The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, Table 1 – Table 2
AN EXACT ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF ALL THE PRINCIPAL TRUTHS IN THE FORE-GOING TREATISE OF Contentment.
A
Abundance
ABundance of mercies enjoyed, ſhould make us content Page 189
Account
Account of proſperity Page 89
Account of great men Page 90
Actions, ſee Heart
Adverſity, ſee Quiet
Affections
Men unſatisfied in their affections Page 10
See Waſt
Afflictions
Faith to be acted in afflictions. Page 47
Gods people to be ordinarily in afflictions Page 98
To be troubled for murmuring rather than afflictions Page 120
Afflictions, How made worſe Page 141
How to moderate grief in afflictions Page 152
Gods hand apparant in afflictions Page 162
Afflictions are not to be pored on too much Page 201
See Fear, Love, Chriſt, Mercy, Look, Great, Chuſe, Fit, Service, &c.
All in All
God All in All to his Children Page 51
All-ſufficiency
All-ſufficiency in the Saints, how Page 3
Angels
A Chriſtian one with Angels. Page 127
A Chriſtian neerer the Divine nature than Angels Page 128
A Saints calling as high as Angels Page 177
Apparant, ſee Afflictions.
Aſſurance, ſee Covenant.
B
Baſe
A murmuring ſpirit, a baſe ſpirit Page 130
Beams
Creatures convey comforts but as beams Page 50
Being
We enjoy creatures in reference to the firſt-being Page 80
Beſt
God interprets what we do to the beſt Page 204
Better, ſee Condition, Soul
Beauty
Beauty of grace, wherein ſeen Page 104
Bleſſe
Sence of afflictions will make us bleſſe God for the mercies of others Page 165
See Dew
Bread
We are to pray but for daily bread Page 134
Broken
A Broken heart brings Content Page 33
Burden
Contentment, by adding a new burden Page 31
Burden of ſin makes affliction light Page 32
C
Call, Calling
Calling of the ſoul, what Page 124
A Chriſtian general calling high Page 177
To be ſure of a Call in every thing Page 196
Change
To change affliction to another thing Page 34
All creatures go on in a way of change Page 189
Child
A murmuring ſpirit like a weaning Child Page 130
Chriſt
What the Saints have is purchaſed by Chriſt Page 42
Afflictions to the godly from the ſame hand that gave Chriſt Page 44
What hinders the ſight of the excellency of Chriſt Page 123
In Converſion, the ſoul caſt on Chriſt Page 124
Chriſtian ſee Murmuring
Chuſe
We muſt not chuſe our afflictions Page 174
Command
The more ſolemn Gods command the greater the ſin in breaking of it Page 163
Complacency
A Chriſtian takes complacency in Gode diſpoſe Page 17
Complain
We may complain to God in afflictions Page 5
Comfort
Content brings comfort Page 110
Comfort, how kept in the ſoul ibid
Comfort of what we have, How loſt Page 138
See God
Condition
A Chriſtian content in every condition Page 20
We ſhould do the works of our preſent condition Page 35
How to know what ſaith our condition Page 83
Our condition better than our betters Page 191
Conſtraint
Not to ſubmit in affliction by conſtraint Page 16
Contentment
Contentment what it ſignifies Page 2
Contentment, to be skil'd in the myſtery of it Page 3
Contentment, what Page 4
Contentment, whereof it is made Page 26
Contentment the bottom of it Page 30
Contentment, the excellency of it Page 100
Contentment, wherein it conſiſts Page 112
To be humbled for want of Contentment Page 118
Contentment of former Chriſtians Page 133
Conſiderations to move Contentment Page 187
Directions to Contentment, Page 195
See Worſhip, Soul, Condition, Comfort &c.
Converſion.
The work of God in Converſion. Page 122
See Life
Contrary
God worketh by Contraries Page 99
Corruption
Argument of corruption in the ſoul Page 119
Covenant
Chriſtians comfort from Gods Covenant 53.61
Gods Covenant his Aſſurance-Office Page 63
Particular promiſes part of the Covenant Page 64
In Converſion, we give our ſelves to God in Covenant Page 124
See Works
Creature
To know the vanity of the Creature Page 73
To enjoy God in the Creature Page 80
In Converſion, the heart taken from the Creature Page 123
Creatures, ſuffer for us Page 189
Crowns
God hath Crowns for all graces Page 174
Curſe
Curſe of God upon murmuring Page 146
D
Daily ſee Bread
Danger
Danger of proſperity Page 86
Dear
A ſiggn of love to give him that that coſt us dear Page 185
Deliverance
Deliverance may be ſought in afflictions,
Denial ſee Self
Departed
We think God is departed when we are afflicted Page 168
Though God were departed from us, we ſhould not from him Page 169
See Diſquiet
Dependance
We ſhould live in continual dependance upon God Page 179
Deſerve
We deſerve nothing of God Page 69
Deſires
A Chriſtian ſhould take from his deſires Page 29
Devil
Devil, his Rhetorick Page 136
Devil moſt diſcontented Page 147
Dew
A Chriſtian lives on the dew of Gods bleſſing Page 40
Dignity
Dignity of a Chriſtian Page 120
Diſcouragement.
