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…

Oh how low and beneath this condition is a murmuring and discontented heart for want of some outward comforts here in this world: How unseemly is it that thou shouldest be a slave to every cross, that every affliction shall be able to say to thy soul bow down to us: We accounted that a great slavery, when men would say to our souls bow down: As the cruel Prelates were wont do do in imposing things upon mens consciences, they did in effect say, let your consciences, your souls bow down to us, that we may tread upon them; that is the greatest slavery in the world that one man should say to another, let your consciences, your souls bow down that we may tread upon them, but wilt thou suffer every affliction to say bow down that we may tread upon thee? truly it's so, when thy heart is overcome with murmuring and discontent: Know that those afflictions which have caused thee to murmur have said to thee bow down that we may tread upon thee: Nay not afflictions, but the very Devil doth prevail against you in this: Oh! how beneath is this to the happy estate that God hath raised a Christian unto; what? The Son of a King, shall he have every base fellow to come and bid him bow down that he may tread upon his neck? Thus doest thou in every affliction: The affliction, the cross and trouble that doth befall thee, saith bow down that we may come and tread upon thee.

Oh how low and beneath this condition is a murmuring and discontented heart for want of some outward comforts here in this world: How unseemly is it that thou shouldest be a slave to every cross, that every affliction shal be able to say to thy soul bow down to us: We accounted that a great slavery, when men would say to our souls bow down: As the cruel Prelats were wont do do in imposing things upon mens consciences, they did in effect say, let your consciences, your souls bow down to us, that we may tread upon them; that is the greatest slavery in the world that one man should say to another, let your consciences, your souls bow down that we may tread upon them, but wilt thou suffer every affliction to say bow down that we may tread upon thee? truly it's so, when thy heart is overcome with murmuring and discontent: Know that those afflictions which have caused thee to murmur have said to thee bow down that we may tread upon thee: Nay not afflictions, but the very Devill doth prevail against you in this: Oh! how beneath is this to the happy estate that God hath raised a Christian unto; what? The Son of a King, shal he have every base fellow to come and bid him bow down that he may tread upon his neck? Thus doest thou in every affliction: The affliction, the crosse and trouble that doth befall thee, saith bow down that we may come and tread upon thee.