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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77994	The rare jevvel of Christian contentment. By Jeremiah Burroughs, preacher of the Gospel to two of the greatest congregations in England; viz. Stepney and Criplegate, London.	Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646.; Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680.	1648 (1648)	Wing B6102; Thomason E424_1; Thomason E424_2; ESTC R204543	184,029	231

world like the father but he hath the Spirit of his father too A father that is a man of Spirit loves to see his Spirit in his child rather then the feature of his body Oh the Lord that is our Father loves to see his Spirit in us Great men loves to see great Spirits in their children and the great God loves to see a great Spirit in his Children we are one Spirit with God and with Christ and one Spirit with the Holy-Ghost therefore we should have a Spirit that might manifest the glory of the Father Son Holy-Ghost in our Spirits that 's the Spirit of a Christian indeed The Spirit of a Christian should be a lyon like Spirit as Jesus Christ is the Lyon of the tribe of Judah so he is calld so we should manifest somewhat of the Lyon-like Spirit of Jesus Christ he manifested his Lyon-like Spirit in passing through all afflictions and troubles whatsoever without any murmuring against God When he came to drink that bitter cup and even the dregs of it he prayed indeed to God that if it were possible it might passe from him but presently not my will but thy will be done As soone as ever he did mention the passing of the cup from him though it were the most dreadfull cup that ever was drunke since the world began yet at the mentioning of it not my will but thy will be done here Christ shewed a Lyon-like Spirit in going through al kind of afflictions whatsoever without any murmuring against God in them now a murmuring Spirit is a base dejected Spirit crosse and contrary to the Spirit of a Christian and it 's very base I remember that the Heathens accouned it very base Plutarch doth report of a certaine people that did use to manifest their disdaine to men that were overmuch dejected by any affliction they did condemne them to this punishment to wear womens cloaths all their dayes or such a space of time at least they should go in womans cloths in token of shame and disgrace to them because they have such effeminate spirits they thought it against a manlike Spirit and therefore seeing they did un-man themselves they should go as women now shall they account it an unmanlike Spirit to be overmuch dejected in afflictions and shall not a Christian account it an unchristian like Spirit to be overmuch dejected by any affliction whatsoever I remember another compares murmuring Spirits to children when they are weaning what a deal of stir have you with your children when you wean them how froward and vexing are they So when God would wean thee from some outward comforts in this world Oh how fretting and discontented art thou Children will not sleep themselves nor let their mothers sleep when they are weaning and so when God would wean us from the world and we fret vex and murmure this is a childish spirit Fourthly It 's below the profession of a Christian The profession of a Christian what 's that A Christians profession is to be dead to the world and and to be alive to God that 's his profession to have his life to be hid with Christ in God to satisfie himselfe in God what is this thy profession and yet if thou hast not every thing that thou wouldest have to murmure and be discontent thou doest in that even deny thy profession Fiftly It is below that special Grace of faith faith is that that doth overcome the world it is that that makes all the promises of God to be ours now when thou tookest upon thee the profession of Religion did God ever promise thee that thou shouldest live at ease and quiet and have no trouble I remember Austine hath such an expression what is this thy faith what did I ever promise thee saith he that thou shouldest ever flourish in the world art thou a Christian to that end and is this thy faith I never made any such promise to thee when thou tookest upon thee to be a Christian Oh it 's mighty contrary to thy profession thou hast never a promise for this that thou shouldest not have such an affliction upon thee And a Christian should live by his faith it is said that the just doth live by faith now thou shouldest not look after any other life but the life that thou hast by faith now thou hast no ground for thy faith to beleeve that thou shouldest be delivered out of such an affliction and then why shouldest thou account it such a great evill to be under such an affliction Certainly that good that we have in the ground for our faith it is enough to content our hearts here and to all eternity A Christian should be satisfied with that that God hath made to be the object of his faith the object of his faith is high enough to satisfie his soul were it capeable of a thousand times more then it is Now if thou mayest have the object of thy faith full thou hast enough to content thy soul And know that when thou art discontented for want of such and such comforts if thou wouldest but think thus God did never promise me that I should have these comforts and at this time and in such a way as I would have but I am discontented because I have not these which God did never yet promise me and therefore I sin much against the Gospel and against the grace of faith There is yet another thing It 's below the hopes of Christians Oh! the most glorious things that the Saints hope for And against the helps that Christians have Christians have great helps that may help them against murmuring And it is against that which God expects from Christians God he expects other manner of things from them then this Yea and it is below that that God hath from other Christians These things I shall open at another time SERMON VIII PHILIPPIANS 4. 11. For I have learned in whatsoever state I am therewith to be content I Mentioned divers things the last day to set out Sept. 21. 1645. the evill of discontent I shall name two or three more Sixthly It is below a Christian in this because it 's below those helps that a Christian hath more then others have they have the promises to help them that others have not it 's not so much to have a Nabal have his heart sinke because he hath nothing but the creature to uphold him but it 's much for a Christian that hath promises and ordinances to uphold his spirit which others have not Seventhly It 's below the expectation that God hath of Christian● for God expects not only that they should be patient in afflictions but that they should rejoyce and triumph in them now Christians when God expects this from you for you not so much as to have attained to contentednesse under afflictions oh this is beneath the expectation of God from you Eightly It is below that that God hath had from other Christians others have