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.

Adderley, William
Bridge, William, 1600?-1670
Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646
Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680
Greenhill, William, 1591-1671
Nye, Philip, 1596?-1672
Simpson, Sidrach, 1600?-1655
Yates, John, d. ca. 1660
Publisher: printed for Ben Billingsley at the Printing press in Cornhill over against Popes Head Alley
Place of Publication: London
Publication Year: 1666
Approximate Era: CharlesII
TCP ID: A77996 ESTC ID: R201188 STC ID: B6107B
Subject Headings: Christian life; Contentment; Sermons, English -- 17th century;
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In-Text but a great many godly men you find have been worse for their prosperity, scarce one Godly man that you read in Scripture of but was worse for prosperity (except Daniel and Nehemiah, I do not read of any hurt they got by their prosperity that they had) scarce (I think) is any one example of any godly man but was rather worse for his prosperity than better; but a great many godly men you find have been Worse for their Prosperity, scarce one Godly man that you read in Scripture of but was Worse for Prosperity (except daniel and Nehemiah, I do not read of any hurt they god by their Prosperity that they had) scarce (I think) is any one Exampl of any godly man but was rather Worse for his Prosperity than better; cc-acp dt j d j n2 pn22 vvb vhb vbn jc p-acp po32 n1, av-j crd j n1 cst pn22 vvb p-acp n1 pp-f a-acp vbds jc p-acp n1 (c-acp np1 cc np1, pns11 vdb xx vvi pp-f d n1 pns32 vvd p-acp po32 n1 cst pns32 vhd) av-j (pns11 vvb) vbz d crd n1 pp-f d j n1 cc-acp vbds av jc p-acp po31 n1 cs jc;




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