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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 1: SERMON, I. at Stepney. July 27. 1645.
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2 To an orderly making our moan and complaint to God, and to our friends. Though a Christian ought to be quiet under Gods correcting hand, yet he may without any breach of Christian ⟨p. 6⟩contentment complain to God; (as one of the Ancients saith) though not with a tumultuous clamour and shrieking out in a perplexed passion, yet in a quiet still submissive way he may unbosom his heart unto God. And likewise communicate his sad condition to his gracious friends, showing them how God hath dealt with him, and how heavy the affliction is upon him, that they may speak a word in due season to his wearied soul. It is not opposed,
2 To an orderly making our moan and complaint to God, and to our friends. Though a Christian ought to be quiet under Gods correcting hand, yet he may without any breach of Christian ⟨p. 6⟩contentment complain to God; (as one of the Antients saith) though not with a tumultuous clamour and skreeking out in a perplexed passion, yet in a quiet still submissive way hee may unbosome his heart unto God. And likewise communicate his sad condition to his gracious friends, shewing them how God hath dealt with him, and how heavy the affliction is upon him, that they may speak a word in due season to his wearied soul. It is not opposed,
To all lawful seeking out for help unto another condition, or simply endeavouring to be delivered out of the present affliction by the use of lawful means. No, I may say in provision for my deliverance and use Gods means, waiting on him, because I know not but that it may be his will to alter my condition, and so far as he leads me I may follow his providence, it is but my duty. God is thus far mercifully indulgent to our weakness, and he will not take it ill at our hands, if by earnest and importunate prayer we seek unto him for deliverance, till we know his good pleasure therein. And certainly thus seeking for help with such a submission and holy resignation of spirit, to be delivered when God will, and as God will, and how God will, so that our wills are melted into the will of God, this is no opposition to the quietness which God requires in a contented spirit.