The rare jewel of Christian contentment wherein is shewed, I. What contentment is, II. The holy art or mystery of it, III. Several lessons that Christ teacheth, to work the heart to contentment, IV. The excellencies of it, V. The evils of murmuring, VII. The aggravations of the sin of murmuring / by Jeremiah Burroughs.

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The rare jewel of Christian contentment wherein is shewed, I. What contentment is, II. The holy art or mystery of it, III. Several lessons that Christ teacheth, to work the heart to contentment, IV. The excellencies of it, V. The evils of murmuring, VII. The aggravations of the sin of murmuring / by Jeremiah Burroughs.

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Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646.

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London :: Printed for Peter Cole ...,

1649.

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Contentment.

Christian life.

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Contents

• title page
• publisher's advertisement
• To the READER.
• THE CONTENTS OF THE INSUING TREATISE OF Contentment,
• The CONTENTS of the last Sermon On EXODVS, 14.13.
• THE RARE JEWEL OF CHRISTIAN Contentment.
  • SERMON II.
  • SERMON III.
  • SERMON IV.
  • SERMON V.
  • SERMON VI.
    • Now, thus having dispach'd the Third Head, the Lessons that we are to learn; we come to the Fourth, and that is, The excellency of this Grace of Contentment: And there is a great deal of excellencie in Contentment; that's a kind of Lesson too for us to learn. And this Head likewise will be somewhat long.
  • SERMON VII.
  • SERMON VIII.
  • SERMON IX.
    • The Pleas of a discontented heart.
    • The Second Plea.
    • The Third Plea.
  • SERMON X.
    • The Fourth Plea.
    • A Fifth Plea.
    • The Sixth Plea.
    • A Seventh Plea.
    • An Eighth Plea.
    • A Ninth Plea.
    • A Tenth Plea.
    • A Eleventh Plea.
    • A Twelfth Plea.
    • A Thirteenth Plea.
  • SERMON XI.
    • The First Consideration.
    • The Second Consideration.
    • A Third Consideration.
    • A Fourth Consideration.
    • A Fifth Consideration.
    • A Sixth Consideration.
    • A Seventh Consideration is this.
    • The Eighth Consideration.
    • The Ninth Consideration.
    • The Tenth Consideration.
    • The First Direction.
    • The Second Direction.
    • The Third Direction.
    • The Fourth Direction.
    • The Fifth Direction.
    • The Sixth Direction.
    • The Seventh Direction.
    • The Eighth Direction.
    • The Ninth Direction.
    • The Tenth Direction.
    • The Eleventh Direction.
    • The Twelfth Direction.
• THE SAINTS DVTY IN TIMES OF EXTREMITY.
• AN EXACT ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF ALL THE PRINCIPAL TRUTHS IN THE FORE-GOING TREATISE OF Contentment.
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• AN EXACT ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF ALL THE PRINCIPAL TRUTHS IN THE LAST SERMON, ON EXODUS, 14.13.
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