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…

so it's ordinary for men and women when they are in a low condition, they think that if they may have bread, any competency, they will be contented and bless God, but when they have their bread and things convenient, they must have more or else they are not contented, know that this is an exceeding great aggravation to thy discontentment, when you are raised from a very low condition and yet you cannot be contented with what you have.

so it's ordinary for men and women when they are in a low condition, they think that if they may have bread, any competency, they will be contented and blesse God, but when they have their bread and things convenient, they must have more or else they are not contented, know that this is an exceeding great aggravation to thy discontentment, when you are raised from a very low condition and yet you cannot be contented with what you have.

A seventh aggravation of this sin is this, For them to be discontent that have hin very great sinners and ungodly in their former time. For men and women that have much guiltiness upon them, the guilt of very many sins upon them, that have provoked God exceedingly against them, and have brought themselves in a most dreadful manner under the sentence of Gods justice, and yet God being pleased to reprieve them, for them to murmur and to be discontent with Gods administrations towards them this is exceeding evil, Oh it were consideration enough to quiet any murmuring in our hearts, to think thus, we are but sinners why should not we be sufferers that are sinners? but then consider we that are such great sinners, guilty of such notorious sins, that it is a wonder that we are out of Hell at this present, yet for us to be discontent and murmur how exceedingly doth this increase our sin! Consider how we have crossed God in our sins, then if God should cross us in the way of our sufferings should not we sit down quiet without murmuring? ⟨p. 161⟩Certainly thou never knewest what it was to be humbled for thy manifold sins, that art discontented at any administration of God towards thee.