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…

As it was with Rachel she must have children or else she dyed, well saith God seeing you must, you shall have them, but though she had a child she dyed according to what she said Give me children or else I die. So in regard of any other outward comforts, people may have the thing, but often times they have it so as it proves the heaviest cro••e to them that ever they had in all their lives, such a child as you were discontent for the ⟨p. 141⟩want of it, it may be it was sick, and your hearts were out of temper for fear that you should loose it, and God restores it, but he restores it so as he makes it a cross to your heart all the days of your lives. One observes concerning Manna, when the people were contented with their allowance that God allowed them, then it was very good, but when they would not be content with Gods allowance, but would gather more then God would have them, then saith the text there was worms in it: So when we are content with our conditions, and that that God disposes of us to be in, there's a blessing in it, then it is sweet to us, but if we must needs have more, and keep it longer then God would have us to have it, then there will be worms in it and no good at all.

As it was with Rachel she must have children or else she dyed, well saith God seeing you must, you shal have them, but though she had a child she dyed according to what she said Give me children or else I die. So in regard of any other outward comforts, people may have the thing, but often times they have it so as it proves the heaviest cro••e to them that ever they had in all their lives, such a child as you were discontent for the ⟨p. 141⟩want of it, it may be it was sick, and your hearts were out of temper for fear that you should loose it, and God restores it, but he restores it so as he makes it a crosse to your heart all the daies of your lives. One observes concerning Manna, when the people were contented with their allowance that God allowed them, then it was verie good, but when they would not be content with Gods allowance, but would gather more then God would have them, then saith the text there was worms in it: So when we are content with our conditions, and that that God disposes of us to be in, there's a blessing in it, then it is sweet to us, but if we must needs have more, and keep it longer then God would have us to have it, then there will be wormes in it and no good at all.