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…

many times in a family, when any affliction befalls them, Oh▪ what a deal of discontentment is there between man and wife, if crossed in their estates at land, or ill news from Sea, or they that they trusted are broke and the like, and perhaps somewhat in the family falls cross between man and wife, or in reference to the ⟨p. 33⟩children or servants, and there is nothing but brabbling and discontent among them, now they many times are burdened with their own discontent, and perhaps will say one to another, this life is very uncomfortable for us to live thus discontented so as we do, but have you ever tried this way, the husband and the wife? have you ever got alone and said, come, Oh let us go and humble our souls before God together, let us go into our chamber and humble our souls before God for our sin, whereby we have abused those mercies, that God hath taken away from us, and we have provoked God against us, Oh let us charge our selves with our sin, and be humbled before the Lord together, have you tried such a way as this is? Oh you would find the cloud would be taken away, and the sun would shine in upon you, and you would have a great deal more Contentment then ever yet you had: If a mans estate be broken, either by blunderers, or any other way; now how shall this man have Contentment? how? By the breaking of his heart, God hath broken thy estate, Oh seek to him for the breaking of thy heart likewise, Indeed a broken estate, and a whole heart, a hard heart, will not join together, there will be no Contentment, but a broken estate, and a broken heart, will so suit together, as there will be more Contentment then there was before add therefore to the breaking of thy estate, the breaking of thy heart what thou canst, and that is the way to be Contented in a Christian manner, which is the Third Mystery in Christian Contentation.

many times in a family, when any affliction befals them, Oh▪ what a deal of discontentment is there between man and wife, if crost in their estates at land, or ill news from Sea, or they that they trusted are broak and the like, and perhaps somwhat in the family fals crosse between man and wife, or in reference to the ⟨p. 33⟩children or servants, and there is nothing but brabling and discontent among them, now they many times are burdened with their own discontent, and perhaps will say one to another, this life is very uncomfortable for us to live thus discontented so as we do, but have you ever tried this way, the husband and the wife? have you ever got alone and said, come, Oh let us go and humble our souls before God together, let us go into our chamber and humble our souls before God for our sin, whereby we have abused those mercies, that God hath taken away from us, and we have provokt God against us, Oh let us charge our selves with our sin, and be humbled before the Lord together, have you tried such a way as this is? Oh you would find the cloud would be taken away, and the sun would shine in upon you, and you would have a great deal more Contentment then ever yet you had: If a mans estate be broken, either by blunderers, or any other way; now how shall this man have Contentment? how? By the breaking of his heart, God hath broken thy estate, Oh seek to him for the breaking of thy heart likewise, Indeed a broken estate, and a whole heart, a hard heart, will not joyn together, there will be no Contentment, but a broken estate, and a broken heart, will so sute together, as there will be more Contentment then there was before adde therefore to the breaking of thy estate, the breaking of thy heart what thou canst, and that is the way to be Contented in a Christian manner, which is the Third Mystery in Christian Contentation.