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Sermon I

Introduction

Christian Contentment Described

I. It Is Inward
II. It Is Quiet
III. It Is a Frame of Spirit
IV. It Is a Gracious Frame Opposed
V. It Is a Frame of Spirit Freely Submitting
VI. It Freely Submits to God’s Disposal
VII. It Takes Pleasure in God’s Disposal
VIII. It Submits to God’s Authority

Sermon II

Christian Contentment Described — Continued

IX. It Submits to God in Every Condition

The Holy Art or Mystery of Contentment

I. A Christian Is Content, Yet Unsatisfied
II. A Christian Comes to Contentment by Subtraction
III. By Adding Another Burden to That He Has
IV. By Changing the Affliction into Another
V. By Doing the Work of His Condition
VI. By Melting His Will into God’s Will
VII. By Purging Out What Is Within

Sermon III

The Mystery of Contentment — Continued

VIII. He Lives on the Dew of God’s Blessing
IX. A Christian Sees God’s Love in Afflictions
X. His Afflictions Are Sanctified in Christ
XI. He Fetches Strength from Christ
XII. He Makes up His Wants in God
XIII. He Fetches Contentment from the Covenant

Sermon IV

The Mystery of Contentment — Continued

XIV. He Realizes the Things of Heaven
XV. He Lets His Heart Out to God

Lessons Whereby Christ Teaches Contentment

I. Self-Denial
II. The Vanity of the Creature
III. To Know the One Thing Needful

Sermon V

Lessons Whereby Christ Teaches Contentment — Continued

IV. To Know One’s Relation to the World
V. Wherein the Good of the Creature Is
VI. The Knowledge of One’s Own Heart
VII. To Know the Burden of a Prosperous Condition
VIII. A Great Evil to Be Given up to Our Own Heart’s Desire

Sermon VI

Lessons Whereby Christ Teaches Contentment — Continued

IX. The Right Knowledge of God’s Providence

The Excellency of Contentment

I. By It We Give God His Due Worship
II. In It Is Much Exercise of Grace
III. The Soul Is Fitted to Receive Mercy
IV. It Is Fitted to Do Service
V. It Delivers from Temptations
VI. It Brings Abundance of Comfort
VII. It Fetches the Comfort of Things Not Possessed

Sermon VII

The Excellency of Contentment — Continued

VIII. It Is a Great Blessing of God upon the Soul
IX. A Contented Man May Expect Reward
X. By It the Soul Comes Nearest the Excellency of God

The Evils of a Murmuring Spirit

I. It Is an Argument of Much Corruption of the Soul
II. It Is a Note of a Wicked Man
III. Murmuring is Accounted Rebellion
IV. It Is Contrary to Grace, Especially in Conversion
V. Murmuring Is below a Christian

Sermon VIII

The Evils of a Murmuring Spirit — Continued

VI. By Murmuring We Undo Our Prayers
VII. The Effects of a Murmuring Heart
VIII. Discontent Is a Foolish Sin
IX. It Provokes the Wrath of God
X. There Is a Curse upon It
XI. There Is Much of the Spirit of Satan in It
XII. It Brings an Absolute Necessity of Disquiet
XIII. God May Justly Withdraw His Protection

Sermon IX

The Aggravations of the Sin of Murmuring

I. The Greater the Mercies the Greater the Sin of Murmuring
II. When We Murmur for Small Things
III. When Men of Gifts and Abilities Murmur
IV. The Freeness of God’s Mercy
V. Discontent for What We Have
VI. When Men Are Raised from a Low Condition
VII. When Men Have Been Great Sinners
VIII. When Men Murmur They Are Little Use in the World
IX. To Murmur When God Is about to Humble Us
X. When God’s Hand Is Apparent in an Affliction
XI. To Murmur under Long Afflictions

The Excuses of a Discontented Heart

I. ‘It Is a Sense of My Condition’
II. ‘I Am Troubled for My Sin’
III. ‘God Withdraws Himself from Me’

Sermon X

The Excuses of a Discontented Heart — Continued

IV. ‘I Am Troubled for Man’s Ill Dealing’
V. ‘I Never Expected This Affliction’
VI. ‘My Affliction Is Exceedingly Great’
VII. ‘My Affliction Is Greater than Others’
VIII. ‘If the Affliction Were Any Other, I Could Be Content’
IX. ‘My Afflictions Make Me Unserviceable to God’
X. ‘My Condition Is Unsettled’
XI. ‘I Have Been in a Better Condition’
XII. ‘I Am Crossed after Taking Great Pains’
XIII. ‘My Disordered Heart Does Not Break Out’

Sermon XI

Considerations to Work the Heart to Contentment

I. The Greatness of the Mercies We Have
II. God is Beforehand with Us with His Mercies
III. The Abundance of Mercies We Enjoy
IV. All Creatures Are in a Vicissitude
V. The Creatures Suffer for Us
VI. We Have Little Time in the World
VII. It Has Been the Condition of Our Betters
VIII. We Were Content with the World without Grace, and Should Be Now with Grace without the World
IX. We Did Not Give God the Glory When We Had Our Desires
X. The Experience of God Doing Us Good in Afflictions

Directions to Contentment

I. There Must Be Grace to Make the Soul Steady
II. Do Not Grasp Too Much of the World
III. Have a Call in Every Business
IV. Walk by Rule
V. Exercise Much Faith
VI. Labor to Be Spiritually-Minded
VII. Promise Not Yourselves Great Things
VIII. Get Hearts Mortified to the World
IX. Pore Not Too Much on Afflictions
X. Make A Good Interpretation of God’s Ways to You
XI. Do Not Regard the Fancies of Other Men
XII. No Not Be Inordinately Taken up with the Comforts of the World

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