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 sixth Direction.

The sixth Direction for Contentment is, To labour to be spiritually minded; that is, be often in meditation of the things that are above, If we be risen with Christ (saith the Scriptures) let us ¹seek the things that are above, where Christ is that sits at the right hand of God. Be much in spiritual thoughts, in conversing with things above; many Christians that have an interest in the things of Heaven yet converse but very little with them, their meditations are not much upon heavenly things. It is that that some give as the reason why Adam did not see his nakedness, some think that he had so much converse with God and with things above Sense, that he did not so much mind or think of nakedness what it was, but whether that were so or no I will not say, but this I say and am certain of, the reason why we are so troubled with our nakedness, with any wants that we have, it's because we converse so little with God, so little with spiritual things, the conversing with spiritual things would lift us above the things of the world; Those that are bit or struck with a Snake it is because they tread upon the ground, if they could be lifted up above the earth they need never fear to be stung with the Snakes that are crawling underneath, so I may compare the sinful distemper of murmuring, and the temptations and evils that comes from thence to be like Snakes that crawl up and down below, but if we could get higher we should not be stung by them: A heavenly conversation is the way for Contentment.

The sixth Direction for Contentment is, To labour to be spiritually minded; that is, be often in meditation of the things that are above, If we be risen with Christ (saith the Scriptures) let us ¹