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…

2 To an orderly making our moan and complaint to God, and to our friends. Though a Christian ought to be quiet under Gods correcting hand, yet he may without any breach of Christian ⟨p. 6⟩contentment complain to God; (as one of the Ancients saith) though not with a tumultuous clamour and skreeking out in a perplexed passion, yet in a quiet still submissive way he may unbosom his heart unto God. And likewise communicate his sad condition to his gracious friends, showing them how God hath dealt with him and how heavy the affliction is upon him, that they may speak a word in due season to his wearied soul. It is not opposed.

2 To an orderly making our moan and complaint to God, and to our friends. Though a Christan ought to be quiet under Gods correcting hand, yet he may without any breach of Christian ⟨p. 6⟩contentment complain to God; (as one of the Ancients saith) though not with a tumultuous clamour and skreeking out in a perplexed passion, yet in a quiet still submissive way he may unbosome his heart unto God. And likewise communicate his sad condition to his gracious friends, shewing them how God hath dealt with him and how heavy the affliction is upon him, that they may speak a word in due season to his wearied soul. It is not opposed.

3 To all lawful seeking out for help in another condition, or simply endeavouring to be delivered out of the present affliction by the use of lawful means. No, I may lay in provision for my deliverance, and use Gods means, waiting on him because I know not but that it may be his will to alter my condition, and so far as he leads me I may follow his providence, it is but my duty. God is thus far mercifully indulgent to our weakness, and he will not take it ill at our hands if by earnest and importunate prayer we seek unto him for deliverance, till we know his good pleasure therein. And certainly thus seeking for help with such a submission and holy resignation of spirit, to be delivered when God will, and as God will, and how God will, so that our wills are melted into the will of God, this is no opposition to the quietness which God requires in a contented spirit.