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…

He hath Contentment by realizing the glorious things of heaven to him, he hath the kingdom of heaven as present, and the glory that is to come, by faith he makes it as present. So the Martyrs they had Contentment in their sufferings, for said some of them, though we have but a hard breakfast, yet we shall have a good dinner, we shall presently be in heaven; do but shut your eyes (saith one) and you shall be in heaven presently. 2 Cor. 4. 16. We faint not (saith the Apostle) Why? Because these light afflictions that are but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. They see heaven before them and that contents them. You mariners when you can see the haven before you, though you were mightily troubled before you could see any land, yet when you come nigh the shore and can see such a land-mark, that contents you exceedingly: a godly man in the middest of the waves and storms that he meets withal, he can see the glory of heaven before him and so contents himself; one drop of the sweetness of heaven is enough to take away all the sower and bitter of all the afflictions in the world: Indeed here we know that one drop of sower, or one drop of gall will make bitter a great deal of honey; put a spoonful of sugar into a cup of gall or wormwood, that will not sweeten it, but if you put a spoonful of gall into a cup of sugar it will embitter that; now it's otherwise in heaven, one drop of sweet will sweeten a great deal of sower affliction, but a great deal of sower and gall will not embitter a soul that sees the glory of heaven that is to come, now a Carnal heart hath no Contentment but from what he sees before him in this world, but a godly heart hath Contentment from that that he sees laid up for him in the highest heavens.

He hath Contentment by realizing the glorious things of heaven to him, he hath the kingdom of heaven as present, and the glory that is to come, by faith he makes it as present. So the Martirs they had Contentment in their sufferings, for said some of them, though we have but a hard breakfast, yet we shall have a good dinner, we shall presently be in heaven; do but shut your eyes (saith one) and you shall be in heaven presently. 2 Cor. 4. 16. We faint not (saith the Apostle) Why? Because these light afflictions that are but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. They see heaven before them and that contents them. You marriners when you can see the haven before you, though you were mightily troubled before you could see any land, yet when you come nigh the shore and can see such a land-mark, that contents you exceedingly: a godly man in the middest of the waves and stormes that he meets withall, he can see the glory of heaven before him and so contents himself; one drop of the sweetnesse of heaven is enough to take away all the sower and bitter of all the afflictions in the world: Indeed here we know that one drop of sower, or one drop of gall will make bitter a great deal of honey; put a spoonfull of sugar into a cup of gall or wormwood, that will not sweeten it, but if you put a spoonfull of gall into a cup of sugar it will imbitter that; now it's otherwise in heaven, one drop of sweet will sweeten a great deal of sower affliction, but a great deal of sower and gall will not imbitter a soul that sees the glory of heaven that is to come, now a Carnall heart hath no Contentment but from what he sees before him in this world, but a godly heart hath Contentment from that that he sees laid up for him in the highest heavens.