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…

Fifthly, If God doth cleanse us in some measure, and doth put into us some good liquor some grace of his Spirit, yet in the fifth place, we can make use of nothing neither when we have it, if God doth but withdraw himself,; If God doth but leave us one moment after he hath bestowed upon us the greatest gifts, and whatsoever abilities we can desire, if God should say I will give you them, now go and trade now I have given you these and these abilities, we cannot stir one foot further neither if God doth but leave us. Doth God give us gifts and parts? Then let us fear and tremble least God should leave us to our selves, for then how foully should we abuse those gifts & parts, you think other men and women have memory and gifts and parts and ⟨p. 71⟩you would fain have them, But suppose God should give you these and there leave you, you would utterly spoil them.

Fifthly, If God doth cleanse us in some measure, and doth put into us some good licquor some grace of his Spirit, yet in the fifth place, we can make use of nothing neither when we have it, if God doth but withdraw himself,; If God doth but leave us one moment after he hath bestowed upon us the greatest gifts, and whatsoever abilities we can desire, if God should say I will give you them, now go and trade now I have given you these and these abilities, we cannot stir one foot further neither if God doth but leave us. Doth God give us gifts and parts? Then let us fear and tremble least God should leave us to our selves, for then how foully should we abuse those gifts & parts, you think other men and women have memorie and gifts and parts and ⟨p. 71⟩you would fain have them, But suppose God should give you these and there leave you, you would utterly spoile them.

Sixthly, We are worse then nothing, for by sin we come to be a great deal worse then nothing, sin makes us more vild then nothing, sin makes us contrary to all good, now it's a great deal worse to have a contrariety to all that is good then merely to have an emptiness of all that is good, we are not empty pitchers in respect of good, but we are like pitchers filled with poison, and is it much for such as we are to be cut short of outward comforts.