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…

The Ninth Consideration.

Yea consider when God hath given thee such contentments thou hast not given him the glory. When God hath let thee have thy hearts desire, what hast thou done with thy hearts desire? thou hast not bin the better for it, it may be thou hast bin the worse many times and therefore let that satisfy thee: I meet with crosses, but when I had contentment and all things coming in, God had but little or no glory from me, and therefore let that be a means now to quiet me in my discontented thoughts.

Yea consider when God hath given thee such contentments thou hast not given him the glory. When God hath let thee have thy hearts desire, what hast thou done with thy hearts desire? thou hast not bin the better for it, it may be thou hast bin the worse many times and therefore let that satisfie thee: I meet with crosses, but when I had contentment and all things comming in, God had but little or no glory from me, and therefore let that be a means now to quiet mee in my discontented thoughts.

The Tenth Consideration.

Yea lastly, consider all the experience that you have had of Gods doing good unto you in the want of many comforts. When God crosses you, have you never had experience of abundance of good in afflictions? it's true when a Minister only tells men that God will work good out of their afflictions, they hear them speak, and think they speak like good men, but they feel little or no good, they feel nothing but pain, but when we cannot only say to you that God hath said he will