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…

My brethren, to conclude all for this point, if I could tell you that I knew how to show you a way never to be in want of any thing, I make no question but then we should have much flocking to such a Sermon, when a man should undertake to ⟨p. 207⟩manifest to people that they should never be in want any more, but I have bin now preaching unto you that that comes to as much, that that countervails this, that which is in effect all one. Is it not almost all one never to be in want, or never to be without Contentment? that man or woman that is never without a contented spirit, truly can never be said to want much, Oh the word holds forth a way full of comfort and peace to the people of God even in this world, you may live happy lives in the midst of all the storms and tempests in the world, there is an Ark that you may come into, and no men in the world may live such comfortable cheerful and contented lives as the Saints of God, Oh that we had learned this lesson: I have bin many Sermons about this lesson of Contentment, but I am afraid that you will be longer in learning of it then I have bin preaching of it, it is a harder thing to learn it then it is to preach or speak of it. I remember I have read of one man reading of that place in the 39. Psalm, I will •ake heed that I offend not with my tongue▪ (saith he) I have ••• these •8 years a learning this lesson and have not learned it throughly: The truth is, there is many I am afraid that have bin professors nee• eight and thirty years have hardly learned this lesson, it were a good lesson for young professors to begin •• learn this betimes: But now this lesson of Christian Contentment it is as hard, and perhaps you may be many years a learning it: I am afraid there be some Christians that have not yet learned not to offend grossly with their congues; the Scripture saith all a mans Religion is vain if he cannot bridle his tongue, therefore those that make any profession of godliness one would think they should quickly learn this lesson, such a lesson that except learned, it makes all their Religion vain:

My brethren, to conclude all for this point, if I could tell you that I knew how to shew you a way never to be in want of any thing, I make no question but then we should have much flocking to such a Sermon, when a man should undertake to