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…

The eight excellency is, Contentment is a great blessing of God upon the Soul, there is Gods blessing upon those that are content, the blessing of God is upon them, and their estates, and upon all that they have. We read in Teut. of the blessing of Judah the principle▪ Tribe; this is the blessing of Judah, And he said •••• Lord the voice of Judah and bring him unto his people, let hi• hands […] […] for him, and h• thou an help to him from his […] b•• his hand ⟨p. 116⟩be sufficient for him, that is, bring in a sufficiency of all good unto him that he may have of his own, that's the blessing of Judah. So when God gives thee a sufficiency of thine own, (as every contented man hath) there is the blessing of God upon thee, the blessing of the principle tribe, of Judah is upon thee▪ It is the Lord that gives us all things to enjoy, we may have the thing and yet not enjoy it except God comes in with his blessing, now whatsoever thou hast thou dost enjoy it: Many men have estates and do nor enjoy them, it▪s the blessing of God that gives us all things to enjoy, it is God that through his blessing hath fashioned thy heart and made it suitable to thy condition.

The eight excellency is, Contentment is a great blessing of God upon the Soul, there is Gods blessing upon those that are content, the blessing of God is upon them, and their estates, and upon all that they have. We read in Teut. of the blessing of Judah the principle▪ Tribe; this is the blessing of Judah, And he said •••• Lord the voice of Judah and bring him unto his people, let hi• hands 〈…〉 〈…〉 for him, and h• thou an help to him from his 〈…〉 b•• his hand