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…

to wear women's clothes all their days, or such a space of time at least they should go in woman's cloths in token of shame and disgrace to them because they have such effeminate spirits, they thought it against a manlike Spirit, and therefore seeing they did un-man themselves they should go as women, now shall they account it an unmanlike Spirit, to be overmuch dejected in afflictions; and shall not a Christian account it an unchristian like Spirit to be overmuch dejected by any affliction whatsoever? I remember another compares murmuring Spirits to children when they are weaning, what a deal of stir have you with your children when you wean them, how froward and vexing are they: So when God would wean thee from some outward comforts in this world, Oh how fretting and discontented art thou! Children will not sleep themselves, nor let their mothers sleep when they are weaning; and so when God would wean us from the world, and we fret, vex, and murmur, this is a childish spirit.

to wear womens cloaths all their dayes, or such a space of time at least they should go in womans cloths in token of shame and disgrace to them because they have such effeminate spirits, they thought it against a manlike Spirit, and therefore seeing they did un-man themselves they should go as women, now shall they account it an unmanlike Spirit, to be overmuch dejected in afflictions; and shall not a Christian account it an unchristian like Spirit to be overmuch dejected by any affliction whatsoever? I remember another compares murmuring Spirits to children when they are weaning, what a deal of stir have you with your children when you wean them, how froward and vexing are they: So when God would wean thee from some outward comforts in this world, Oh how fretting and discontented art thou! Children will not sleep themselves, nor let their mothers sleep when they are weaning; and so when God would wean us from the world, and we fret, vex, and murmure, this is a childish spirit.

Fourthly, It's below the profession of a Christian, The profession of a Christian, what's that? A Christians profession is to be dead to the world and and to be alive to God, that's his profession, to have his life to be hid with Christ in God, to satisfy himself in God, what is this thy profession? and yet if thou hast not every thing that thou wouldest have to murmur and be discontent, thou doest in that even deny thy profession.