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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 › Direction 12: The Twelfth DIRECTION.
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My brethren, to conclude all for this point, If I could tell you that I knew how to show you a way never to be in want of any thing, I make no question but then we should have much flocking to such a Sermon, when a man should undertake to ⟨p. 207⟩manifest to people that they should never be in want any more, but I have been now preaching unto you, that that comes to as much, that which countervails this, that which is in effect all one. Is it not almost all one, never to be in want, or never to be without Contentment? that man or woman that is never without a contented spirit, truly, can never be said to want much; Oh! the Word holds forth a way full of comfort and peace to the people of God even in this world, you may live happy lives in the midst of all the storms and tempests in the world, there is an Ark that you may come into, and no men in the world may live such comfortable, cheerful, and contented lives as the Saints of God: Oh that we had learned this Lesson: I have been many Sermons about this Lesson of Contentment, but I am afraid that you will be longer in learning of it, than I have been preaching of it; it is a harder thing to learn it than it is to speak or preach it. (I remember) I have read of one man reading of that place in the 39. Psal. I will take heed that I offend not with my tongue: saith be, I have been this 38. years a learning this lesson, and have not learned it throughly. The truth is, there are many (I am afraid) that have been professors near eight and thirty years, have hardly learnt this lesson; it were a good lesson for young Professors to begin to learn this betimes. But now, this lesson of Christian Contentment it is as hard, and perhaps you may be many years in learning it: I am afraid there be some Christians that have not yet learned, Not to offend grossly with their tongues: The Scripture saith, All a mans Religion is vain, if he cannot bridle his tongue; therefore, those that make any profession of godliness, one would think they should quickly learn this lesson, such a lesson that except learned, it makes all their Religion vain: But for this Lesson of Christian Contentment, it may take up more time to learn, and there's many that are learning it all the days of their lives, and yet are not Proficients;
My brethren, to conclude all for this point, If I could tell you that I knew how to shew you a way never to be in want of any thing, I make no question but then we should have much flocking to such a Sermon, when a man should undertake to ⟨p. 207⟩