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…

so when we speak of grace that it can turn water into wine, and turn poverty into riches, and make poverty a gainful trade, saith a carnal heart let them have that trade if they will, and let them have water to drink, and see if they can turn it into wine, Oh take heed thou speakest not in a scornful way, of the ways of God▪ grace hath the power to turn afflictions into mercies. Two men shall have one affliction, and to one man it shall be as gall and wormwood, and it shall be wine, and honey, and delightfulness, and joy, and advantage, and riches, to another. This is the mystery of contentment, not so much by removing the evil, as by Metamorphosing the evil by changing the evil into good.

so when we speake of grace that it can turn water into wine, and turn poverty into riches, and make poverty a gainefull trade, saith a carnall heart let them have that trade if they will, and let them have water to drinke, and see if they can turn it into wine, Oh take heed thou speakest not in a scornefull way, of the wayes of God▪ grace hath the power to turn afflictions into mercyes. Two men shall have one affliction, and to one man it shall be as gall and wormewood, and it shall be wine, and honey, and delightfullnesse, and joy, and advantage, and riches, to another. This is the mystery of contentment, not so much by removing the evill, as by Metamorphosing the evill by changing the evill into good.

The Fifth thing is this, A Christian comes to this Contentment by making up the wants of his condition by the performance of the work of his condition. This is the way of Contentment. There is such a condition that I am in, many wants, I want this and the other comfort, well, how shall I come to be satisfied and content? A carnal heart thinks this, I must have my wants made up or else it is impossible that I should be content▪ No, but saith a gracious heart, What is the duty of the condition God hath put me into? Indeed my condition is changed, I was not long ⟨p. 36⟩