Diſcouragement oppoſite to Contentment Page 7
Diſcontent
Diſcontent, the reaſon of it Page 73
Diſcontent, a ſin of idle men Page 76
Diſcontent, the root of it Page 82
Diſcontent, how aggravated Page 153
Diſcontent, Pleas for it Page 165
See Grace, Shift, Fooliſh, Mercies, Devil
Diſgrace
Diſgrace, how ſanctified Page 45
Diſhonour
A Chriſtian diſcontented when God is diſhonoured Page 15
Diſpoſe, ſee Freely
Diſquiet
Diſquiet the the cauſe of Gods departing Page 168
See Murmuring
Duty
Duty of a Chriſtian in proſperity Page 89
What unfits for duty Page 134
God accepts of weak duty Page 156
Sence of affliction, hinders not duty Page 165
E
Efficacy
Efficacy of Gods providence Page 95
Ever
God gives grace for ever Page 184
Evil
Evil of afflictions taken from Gods children Page 56
Excellency
Excellency of God how we come neer it Page 117
Excellency of God, what ibid
Expectation
Expectation of a Chriſtian Page 132
F
Faith
Ordinary works done in Faith precious Page 7
Murmuring below the grace of Faith Page 131
Exerciſe of faith brings Contentment Page 198
See Affliction, Mean
Faithfulneſſe
God in rewarding looks to faithfulneſſe Page 178
Father
God the Father of a Chriſtian Page 126
We ſhould labour for the Spirit of our Father Page 129
Feel
What we feel to be preferred to others fancies Page 205
Fill ſee God
Fit
God knows what afflictions are fit Page 174
Grace makes fit for any condition ibid
Fooliſh
Diſcontent a fooliſh ſin 138 139
Frame
Contentment a frame of ſpirit Page 9
Free, Freely &c.
A Chriſtian freely ſubmits to God Page 15
Freedom what Page 16
God gives freely Page 42
Freeneſs of Gods mercies aggravate ſin Page 158
Fretting
Fretting oppoſite to a quietnſs of ſpirit Page 6
G
Glory
What a Chriſtian hath here, is an earneſt of glory Page 43
Glory of God, wherein it appears Page 105
Glory to be given God in the enjoyment of bleſſings Page 193
God
To look up to God in all conditions Page 19
Nothing can fill the heart but God Page 28
Happineſs of a Saint in God Page 38
Saints enjoy all in God Page 49
Outward comforts taken away, when they keep us from God Page 50
See Life, Creature, Excellency, Walk.
Good
Chriſtians of themſelves unfit to receive good Page 70
We ſhould not be diſcontent that God is good to others Page 173
God doth good to his by afflictions Page 193
See Sanctifie, Chriſt
Grace
Grace much exerciſed in Contentment Page 103
Grace, the ſtrength of it ibid
Grace, better than the Creature Page 113
Diſcontent contrary to Grace, Page 122
Grace ſhould content us without the world Page 193
See Beauty
Gracious
Contentment a gracious frame of heart Page 13
Great
Afflictions not ſo great as our ſins Page 172
Affliction greater for murmuring Page 173
Not to promiſe our ſelves great things Page 200
H
Habitual
Contentment an habitual frame, Page 13
Had
To praiſe God for what we had Page 188
Heart
Contentment quiets the heart Page 5
The heart to be let out to God Page 67
The knowledge of our own hearts Page 82
Benefits of knowing our own heart Page 84
A great evil to be given up to our own heart Page 91
Riſing of the heart Page 135
Diſtempers of the heart, how eſteemed with God Page 185
See Gracious
Heaven
Heaven in the ſouls of the Saints here Page 59
Things of Heaven real to a Saint Page 67
Heaven, what Page 114
Contentment better than Heaven ibid
Help
Help of a Chriſtian, what Page 132
No help by diſcontent Page 139
High, ſee Calling, Angels
Honour
What is the greateſt honour God hath of us in this world Page 81
Humble
We ſhould not murmur when God would humble us Page 161
See Contentment
I
Idle, ſee Diſcontent
Joy
Joy immoderat, how known Page 206
Injoy
Godly men content with that that they injoy Page 4
Good men injoy what they have Page 116
See God
Inward
Inward diſcontent Page 4
Inward content ibid
Judgment
