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…

2 The efficacy that there is in providence; that is, that the providence of God goes on in all things with strength and power, and it is not to be altered by our power, let us be discontented and vexed and troubled, and fret, and rage, yet we must not think to alter the course of providence by our discontent. Some of Jobs friends said to him, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee; and shall the rock be removed out of his place? Job 18. 4. when they saw him to be impatient, so I may say to every discontented impatient heart, what shall the providence of God change it's course for thee? Dost thou think it such a weak thing that because it doth not please thee it must alter it's course? be thou content or not content the providence of God will go on, it hath an efficacy of power, of virtue, to carry all things before it, canst thou make one hair black or white with all the stir that thou keepest? When you are in a ship at Sea that hath all her sails spread with a full gale of wind and swiftly sailing; can you make it stand still with running up and down in the ship? No more can you make the providence of God to alter and change it's course with your vexing and fretting, but it will go on with power do what thou canst. Do but understand the power and efficacy of providence and it will be a mighty means for the helping to learn this lesson of Contentment.

2 The efficacie that there is in providence; that is, that the providence of God goes on in all things with strength and power, and it is not to be altered by our power, let us be discontented and vext and troubled, and fret, and rage, yet we must not thinke to alter the course of providence by our discontent. Some of Jobs friends said to him, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee; and shall the rock be removed out of his place? Job 18. 4. when they saw him to be impatient, so I may say to every discontented impatient heart, what shall the providence of God change it's course for thee? Do'st thou think it such a weake thing that because it doth not please thee it must alter it's course? be thou content or not content the providence of God will go on, it hath an efficacie of power, of virtue, to carry all things before it, canst thou make one hair black or white with all the stir that thou keepest? When you are in a ship at Sea that hath all her sails spread with a full gale of wind and swiftly sailing; can you make it stand still with running up and down in the ship? No more can you make the providence of God to alter and change it's course with your vexing and fretting, but it will go on with power do what thou canst. Do but understand the power and efficacie of providence and it will be a mighty means for the helping to learn this lesson of Contentment.