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…

In the first place, This thy murmuring and discontentednes•• it argues much corruption that is in the Soul, as Contentment argues much grace, and strong grace, and beautiful grace, so this argues much corruption, and strong corruption, and very vile corruptions in thy heart. As it is in a mans body, i• a mans body be of that temper that every scratch of a pin make• his flesh to rankle and to be a sore, you will say surely this mans body is very corrupt, his blood & his flesh is corrupt, that every scratch of a pin shall make it rankle, so it is in thy spirit▪ i• every little trouble & affliction shall make thee discontent••, and make thee murmur, and even cause thy spirit within thee •o rankle, or as it is in a wound in a mans body, the evil of a wound, it is not so much in the largeness of •he wound, & the abundance of blood that comes out of the wound, but in the inflammation that there is in it, or in a fretting and corroding humour that is in the wound▪ a• unskilful m•n when he comes & sees a large wound in the flesh, looks upon it as a dangerous wound, and when he sees a great deal of blood g•sh out, he thinks these are the evils of it, but when a Chirurgeon comes▪ and sees a great gash, saith he this will be healed within a few days, but there's a less, wound and there's an inflammation or a fretting humour that is in it, and this will cost time (saith he) to cure, so that he doth not lay balsam and healing salves upon it, but his great care is to get out the fretting humour, or inflammation, so that the thing that must heal this wound it is some drink to purge▪ But (saith the patient) what good will this do to my wound? You give me somewhat to drink▪ and my wound is in my arm, or in my leg, what good will this ⟨p. 120⟩