Many not content in their judgement Page 11
See Affections
K
Kind
To ſubmit to afflictions of every kind Page 22
King
The ſoul ſubdued to Chriſt as King Page 124
Every Chriſtian a King Page 128
L
Life
Life of a Saint, where it is Page 56
Converſion, a work all our life Page 125
Long
Long afflictions not to be murmured at Page 163
Look
Afflictions to be looked for Page 171
Care in afflictions not looked for Page 172
Loſſe
No loſs of us if we periſh Page 71
Love
Love of God in what a Chriſtian hath Page 41
Love in afflictions to the godly Page 44
Love in a Chriſtians eſtate Page 110
Love to God, a ſign of it Page 113
Low, Loweſt
God brings loweſt, when he intends the greateſt mercies Page 98
Men raiſed from a low condition ſhould not murmur Page 159
Obedience ſeen moſt in a low calling Page 178
The ſoul oft beſt in a low outward eſtate Page 180
M
Man
Man, Gods inſtrument in affliction 170
Mannage, ſee Heart
Mean
Actions of a mean Chriſtian accepted Page 178
Faith makes mean works glorious ibid
Mercy
How the ſoul is fitted to receive mercy Page 106
Mercies leſſened by diſcontent Page 135
Diſcontent deprives of mercies, Page 139
The greater mercies, the greater ſin to murmur Page 150
Every man hath more mercies than afflictions Page 154
Greatneſs of mercies ſhould make us content Page 187
God is beforehand with his mercies to us Page 188
See Diſcontent
Member
Every Chriſtian a member of Chriſt Page 127
Mean Chriſtians members of Chriſts body Page 176
Myſtery
Contentment a myſtery 2.26
Mortified
To get our hearts mortified to the world Page 200
Murmuring
Murmuring oppoſite to quietneſs of ſpirit Page 6
Murmuring, the evill of it, Page 119
Murmuring, a note of a wicked man Page 120
Murmuring, below a Chriſtian Page 126
Murmuring, the effects of it, Page 134
Murmuring breeds diſquiet, Page 147
Murmuring, the way to relaps into it Page 150
Murmuring, aggravations of it ibid
See Affection, Rebellion, Loſſe, Child, Curſe, Mercy, Small.
N
Nature, ſee Angels
Neceſſary
The knowledge of one thing neceſſary Page 74
Nothing
How a Chriſtian comes to know he is nothing Page 69
A Chriſtian of himſelf can do nothing Page 70
Naturally we are worſe than nothing Page 71
See Deſerve, Uſe
O
Obedience
When God gives in love, we ſhould return in obedience Page 184
The greater affliction, the more obedience ibid
One
All Gods works from eternity but one Page 96
P
Pain
Pain ſanctified to a Chriſtian, how Page 46
Parts
Diſcontent aggravated in men of parts Page 158
Paſſage, ſee Portion
People.
Gods dealing with his people Page 97
Three things in Gods way with his people Page 98
Perfection, ſee Uprightneſſe
Particular
The Creatures particular comforts Page 113
Pity
Pity to men that deal ill with us Page 171
Plague
Promiſes concerning the Plague, 54, 55, 56.
Plea, ſee Diſcontent
Portion
A Chriſtian not content with little for his portion Page 28
Poſſeſſe
Men diſcontent for what they poſſeſſe Page 159
Poverty
Poverty ſanctified by Chriſts poverty Page 45
See Proſperity
Prayers
How we undoe our prayers Page 133
Praiſe, ſee Had
Profeſſion
Profeſſion of a Chriſtian Page 131
Promiſe
Promiſes performed more literally to the Jews 54.64
Gods liberty in performing temporal promiſes Page 55
Chriſtians have intereſt in all former promiſes Page 65
See Covenant, Heritage
Proſperity
Many good men worſe for proſperity Page 34
The burden of proſperity Page 85
Proſperity ſhould prepare for afflictions Page 182
See Trouble, Danger
Protection.
Protection of God from whom withdrawn Page 147
A great judgment to be out of Gods protection Page 148
Proud
A Proud heart never Content, Page 30
Puniſhment
Ground of accepting our puniſhment Page 167
Providence
Knowledge of Gods providence what it teacheth Page 94
Providence of God not to be altered Page 95
See Rational, Efficacy, Variety, Univerſality.
