Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

by Jeremiah Burroughs
Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

by Jeremiah Burroughs

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Overview

"Burroughs, being a wise pastor, works the teaching of contentment into every possible nook and cranny in the Christian life. It requires diligent application if we are to say with Paul that we have learned the secret of being content in all circumstances." from Nancy Wilson's Introduction

Jeremiah Burroughs reminds us that peace and calm in the midst of great troubles is a requirement for a Christian, and that learning contentment is the ABCs of the Christian life. But contentment does not come naturally. We excuse our stress, anxiety, and discouragement by claiming that we are just planning for the future and reacting normally to trials. But in this Puritan classic, Burroughs presents readers with the high calling to be content whatever the circumstances: "Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God's wise and fatherly disposal."

"The devil loves to fish in troubled waters." Jeremiah Burroughs


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780851510910
Publisher: Banner of Truth, The
Publication date: 08/28/1981
Series: Puritan Paperbacks
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 4.80(w) x 7.22(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Jeremiah Burroughs (1600-1646) was an English Congregationalist and a well-known Puritan preacher. Burroughs studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and was graduated M.A. in 1624, but left the university because of non-conformity. He was assistant to Edmund Calamy at Bury St. Edmunds, and in 1631 became rector of Tivetshall, Norfolk. He was suspended for non-conformity in 1636 and soon afterward deprived, he went toRotterdam (1637) and became "teacher" of the English church there. He returned to England in 1641 and served as preacher at Stepney and Cripplegate, London. He was a member of the Westminster Assembly and one of the few who opposed the Presbyterian majority. While one of the most distinguished of the English Independents, he was one of the most moderate, acting consistently in accordance with the motto on his study door (in Latin and Greek): "Difference of belief and unity of believers are not inconsistent".

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION BY NANCY WILSON

SERMON I

At Stepney, July 27, 1645

SERMON II

At Stepney, August 3, 1645

SERMON III

At Stepney, August 10, 1645

SERMON IV

At Stepney, August 17, 1645

SERMON V

At Stepney, August 24, 1645

SERMON VI

At Stepney, August 31, 1645

SERMON VII

At Stepney, September 7, 1645

SERMON VIII

At Stepney, September 21, 1645

SERMON IX

SERMON X

SERMON XI

At Stepney, October 21, 1645

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