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…

1 By the studying of thy heart thou wilt come presently to discover wherein thy discontent lies, when thou art discontented thou wilt find out the root of any discontentment if thou doest study thy heart well, many men and women they are discontented, and the truth is they know not wherefore, they think this and the other thing is the cause, but a man or woman that knows their own heart they will find out presently where the root of their discontent lies, that it lies in such a corruption, and distemper of my heart, that now through Gods mercy I have found out▪ It is in this case as it is with a little child that is very froward in the house, if a stranger comes in he doth not know what the matter is, perhaps the Stranger will give the ⟨p. 83⟩child a rattle, or a nut, or such a thing to quiet it, but when the Nurse comes she knows the temper and disposition of the Child, and therefore knows best how to quiet it; so it is here just thus for all the world, when we are strangers with our own hearts we are mightily discontented, and know not how to quiet our selves, because we know not wherein the disquiet lieth: and indeed when we are strangers to our own hearts we cannot tell how to quiet our selves, but if we be very well versed in our own hearts, when any thing falls out so as to disquiet us, we find out the cause of it presently, and so quickly come to be quiet, so a man that hath a Watch, and he understands the use of every wheel and pin, if it goes amiss he will presently find out the cause of it: but one that hath no skill in a Watch, when it goes amiss he knows not what the matter is, and therefore cannot mend it. So indeed our hearts are as a Watch, and there are many wheels, and windings and turnings there, and we should labour to know our hearts well, that when they are out of tune we may know what the matter is.

1 By the studying of thy heart thou wilt come presently to discover wherein thy discontent lyes, when thou art discontented thou wilt find out the root of any discontentment if thou doest study thy heart well, many men and women they are discontented, and the truth is they know not wherefore, they think this and the other thing is the cause, but a man or woman that knowes their own heart they will find out presently where the root of their discontent lyes, that it lyes in such a corruption, and distemper of my heart, that now through Gods mercy I have found out▪ It is in this case as it is with a little child that is very froward in the house, if a stranger comes in he doth not know what the matter is, perhaps the Stranger will give the