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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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Now the Third thing I would open in the description is this, It is an inward quiet, gracious [frame] of Spirit. It is a frame of Spirit, and then a gracious frame of Spirit. Contentment it is a Soul-business; First, It is inward; Secondly, ⟨p. 10⟩quiet; Thirdly, it is a quiet Frame of Spirit. [Frame] by that I mean these three things: There are three things considerable when I say, Contentment consists in the quiet frame of the spirit of a man.
First, That it is a grace that spreads it self through the whole soul: as thus, it is in the Judgment, that is, the judgment of the soul of a man or woman tends to quiet the heart; in my Judgment I am satisfied, that is one thing to be satisfied in ones understanding and judgment, as thus, this is the hand of God; and this is that that is suitable to my condition, or best for me: although I do not see the reason of the thing yet I am satisfied in my judgment about it.
First, That it is a grace that spreads it self through the whol soul: as thus, it is in the Judgment, that is, the judgment of the soul of a man or woman tends to quiet the heart; in my Judgment I am satisfied, that is one thing to be satisfied in ones understanding and judgment, as thus, this is the hand of God; and this is that that is sutable to my condition, or best for me: although I do not see the reason of the thing yet I am satisfied in my judgment about it.
And then, It is in the thoughts of a man or woman: As my judgment is satisfied, so my thoughts are kept in order.