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""The devil loves to fish in troubled waters"--from Jeremiah Burroughs's Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment 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." "Burroughs, being a wise pastor, works the teaching of contentment into every possible nook and cranny in the Christian life. If you want to read something to make you feel you have arrived, this is not the book for you. Burroughs understands that contentment is a mystery and cannot be taught lightly. 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"--

Updated to Modern English"The Saint's Treasury" by Jeremiah Burroughs is a deeply insightful theological work that comprises a series of sermons. Each sermon addresses a distinct spiritual theme, articulating the profound nature of Christian faith and practice. The contents include explorations of the exceptional nature and holiness of God, the central role of Christ in the believer's life, the joy of experiencing heavenly things through faith, the contrast between the natural man's subjection to the law and the Christian's liberty through the Gospel, and reflections on preparing for Judgment. This book offers rich, scripturally grounded insights, making it an invaluable resource for deepening one's understanding of these key aspects of Christian doctrine and life.The book presents a theology deeply rooted in the Puritan tradition, emphasizing the centrality of Christ in the Christian faith. Burroughs' teachings focus on the necessity of understanding and acknowledging Jesus Christ as the mediator between God and humanity. He underscores the belief that no blessings or grace can be received from God except through Christ, a cornerstone of Puritan theology. This perspective is particularly evident in his emphasis on the mediation of Christ as essential for salvation and the reception of divine mercy.

A thought-provoking sermon on the nature of God and His relationship with mankind. Burroughs explores the concept of divine authority and what it means for believers. He argues that God has given humans the mandate to take up arms in certain circumstances, and uses historical examples to illustrate his point. A fascinating analysis of theology and the role of religion in society.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

What does it mean to live contentedly before God? In The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, beloved English Puritan pastor Jeremiah Burroughs presents a biblical framework for answering this enduring question. First published in 1648, Burroughs' practical theology of contentment serves up timeless wisdom for Christians wrestling with discontentment, covetousness, anxiety and envy.Structured across nearly a dozen sermons, Burroughs mines Scripture to excavate the true nature of contentment. He demonstrates that it transcends earthly fortunes and material possessions alone. Rather, the "self-sufficiency" furnished by communion with Christ Himself becomes the fountainhead that quenches thirsts no tangible thing can satisfy. Burroughs uncovers domino effects triggered when the soul anchors itself steadfastly in God rather than chasing elusive worldly substitutes.With intricate reasoning influenced by his theological mentor William Ames, Burroughs provides correctives to misunderstandings that hinder contentment. He clarifies that divine contentedness does not breed idleness or excuse wholesome betterment of one's station in life. On the contrary, souls filled with God's presence shine His image most purely. They turn reliance on Christ alone into catalysts empowering diligence, wisdom and stewardship for blessing others despite lingering uncertainties externally.Across centuries, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment has won sustained appreciation from luminous thought leaders like Richard Baxter, John Owen, Charles Spurgeon and Martyn Lloyd-Jones. By returning adrift souls to first things in the ever-flowing fountain of life, Burroughs kindles embers of early Protestant vigor ready to warm postmodern hearts chilled by more recent winds of doctrine.

CÓMO VIVIR PIADOSAMENTE EN TODAS LAS AREAS DE LA VIDA Escrita en 1646, esta obra esencial del prominente líder puritano congregacional, Jeremiah Burroughs, ofrece una mirada introspectiva sobre cómo los cristianos deben vivir sus vidas de acuerdo con las enseñanzas de Cristo.Compuesto por diez sermones basados en Filipenses 1:27, Conducta Evangélica se divide en dos secciones fundamentales. La primera examina el cuidado que los cristianos deben tener de sus conductas, enfatizando la importancia de reflejar la imagen de Dios y promover Sus designios en el mundo. La segunda parte profundiza en cómo la conducta de los creyentes debe estar en armonía con el evangelio de Cristo, elevándose por encima de las normas establecidas por la ley natural y la ley mosaica. Burroughs no solo aborda la conducta cristiana en términos de adoración a Dios y amor a los enemigos, sino que también profundiza en temas como la misericordia divina, la reconciliación con los pecadores y el valor que Dios otorga a cada alma. Además, este trabajo incluye dos apéndices notables que exploran el reino espiritual y providencial de Cristo y la miseria de aquellos que buscan satisfacción únicamente en los placeres terrenales.Esta obra constituye una guía completa para una vida cristiana genuina y dedicada, incitando a los lectores a alinear sus vidas con los principios del evangelio. Conducta Evangélica sigue siendo una fuente de inspiración y desafío para los cristianos contemporáneos, invitándolos a un examen profundo de sus propias vidas y prácticas.La introducción del libro proporciona un contexto histórico esencial para su comprensión, subrayando la importancia de interpretar textos históricos como este dentro de su marco específico. Además, el libro explora la influencia de la ley natural en la ética cristiana y la teoría política de los dos reinos de Burroughs, ofreciendo una perspectiva única en la teología política puritana y su relevancia en el debate contemporáneo sobre ética y política. Con un enfoque pionero y basado en un análisis exhaustivo de las fuentes primarias, Conducta Evangélica se presenta como una obra imprescindible para entender la profundidad y complejidad de la teología política puritana. "Este magistral tratado aborda la vida correcta de los creyentes. Incluye siete sermones sobre Filipenses 1:27 ("Sea vuestra conversación como conviene al evangelio de Cristo"), tres sobre Juan 18:36 ("Mi reino no es de este mundo"), y un sermón sobre Éxodo 14:13, titulado "El deber de los santos en tiempos difíciles". Burroughs mueve al lector a lamentar su estado de alienación y a anhelar el manantial de la santidad, la unión y la comunión con Cristo. Subraya que no puede haber obras de santificación antes de la unión con Cristo. Pero una vez en Cristo, el cristiano debe dar pruebas de esa unión persiguiendo fervientemente la vida piadosa a la que Dios le llama. Las buenas obras son peligrosas si se convierten en el fundamento de la justificación, pero son necesarias y útiles en la santificación. La conversación y la conducta de los creyentes deben estar en un plano más elevado que las de los incrédulos." JOEL BEEKE Sobre el autor: Jeremiah Burroughs (1599 - 1646) fue un congregacionalista inglés y un conocido predicador puritano. Burroughs estudió en el Emmanuel College de Cambridge y se licenció en 1624, pero abandonó la universidad por su no conformidad con la Iglesia establecida. Fue ayudante de Edmund Calamy en Bury St. Edmunds y, en 1631, nombrado párroco de Tivetshall, Norfolk. Suspendido por no conformidad en 1636 y privado poco después, fue a Rotterdam (1637) y allí fue maestro de la iglesia inglesa. Regresó a Inglaterra en 1641 y sirvió como predicador en Stepney y Cripplegate, Londres. Fue miembro de la Asamblea de Westminster y uno de los pocos que se opusie

