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 you find it in David, this was the argument that brought off Davids heart from the things of this world, and set him upon other manner of things, Psal. 119. 19. I am a stranger in the earth, hide not thy Commandments from me, I am a stranger in the earth (what then) then Lord let me have the knowledge of thy Commandments and it's sufficient, as for the things of the earth I stand not upon them whether I have much or little, but hide not thy Commandments from me, Lord let me know the rule that I should guide my life by.

So you find it in David, this was the argument that brought off Davids heart from the things of this world, and set him upon other maner of things, Psal. 119. 19. I am a stranger in the earth, hide not thy Commandements from me, I am a stranger in the earth (what then) then Lord let me have the knowledge of thy Commandements and it's sufficient, as for the things of the earth I stand not upon them whether I have much or little, but hide not thy Commandements from me, Lord let me know the rule that I should guide my life by.

Again we are not only travellers but soldiers, this is the condition of the life in which we are here in this world: and therefore we are to behave our selves accordingly. So the Apostle makes use of this argument in writing unto Timothy 2 Tim. 2. 3. Thou therefore endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ, the very thought of the condition of a man that is a soldier, doth still his disquiet of heart: when he is abroad, he hath not that accommodations in his quarters as he hath in his own family; perhaps a man that had his bed and curtains drawn about him, and all accommodations in his chamber; now perhaps some times he must be put to lie upon straw and he thinketh with himself, I am a soldier and it is suitable to my condition; ⟨p. 79⟩