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…

The sixth Lesson that Christ doth teach the Soul that he brings into this School, is this, He doth instruct such a man or woman in the knowledge of their own hearts, you must learn this or you will never learn Contentment, you must learn to know your own hearts well, to be good students of your own hearts, you cannot all be Scholars in the arts and sciences in the world, but you may all be students in your own hearts, you cannot read in the Book many of you, but God expects that every day you should turn over a leaf in your own hearts, you will never come to get any skill in this Mystery, except you study the Book of your own hearts; Mariners they have their Books that they study, those that will be good Navigators, and Scholars they have their Books, those that study Logic they have their Books according to that, and those that would study Rhetoric and Philosophy have their Books according to that, and those that study Divinity they have their Books whereby they come to be helped in the study of Divinity, but a Christian next to the Book of God is to look into the Book of his own heart, and to read over that, and this will help you to Contentment these three ways.

The sixt Lesson that Christ doth teach the Soul that hee brings into this School, is this, He doth instruct such a man or woman in the knowledge of their own hearts, you must learn this or you will never learn Contentment, you must learne to know your own hearts well, to be good students of your own hearts, you cannot all be Schollers in the arts and sciences in the world, but you may all be students in your own hearts, you cannot reade in the Booke many of you, but God expects that every day you should turn over a leafe in your own hearts, you will never come to get any skill in this Mysterie, except you study the Book of your own hearts; Marriners they have their Books that they study, those that will be good Navigators, and Schollers they have their Books, those that study Logick they have their Books according to that, and those that would study Rhetorick and Philosophy have their Books according to that, and those that study Divinity they have their Books whereby they come to be helped in the study of Divinity, but a Christian next to the Book of God is to look into the Book of his own heart, and to read over that, and this will helpe you to Contentment these three ways.