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 here (by the way) we may see a great deal of evil that there is in discontent, for thou wouldest have Gods providence altered in such and such a particular, indeed if if it were only in that particular, and that had reference to nothing else it were not so much, but by thy desire to have thy will in such a particular, it may be thou wouldest cross God in a thousand things that he hath to bring about, because it's possible there may be a thousand things depend upon that one thing that thou wouldest fain ⟨p. 97⟩have to be otherwise then it is, just as if a child should cry out and say let but that one wheel stop, though he faith but one wheel, yet if that stop, it is as much as if he should say they must all stop; so in providence, let but this one passage of providence stop, it is as much as if a thousand stopped: Let me therefore be quiet and content, for though I be crossed in some one particular God attains his end, at least his end may be furthered in a thousand things by this one thing that I am crossed in; therefore let a man consider this is an act of providence, and how do I know what God is about to do, and how many things depend upon this providence? Now we are willing to suffer our friends will to be crossed in one thing, so that our friend may attain to what he desires in a thousand things; if thou hast a love and friendship to God, be willing to be crossed in some few things, that the Lord may have his work go on in the universal, in a thousand of other things. Now that's the Third thing to be understood in Gods providence, that Christ doth learn those that he teacheth in the Art of Contentment.

And here (by the way) we may see a great deal of evill that there is in discontent, for thou wouldest have Gods providence altered in such and such a particular, indeed if if it were only in that particular, and that had reference to nothing else it were not so much, but by thy desire to have thy will in such a particular, it may be thou wouldest crosse God in a thousand things that he hath to bring about, because it's possible there may be a thousand things depend upon that one thing that thou wouldest faine ⟨p. 97⟩have to be otherwise then it is, just as if a childe should cry out and say let but that one wheel stop, though he faith but one wheel, yet if that stop, it is as much as if he should say they must all stop; so in providence, let but this one passage of providence stop, it is as much as if a thousand stopt: Let me therefore be quiet and content, for though I be crost in some one particular God attains his end, at least his end may be furthered in a thousand things by this one thing that I am crost in; therefore let a man consider this is an act of providence, and how do I know what God is about to doe, and how many things depend upon this providence? Now we are willing to suffer our friends will to be crost in one thing, so that our friend may attain to what he desires in a thousand things; if thou hast a love and friendship to God, be willing to be crost in some few things, that the Lord may have his work go on in the universal, in a thousand of otherthings. Now that's the Third thing to be understood in Gods providence, that Christ doth learn those that he teacheth in the Art of Contentment.