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…

And therefore you that live in private conditions remember this, if you come into Christs school and be taught this lesson you will be quiet in your afflictions, or private estate, in regard your account is not so great as others. It's a speech I remember I have met withal in La•i•e•s Sermons that he was wont to use, the half is more then the whole, that is when a man is in a mean condition he is but half way towards the height of prosperity that others are in, yet saith he this is more safe though it be a meaner condition then others. Those that▪ are in a high▪ and prosperous condition ⟨p. 91⟩there is annexed to it the burden of trouble, and of danger and of duty, and of account. And thus you see how Christ trains up his scholars in his school and though they be weak otherwise, yet by his Spirit he gives them wisdom to understand these things aright.

And therefore you that live in private conditions remember this, if you come into Christs school and be taught this lesson you will be quiet in your afflictions, or privat estate, in regarde your account is not so great as others. It's a speech I remember I have met withall in La•i•e•s Sermons that he was wont to use, the halfe is more then the whole, that is when a man is in a mean condition he is but halfe way towards the height of prosperity that others are in, yet saith he this is more safe though it be a meaner condition then others. Those that▪ are in a high▪ and prosperous condition ⟨p. 91⟩there is anexed to it the burden of trouble, and of danger and of duty, and of account. And thus you see how Christ traines up his schollers in his school and though they be weake otherwise, yet by his Spirit he gives them wisdome to understand these things aright.