Purchaſe ſee Chriſt
Publick, ſee Diſcontent
Q
Quiet
Quietneſſe in adverſity Page 105
See Content
R
Rational
Gods providence moſt over Creatures rational Page 94
Real, ſee Heaven
Reaſon
Wherein natural reaſon may quiet the heart Page 14
Rebellion
Murmuring accounted rebellion Page 121
Rejoyce
How the ſoul comes to rejoyce in Gods waies Page 72
When a ſin, to rejoyce immoderately Page 152
Relation
Relation of a Chriſtian Page 126
Reprobate.
No certain ſign of a reprobate in Scripture Page 91
Reward.
A Chriſtian may expect a reward Page 116
He is rewarded for what he would do ibid
Great reward for Chriſtians in low callings Page 178
Rhetorick, ſee Devil
Right
What right wicked men have to that they enjoy Page 42
Righteouſly
God deals righteouſly with us, though men do not Page 171
Riſings
Deſparate riſings in the heart againſt God Page 9
Rule.
A Chriſtian ſhould walk by rule Page 196
S
Saints
A Chriſtian one body with the Saints Page 127
Sanctified
What a Chriſtian hath is ſanctified Page 41
All afflictions to the godly ſanctified Page 45
See Poverty, Diſgrace, Scorn
Scorn
Scorn ſanctified by Chriſt Page 46
Self
A Chriſtian can make up his wants in himſelf 53.57
See God
Self-love
Contentment in the creature from ſelf-love Page 113
Self-denial
Self-denial the way to Contentment Page 68
Chriſt the pattern of ſelf-denial. Page 71
Sence
Gods Children have ſence of their afflictions Page 5
Want of ſence in afflictions dangerous ibid
Serve, Service
What makes active in Gods ſervice Page 14
What fits the ſoul for ſervice. Page 107
Affliction grievous when it hinders from Gods ſervice Page 175
All things ſerve them that ſerve God Page 197
Setled
Our ſpirituall condition ſetled. Page 181
Shifting
Shifting oppoſite to Contentment Page 8
Shiftting cauſed by murmuring Page 138
Sight, ſee Sin
Silent
Grace makes ſilent in trouble. Page 60
Small
To murmur for ſmall things. Page 157
Sin
Sight of ſin in a Chriſtian while he lives Page 125
Great ſinners ſhould not murmur Page 160
When trouble for affliction, and not for ſin Page 166
If trouble be for ſin, we will not ſin after trouble Page 167
See Duty, Command
Sorrow
Sorrow, when beyond bounds Page 165
See Joy
Soul
Contentment ſpread through the whol ſoul Page 10
Contentment, betters the ſoule. Page 113
It is a bleſſing on the ſoul Page 115
See Heaven, Worſhip
Souldier
Every Chriſtian a ſouldier Page 78
Spirit
Spirituall judgements worſt. Page 91
Spirit of a Chriſtian Page 129
Spirit of the Devil Page 147
Spiritual mind brings Content Page 199
See Father, Baſe
Spouſe
A Chriſtian the Spouſe of Chriſt Page 126
Stilneſs
Stilneſs natural Page 13
Steadfaſt
Grace makes the ſoule ſteadfaſt. Page 195
Stranger
A Chriſtian a ſtranger here Page 76
Strength
Strength from Chriſt to bear afflions Page 47
A Chriſtian ſtrong by Chriſts ſtrength Page 48
Stupid
Many ſeem content, that are ſtupid Page 17
Submit
To ſubmit to God, what Page 17
Pains taken without ſubmiſſion to God, not Chriſtian-like. Page 185
Subſtraction
Contentment by ſubtraction. Page 29
Sweetneſs
Sweetneſs of mercies eaten out. Page 139
T
Temple
A Chriſtian the Temple of the Spirit Page 127
Temptation
How to be delivered from temptation Page 108
Thorns
The things of the world as thorns Page 196
Time
To ſubmit in afflictions in reſpect of the time Page 23
Loſs of time by murmuring Page 134
Our time little in this world. Page 190
Trouble
Burden of trouble in proſperity. Page 85
See Sin
Tumult
Tumult of ſpirit Page 6
V
Vanity
Every man in his ſettled eſtate is v…ity Page 179
Variety
To ſubmit in variety of conditions Page 25
Variety of Gods providence Page 95
Unſatisfied
A Chriſtian content, yet unſatiſfied Page 27
Unſearchable
Gods waies unſearchable Page 55
Unſetled
Unſetledneſs of ſpirit Page 7
Uprightneſſe
Uprightneſs accounted perfection Page 204
Uſe
We can make uſe of nothing if God withdraw his grace Page 70
Men of little uſe not to murmur Page 161
Univerſal
Gods providence univerſal Page 94
Unthankfulneſſe
Unthankfulneſſe whence it is, Page 135
W
Walk
To walk with God, what 16…
Want
How to poſſeſs that we want Page 111
Not to want and to be content, all one Page 207
Waſt
The affections not to run waſt. Page 51
Way
To interpret well God's wayes. Page 203
See Rejoyce
Wicked
Wicked men may have that that Chriſtians murmur for Page 187
See Murmuring
Will
To melt our will into Gods will. Page 37
Within
Contentment by purging out that that is within Page 39
Without, ſee Within
Works
Difference between the Covenant of grace and the Covenant of works Page 181
See One
World
A Chriſtians relation in the world Page 76
Wee were once content with the world without grace Page 193
Not to graſp the world Page 195
Not to be much taken with the comforts of the world Page 206
Worſhip
How we give God due Worſhip Page 101
Worſhip, what it ſignifies ibid
Soul-worſhip required Page 102
Worſhip, active and paſſive. ibid
Wrath
Wrath of God, how provoked. Page 141
Wrong
Better to ſuffer than to offer wrong Page 171
AN EXACT ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF ALL THE PRINCIPAL TRUTHS IN THE LAST SERMON, ON EXODUS, 14.13.
