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…

Tenthly and lastly, by contentation the soul comes to an ex• is near to God himself▪ y•• the nearest that may be, for this word that is translated Content, it is a word that signifies • Self-sufficien•i•, as I told you in the opening of the words. A contented man is a self-sufficient man, what is the great glory of God but to be happy and self-sufficient in himself? indeed he is said to be •ll▪sufficient but that'• but a further addition of the word all▪ rather then of any matter, for to be sufficient, i• All-sufficient, now is this the glory of God to be Sufficient, to have sufficiency in himself, Ell-shaddai, to be God having sufficiency in himself, now thou comest near to this▪ thou partakest of the Divine nature, as by grace in general, so in a more […] ▪ manner by this grace of Christian-Contentment, what's the excellency, and glory of God but this? Suppose there were no […] in the world; and that all the creatures in the world were an •hilated, God would remain the same blessed God that he is now, he would not be in a worse condition if all creatures were gone, neither would a contented heart if God should take away all creatures from him▪ a contented heart hath enough in the wa•• of all creatures •• would not be more miserable then now he is. Suppose that God should continue thee here' and all creatures that are here in this world were tak•• ⟨p. 118⟩away, yet thou still (having God to be thy portion) wouldest be as happy as now thou art, and therefore contentation hath a great deal of excellency in it.