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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77996	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.	Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646.; Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680.; Greenhill, William, 1591-1671.; Bridge, William, 1600?-1670.; Nye, Philip, 1596?-1672.; Simpson, Sidrach, 1600?-1655.; Yates, John, d. ca. 1660.; Adderley, William.	1666 (1666)	Wing B6107B; ESTC R201188	189,505	233

his estate in his dealings with men we would not think his condition so happy One may have a very fine new Shoo but no body knows where it pinches him but he that hath it on so you think such and such men are happy but they may have many troubles that you little think of 2. There is a burden of Danger in it Men that are in a prosperous condition they are in a great deal of danger you see sometimes in the evening when you light up your Candles the Moths and the Gnats will be flying up and down in the Candle but they scorch their wings and there they fall down dead so there is a great deal of danger in a prosperous estate those men that are set upon a pinacle on high these men they are in greater danger than other men are Honey we know doth invite Bees and Wasps unto it and so the sweet of prosperity doth invite the Devil and Temptation Men that are in a prosperous estate are subject to many temptations that other men are not subject to The Scripture calls the Devil Beel-zebub that is the God of Flies and so Beelzebub comes where the honey of prosperity is They are in very great danger of temptations that are in a prosperous condition The dangers of men that are in a prosperous estate that have more than others should be considered of by those that are lower think with thy self Though they be above me yet they are in more danger than I am the tall Trees are more shattered a great deal than low shrubs so you know the ship that hath all the sails up the top sail and all in a storm this is in more danger than that that hath all the sails drawn in And so men that have their Top-gallant and all up and brave they are more like to be drown'd drown'd in perdition than other men are and therefore you know what the Scripture saith how hard it is for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven such a text should make poor people to be contented with their estates We have a notable example for that in the Children of Kohath you shall find that they were in a more excellent estate than the other of the Levites but they were in more danger than the other and more trouble First That the Children of Kohath were in a higher condition than other of the Levites that I 'll shew you out of the fourth of Numb 4. vers there you shall find what their condition was This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tabernacle of the Congregation about the most holy things Mark the Levites were exercised about holy things but the sons of Kohath their service was about the most holy things of all and you shall find in the 21. of Joshua vers 10. That God did honor the sons of Kohath in a more special manner than he did honor the other Levites which honor the Children of Aaron being of the families of the Kohathites who were of the Children of Levi had for theirs was the first Lot and they were prefer'd before the other families of Levi those that were imployed in the most honorable imployment they had the most honorable Lot the first Lot fel to them Thus you see God honored the Children of the Kohathites But might other Levites say how hath God preferred this family before us They were honored more than the other were But now mark their burden that comes with heir Honor and that I will shew you out of two Scriptures first is Num. 7.6 7 8 9. And Moses took the Wagons and Oxen and gave them unto the Levites Two Wagons and four Oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon according to their service and four Wagons and eight Oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari according unto their service under the hand of Ithamer the son of Aaron the Priest But saith he vers 9. Unto the sons of Kohath he gave none because the service of the Sanctuary that belonged unto them was That they should bear upon their shoulders Mark the other Levites had Oxen and Wagons given unto them to ease them of their service but saith he to the sons of Kohath he gave none but they should bear their service upon their shoulders and that 's the reason why God was so displeased because that they would have more ease in Gods service than God would have them for whereas they should carry it upon their shoulders they would carry it upon a Cart Mark here you see the first burden that they had beyond what the other Levites had And those that are under them think not of their burden that they are to carry upon their shoulders when as others have means to ease them and many times those that are employed in the Ministery or Magistracy that sit at the Stern to order the great Affairs of the Commonwealth and State you think they live bravely They lie awake when you are asleep if you knew the burden that lies upon their spirits you would think that your labour and burden were very little in comparison of theirs 2. There 's another burden of danger more than the rest and that you shall find in Numb 4.17 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying Cut ye not eff the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites but thus do unto them that they may live and not die When they approach unto the most holy things Aaron and his Sons shall go in and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden but they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered lest they die Mark this text saith the Lord to Moses and Aaron Cut ye not off the tribe of the family of the Kohathites from among the Levites Cut them not off why what had they done had they done any thing amiss No they had not done any thing that provoked God but the meaning is this Take a great care of the family of the Kohathites to instruct them in their duty that they were to do for saith God they are in a great deal of danger being to serve in the most holy things If they should go in to see the holy things more than God would have them it is as much as their lives are worth and therefore if you should but neglect them and not inform them throughly in their duty they would be undone saith God They are to administer in the most holy things and if they should but dare to presume to do any thing otherwise than God would have them about those services it would cost them their lives and therefore be not you careless of them for if you neglect them you will be a means of cutting them off Thus you see the danger that the family of the Kohathites were in they were preferr'd before others but they were in more danger So you think there are such men in a Parish