A
Page
Amazement
STanding ſtill out of amazement Page 304
B
Baal-zephon
Baal-zephon, what Page 300
Beauty
Beauty of grace, wherein ſeen Page 325
C
Cares
Prayer eaſeth of cares Page 327
Cauſe
God engaged in our cauſe, how Page 325
Coward
Part of a Coward Page 301
D
Diſarm
Diſtracting fear diſarms a Chriſtian Page 326
F
Faith
Standing ſtill out of faith Page 307
Exerciſe of faith in ſtraights. Page 315
See Beauty
Fearful
Arguments to eſtabliſh the fearfull Page 328
Fleſh
Trouble in ſtraights from the fleſh Page 319
Flying
Flying from danger, when lawfull Page 309
Frowardneſſe, ſee Humble
G
Glorious
Sight of ſalvation, when glorious Page 328
Goſpel
A compoſed ſpirit becomes the Goſpel Page 325
Graces
Ʋnquiet hinders the uſe of graces Page 322
Guilt
Trouble in ſtraights from guilt Page 319
H
Hear
Ʋnquietneſſe makes us that we cannot hear what is ſaid to us. Page 323
Humble.
Gods people in ſtraights to humble them Page 313
Frowardneſs from want of humiliation Page 314
I
Ignorance
Standing ſtill out of ignorance 304
M
Malice
Malice of the enemy, how vented Page 317
N
Name
Name of God, how Sanctified. Page 324
Neutrality
Standing ſtill out of neutrality. Page 305
O
Obedience
Standing ſtill out of obedience. Page 307
Others
Others hindred by unquiet ſpirits Page 324
P
Prayer
God delights in prayer Page 316
Q
Quiet
How Chriſtians come to be quiet. Page 302
Faith quiets the heart Page 307
In ſtraights to quiet our ſpirits Page 321
Arguments to quiet the ſpirit Page 326
R
Rebellion
The preſent courſes of Gods people not Rebellion Page 304
Reverence
Reverence to God, when ſhewed Page 323
S
Salvation
We ſhould look for the ſalvation of the Lord 310.324
Selves
Trouble in ſtraights, from confidence in our ſelves Page 319
Sink
Our hearts ſhould not ſink in ſtraights Page 318
Sluggiſhneſſe
Standing ſtill out of ſluggiſhneſs Page 306
Stand ſtill
Stand ſtill in an evil ſence Page 304
Stand ſtill in a good ſence Page 307
Station
To keep our ſtation, till God call us out Page 308
Straights
God brings his people to ſtraights Page 311
Chriſts works more glorious after ſtraights Page 317
What will become of the wicked in their ſtraights Page 320
Suffering
The greateſt ſuffering, for one godly man to ſuffer from another Page 314
Subjection
What hinders ſhewing ſubjection to God Page 323
Sullenneſſe
Standing ſtill out of ſullenneſſe Page 306
Silence
Silence, & waiting the ſame Page 307
T
Trouble
In ſtraights Gods people troubled Page 318
To be aſhamed of diſtempers in trouble Page 320
W
Waiting, ſee Silence
Wicked
Wicked men, how diſcovered. Page 316
Wiſdom
Wiſdom of God, where ſeen by us Page 322
FINIS.
End of the text · Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment (1649)