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…

sometimes one that is very godly and gracious, you shall have them lie under grievous pains and extremities very cheerfully, and you wonder at it, this is the way that he gets it, he gets it by acting his faith upon what pains Jesus Christ did suffer, thou art afraid of death, the way to get Contentment, it is by exercising thy faith upon the death of Jesus Christ: yea, le may be thou hast inward troubles in thy soul, and God with draws himself from thee, but still thy faith is to be exercised upon the ⟨p. 47⟩sufferings that Jesus Christ endured in his soul, he poured forth his soul before God, then when he sweat drops of water and blood, he was in an Agony in his very spirit, and he found even God himself in a way to forsake him; now the acting thy faith upon Jesus Christ thus, brings Contentment, and is not this a mystery to carnal hearts? a gracious heart finds Contentment in a way of a mystery▪ no marvel though Saint Paul saith, I am instructed in a Mystery, to be contented in whatsoever condition I am in.

sometimes one that is very godly and gracious, you shall have them lie under grievous pains and extremities very cheerfully, and you wonder at it, this is the way that he gets it, he gets it by acting his faith upon what pains Iesus Christ did suffer, thou art afraid of death, the way to get Contentment, it is by exercising thy faith upon the death of Iesus Christ: yea, le may be thou hast inward troubles in thy soule, and God with draws himselfe from thee, but still thy faith is to be exercised upon the ⟨p. 47⟩sufferings that Iesus Christ indured in his soule, he poured forth his soule before God, then when he sweat drops of water and blood, he was in an Agony in his very spirit, and he found even God himselfe in a way to forsake him; now the acting thy faith upon Iesus Christ thus, brings Contentment, and is not this a mysterie to carnall hearts? a gracious heart finds Contentment in a way of a mysterie▪ no marvell though Saint Paul saith, I am instructed in a Mysterie, to be contented in whatsoever condition I am in.