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…

Object. The ships move upon the Sea, and that is not still.

Answ. But the Seas they move upon that which is still and immovable, there is nothing moves but it hath something immovable that doth uphold it: The wheels in a Coach they move up and down, but the •x•l•ree that moves not up and down, so it is with the heart of a m•n. As they say of the Heaven it moves up and down upon a pole that is immovable, so it is in the heart of a man, if he will move to do service to God he must have a steady heart within him, that must help him to move in the service of God, those that have unsteady disquiet spirits that have no stead fastness at all in them, they are not sit to do service for God, but such as have stead fatness in their spirits they are men and women fit to do any service, and that's the reason that when the Lord hath any great work for any servants of his to do, usually he doth first quiet their spirits, •e doth bring their spirits into a quiet swee• frame to be contented with any thing, and then he •••s them about employment.

Answ. But the Seas they move upon that which is still and immoveable, there is nothing moves but it hath something immoveable that doth uphold it: The wheels in a Coach they move up and down, but the •x•l•ree that moves not up and down, so it is with the heart of a m•n. As they say of the Heaven it moves up and down upon a pole that is immoveable, so it is in the heart of a man, if he will move to do service to God he must have a steady heart within him, that must help him to move in the service of God, those that have unsteady disquier spirits that have no stead fastnesse at all in them, they are not sit to do service for God, but such as have stead fatnesse in their spirits they are men and women fit to do any service, and that's the reason that when the Lord hath any great work for any servants of his to do, usually he doth first quiet their spirits, e doth bring their spirits into a quiet swee frame to be contented with any thing, and then he s them about imployment.