The travels of true godliness, from the beginning of the world to this present…

Secondly, He also stirred him up to seek for Contentment by pondering upon his present state and condition. What saith he) hath God done for thee? ⟨p. 149⟩Thou wast in the gall of bitterness, and bond of Iniquity, and God hath brought thee out, and yet not Content! Thou wast a a Child of Wrath, and now art a child of God, yet not Content! Hast thou God for thy God, Christ for thy Saviour, the Holy Spirit for thy Comforter, and yet not Content! Nay, doth God Christ and the Holy Spirit, dwell with thee, and yet not Content! Hast thou received. True Godlinesses glorious Retinue into thy house, to abide with thee, to enrich thee, strengthen thee, to comfort thee, and make thy life sweet to thee▪ and yet not Content! Are thy sins pardoned, thy soul justified, hast thou Union and Communion with the Father and Son, and yet not Content! Is thy Name writ in the Book of Life? shalt thou dwell with God and Christ for ever? is Heaven thy Inheritance? art thou an Heir of a Crown and Kingdom, that fadeth not away, and yet not Content! Nay, let me tell thee all these things, and many more are absolutely thine with Contentment. Come are thou willing to possess them, to make them thy own, and to enjoy them for ever, yea or no? if thou wouldst be sure of them, then get Contentment to dwell with thee; for Godliness with Contentment is great gain, 1 Tim. 6.6. It doth not say Godliness without Contentment, but with Contentment. 'Tis this glorious Prince it appears, who puts thee into the sure possession of all true happiness, and yet not Content!

Secondly, He also stirred him up to seek for Contentment by pondering upon his present state and condition. What saith he) hath God done for thee? ⟨p. 149⟩Thou wast in the gall of bitterness, and bond of Iniquity, and God hath brought thee out, and yet not Content! Thou wast a a Child of Wrath, and now art a child of God, yet not Content! Hast thou God for thy God, Christ for thy Saviour, the Holy Spirit for thy Comforter, and yet not Content! Nay, doth God Christ and the Holy Spirit, dwell with thee, and yet not Content! Hast thou received. True Godlinesses glorious Retinue into thy house, to abide with thee, to enrich thee, strengthen thee, to comfort thee, and make thy life sweet to thee and yet not Content! Are thy sins pradon'd, thy soul justified, hast thou Union and Communion with the Father and Son, and yet not Content! Is thy Name writ in the Book of Life? shalt thou dwell with God and Christ for ever? is Heaven thy Inheritance? art thou an Heir of a Crown and Kingdom, that fadeth not away, and yet not Content! Nay, let me tell thee all these things, and many more are absolutely thine with Contentment. Come are thou willing to possess them, to make them thy own, and to enjoy them for ever, yea or no? if thou wouldst be sure of them, then get Contentment to dwell with thee; for Godliness with Contentment is great gain,