The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment - Puritan Paperbacks (Burroughs)

Author:

Burroughs, Jeremiah

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9781800400153

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Pages:

228

Binding:

Paperback

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Description

Jeremiah Burroughs is worthily reckoned as belonging to the front rank of English puritan preachers. As such he played a prominent part in the Westminster Assembly of divines, but died prematurely before the Assembly’s work was concluded.

Burrough’s writings, some published before and others after his death, were numerous, but The Rare-Jewel of Christian Contentment is one of the most valuable of them all.

Its author was much concerned to promote

(1) peace among believers of various ‘persuasions’

(2) peace and contentment in the hearts of individual believers during what he describes as ‘sad and sinking times’. The Rare Jewel concentrates upon this second aim.

It is marked by sanity, clarity, aptness of illustration, and warmth of appeal to the heart. ‘There is an ark that you may come into, and no men in the world may live such comfortable, cheerful and contented lives as the saints of God’. Burroughs presses his lesson home with all the fervour and cogency of a true and faithful minister of God.

Table of Contents:

Christian Contentment Described

The Mystery of Contentment

The Mystery of Contentment – continued

The Mystery of Contentment – concluded

How Christ Teaches Contentment

How Christ Teaches Contentment – concluded

The Excellence of Contentment

The Evils of a Murmuring Spirit

The Evils of a Murmuring Spirit – concluded

Aggravations of the Sin of Murmuring

The Excuses of a Discontented Heart

How to Attain Contentment

How to Attain Contentment – concluded

Author

Jeremiah Burroughs was one of the most popular preachers in London during his time there. He was one of the Independent members of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, and a Congregationalist. He spent 6 years at a small country church (St. Margaret's, Tivetshall), which is still standing and in use. During his time in London, he preached the mornings at the church in Stepney, outside of London, where William Greenhill preached in the afternoon. In the afternoons Burroughs preached at St. Giles Cripplegate.

5
Must read!

Posted by Zachariah on 15th Oct 2024

I loved it!! It was great and applicable read regardless if your going through the thick of a trial or in a season of rest.
5
Life changing

Posted by Debra on 25th Jul 2023

This is one of those books that will absolutely change your life- it's do good! Simply put, it will show and teach you how to place your contentment in Christ rather than the world. And it Drinks with you! These concepts vome to mind for me several times a day.
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Practical Wisdom

Posted by Jimmy C on 13th Jun 2023

This book was such a blessing. Burroughs does a fantastic job illuminating the evils in our heart that drive us to discontentment. In that same breath he highlights the mercies of Christ and provides practical wisdom in which we can overcome these battles (in Him) and find that contentment. Definitely a book I will read multiple times.