While hundreds of even Christian books today purport to help readers find contentment and happiness, few-if any-survive the test of time or human experience. This great book, written almost 400 years ago by Jeremiah Burroughs, addresses the basic problems of human suffering and discontent. More than that, it offers a timeless and tested solution. Like many other 16th and 17th century writers, Burroughs didn't mince words, cater to the fickle tastes of the reading public, or care about political correctness. He preached the truth. True contentment, he argued, is achieved by subtraction rather than addition; by surrender rather than struggle. The depth of thought by Jeremiah Burroughs and his fellow Puritan writers is rarely approached by modern authors. Burroughs takes readers through the ABC's of Christian living, pointing out that the root of discontentment is very often the failure to desire God's will in everything. Because true contentment comes from the inward state of the heart (rather than outer circumstances), a Christian can be content regardless of circumstances. The importance of learning to be content, for the Christian, would be difficult to overstate. Contentment helps in the battle against temptation, prepares the Christian for service, and brings comfort no matter how bleak the current outlook might be. "Certainly our contentment does not consist in getting the thing we desire, but in God's fashioning our spirits to our conditions," wrote Burroughs. He understood the big picture-that Christians who learn to be more content can better serve and glorify God. That fact, in the end, is why this book remains so important and useful for followers of Christ. Read and meditate upon this great work! It will set your heart on fire and elevate your soul.

Either we will glorify God in response to his mercy, or God will glorify himself in justice for indifference to his mercy. In this modernized, abridged, and edited version of Jeremiah Burroughs's classic Gospel Worship, the Christian is taught what God sees as sincere and hypocritical worship. "Gospel Worship has greatly influenced my understanding of biblical worship. It is one of the most important books I have ever read." -Dr. R.C. Sproul, founder and president of Ligonier Ministries

In this classic work, Puritan Jeremiah Burroughs gives 14 sermons on the regulative principle, meticulously explaining the right manner of appraching and worshipping God."Jeremiah Burroughs, in his classic book Gospel Worship, said, "The reason why we worship God in a slight way is because we do not see God in His glory." Modern man hears about a God who isn't worth worshiping. Why should he worship a God who wants to do good, but can't pull it off because man just won't cooperate? Who then is sovereign? Man is!" - Don Kistler"Jeremiah Burroughs' Gospel Worship has greatly influenced my understanding of biblical worship. It is one of the most important books I have ever read."-R.C. Sproul"This treatise on Leviticus 10:1-3 is a call to propriety and sobriety in the worship of God. It deals with the believer's sanctification through "three great ordinances": (1) Hearing the Word, (2) Receiving the Lord's Supper, and (3) Prayer In a day that promotes man-made forms of worship, Gospel Worship is a call to biblical worship of the Triune God though the means that He has instituted. Burroughs shows how important worship is to God and teaches us how to "give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name" (Ps. 29:2). He makes plain that we do not need new forms of worship to be relevant, but to renew old forms of worship."-Joel Beeke

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Table of Contents: 1. Introduction 2. What Learning to Be Full Means 3. The Difficulty of Learning to Be Full 4. The Necessity of Learning to Be Full 5. The Excellency of Learning to Be Full 6. The Mystery of Learning to Be Full 7. Lessons for Learning to Be Full 8. Increasing the Guilt of Sins of Abundance 9. Applications for Improving Prosperous Conditions 10. Concluding Words on Contentment Series Description Interest in the Puritans continues to grow, but many people find reading these giants of the faith a bit unnerving. The Puritan Treasures for Today Series seeks to overcome that barrier by presenting Puritan books that are convenient in size and unintimidating in length. Each book is carefully edited with modern readers in mind, smoothing out difficult language of a bygone era while retaining the meaning of the original authors. Books for the series are thoughtfully selected to provide some of the best counsel on important subjects that people continue to wrestle with today.

