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…

Now shall Gods mercies aggravate our sins? This is a sad thing, this is ⟨p. 153⟩to turn the mercies of God to be our misery. Didst not thou pray to God for these mercies that God hath sent of late to the public, these great victories that God hath given diddest not thou pray for them? now thou hast them is not there enough in them to quiet thy heart for some private trouble thou meetest withal in thy family? Is not there goodness enough there to cure thy discontentment? certainly they were not such mercies so worthy to be prayed for except they have so much excellency in them as to countervail some private afflictions▪ public mercies are the aggravation of private discontent, As so of public discontent too if we receive so many public mercies, yet if every thing goes not in the public according as we desire, if we be discontent at that it will exceedingly aggravate our sin, God may say, what shall I bestow such mercies upon a people, and yet if they have not every thing they would have they will be discontent? Oh it is exceeding evil. So in particular, the mercies that concerns thy self, thy family, if thou wouldest consider thou hast a great many more mercies then thou haddest afflictions, I dare boldly aver it concerning any one in this congregation, (suppose thy afflictions to be what they will) there is never a one of you but that have more mercies then afflictions.

Now shall Gods mercies aggravate our sins? This is a sad thing, this is ⟨p. 153⟩to turne the mercies of God to be our misery. Didst not thou pray to God for these mercies that God hath sent of late to the publique, these great victories that God hath given didest not thou pray for them? now thou hast them is not there enough in them to quiet thy heart for some privat trouble thou meetest withall in thy family? Is not there goodnesse enough there to cure thy discontentment? certainly they were not such mercies so worthy to be prayed for except they have so much excellency in them as to countervail some private afflictions▪ publick mercies are the aggravation of privat discontent, As so of publick discontent too if we receive so many publick mercies, yet if every thing goes not in the publick according as we desire, if we be discontent at that it will exceedingly aggravate our sin, God may say, what shall I bestow such mercies upon a people, and yet if they have not every thing they would have they will be discontent? Oh it is exceeding evill. So in particular, the mercies that concernes thy selfe, thy family, if thou wouldest consider thou hast a great many more mercies then thou hadest afflictions, I dare boldly aver it concerning any one in this congregation, (suppose thy afflictions to be what they will) there is never a one of you but that have more mecies then afflictions.