The rare jewel of Christian contentment. By Jeremiah Burroughs, preacher of the Gospel to…The rare jevvel of Christian contentment. By Jeremiah Burroughs, preacher of the Gospel to…

Sixthly, Freely [submitting] to, and taking complacency in Gods dispose. Submitting to Gods dispose, What is that? The word Submit, it signifies nothing else, but to send under; as thus, One that is discontented, the heart will be unruly, and would even get above God so far as discontentment prevails; but now comes the grace of Contentment and sends it under; to submit, it is to send under a thing▪ now when the soul comes to see the unruliness that there is in it, here's the hand of God that brings an affliction, and my heart is troubled and discontented; what saith the Soul? Wilt thou be above God? Is it not Gods hand, and must thy will be regarded more then Gods? O under, under, O thou soul get under, keep under, keep low, keep under Gods feet▪ thou art under Gods feet, and keep under his feet, keep under the Authority of God, the Majesty of God, the Sovereignty of God, the Power that God hath over thee: Keep under, that is to submit▪ then the Soul can submit to God when it can send its self under the Power and Authority, and Sovereignty, and Dominion that God hath over it; that is the Sixth Particular▪ yea but that is not enough, yet you have not got to this Grace of Contentment, except in the next place you take.

Sixthly, Freely [submitting] to, and taking complacency in Gods dispose. Submitting to Gods dispose, What is that? The word Submit, it signifies nothing else, but to send under; as thus, One that is discontented, the heart will be unruly, and would even get above God so far as discontentment prevailes; but now comes the grace of Contentment and sends it under; to submit, it is to send under a thing▪ now when the soul comes to see the unrulinesse that there is in it, here's the hand of God that brings an affliction, and my heart is troubled and discontented; what saith the Soul? Wilt thou be above God? Is it not Gods hand, and must thy will be regarded more then Gods? O under, under, O thou soul get under, keep under, keep low, keep under Gods feet▪ thou art under Gods feet, and keep under his feet, keep under the Authority of God, the Majesty of God, the Soveraignity of God, the Power that God hath over thee: Keep under, that is to submit▪ then the Soul can submit to God when it can send its self under the Power and Authority, and Soveraignity, and Dominion that God hath over it; that is the Sixth Particuler yea but that is not enough, yet you have not got to this Grace of Contentment, except in the next place you take.