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Jeremiah Burroughs is one of the most beloved of the seventeenth-century English Puritans. In this important work, Burroughs shows from Scripture the great sin of thinking as the world thinks rather than thinking God's thoughts after Him. Then, realizing that right conduct is the result of right thinking, Burroughs gives us more gems in the two bonus treatises offered here, A Heavenly Conversation and Walking with God. The Puritans rightly discerned the relationship between a person's doctrine and his or her walk before God and fellow man. May the Lord use these sermons to give us the same kind of discernment in our day. May we learn to think biblically, and then may we begin to act accordingly. Table of Contents: A Treatise of Earthly-Mindedness Foreword by R.C. Sproul To the ReaderChapter One: Doctrine: There is a great difference between a wicked man and a godly man. The one minds the earth; the other's conversation is in heavenChapter Two: Earthly-Mindedness Discovered in Nine ParticularsChapter Three: Six Evils of Earthly-Mindedness Chapter Four: Eight Additional Evils of Earthly-Mindedness Chapter Five: Five Things may be Wrought in an Earthly-Minded Man Chapter Six: Seven Reasons of Men's Earthly-Mindedness Chapter Seven: Eleven Considerations to Take the Hearts of Men off of Earthly-Mindedness Chapter Eight: Five Directions How to Get Our Hearts Free From Earthly-Mindedness A Heavenly Conversation Chapter One: How Far the Examples of Godly Men Should Prevail With Us Chapter Two: What's to be Done when Examples of Godly Men are Contrary?Chapter Three: Rebuke of Those that Follow the Example of the Wicked and Reject the Example of the Godly Chapter Four: Two Doctrines Observed From the Text Chapter Five: How the Saints are Citizens of Heaven Chapter Six: How the Saints Have Their Conversation in Heaven Chapter Seven: The Saints' Trading for Heaven Chapter Eight: Seven Evidences of Men's Having Their Conversation in HeavenChapter Nine: Four Reasons Why the Saints Have Their Conversations in Heaven Chapter Ten: Use 1: To reprove such as have their conversations in hellChapter Eleven: Use 2: To reprove hypocrites Chapter Twelve: Use 3: Let us not find fault with the strictness of God's ways Chapter Thirteen: Use 4: Let us not find fault with the strictness of God's ways Chapter Fourteen: A heavenly conversation is a convincing conversationChapter Fifteen: A heavenly conversation is growingChapter Sixteen: A heavenly conversation brings much glory to God Chapter Seventeen: A heavenly conversation brings much glory to the saints Chapter Eighteen: A heavenly conversation will make suffering easy Chapter Nineteen: A heavenly conversation brings much joy Chapter Twenty: A Heavenly Conversation Is Very Safe Chapter Twenty-One: A Heavenly Conversation Gives Abundant Entrance into Glory Chapter Twenty-Two: Seven Directions How to Get a Heavenly Conversation Walking with God Chapter One: The Text OpenedChapter Two: Doctrine: 'Tis the excellency of a Christian to walk with God Chapter Three: How the Soul Is Brought to walk with GodChapter Four: What Walking With God IsChapter Five: Twelve Distinct Excellencies of Walking With GodChapter Six: Five Uses of Exhortation in Walking With God Chapter Seven: Evidences of Our Walking With GodChapter Eight: Twelve Rules of Direction for Walking With God Chapter Nine: An Objection Concerning God's Hiding His Face Answered in Six Particulars

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Burroughs' text in this work is Psalm 148:13, focusing on the phrase, "For his name alone is excellent." His main argument is to demonstrate God's glorious character, that the psalmist does not rest in simply praising God for his glory that appears in the creatures, but he rises higher to praise and bless God for what there is in himself above that which appears in any creature. Burroughs sets his point of view directly in line with the glorious nature of God himself, and the excellent name of God above all things. It is true that God manifests himself in heaven and earth as glorious, but, there is a further glory of God that is within himself, beyond all that is, or can be manifested in or to any creature. This is the substance of this ensuing work.Burroughs covers two main doctrines: that a gracious heart is not satisfied with praising God only for his works but rises higher to praise him for himself. And, God is a most excellent being above all things. In these two doctrines he lays out the biblical arguments that press Christians to give glory to God's inherent excellency. Certainly, God is to be praised for all his works, (for creation, providence and redemption in Jesus Christ), but God is to be praised especially for who he is in and of himself in his glorious nature.

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