that God hath set them, (I say doing this through a principle of Faith) it doth raise this action, and make it a more glorious action than all the glorious victories of Alexander and Caesar, than all their Triumphs and glorious pomp that they had in all their Conquests, it was not so glorious as for thee to do the lowest action out of Faith. Or, as Luther speaks of a poor Milk-Maid, and yet being a believer, and doth it in faith, he compares that action to all the glorious actions of Caesar, and makes that a great deal more eminent and glorious in the eyes of God, therefore faith raises thy works that are but mean, raises them to be very glorious.