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…

5 To distracting, heart-eating cares and fears. A gracious heart so estimates its union with Christ and the work that God sets it about, as it will not willingly suffer any thing to come in to choke it, or dead it. A Christian is desirous that the word of God should take such full possession as to divide between soul and spirit, but he would not suffer the fear and noise of evil tidings to take such impression in his soul, as to make a division and struggling there, like the twins in Rebeckaes womb. A great man will permit common people to stand without his doors, but he will not let them come in & make a noise in his closet or bedchamber when he purposely retires himself from all worldly employments. So a well tempered spirit though it may inquire after things abroad without doors in the world, and suffer some ordinary cares and fears to break in to the suburbs of the soul, so as to have a light touch upon the thoughts: Yet it will not upon any terms admit of an intrusion into the privy-chamber, which should be wholly reserved for Jesus Christ as his inward Temple.

5 To distracting, heart-eating cares and fears. A gracious heart so estimats its union with Christ and the work that God sets it about, as it will not willingly suffer any thing to come in to choak it, or dead it. A Christian is desirous that the word of God should take such full possession as to divide between soul and spirit, but he would not suffer the fear and noise of eviltidings to take such impression in his soul, as to make a division and strugling there, like the twins in Rebeckaes womb. A great man will permit common people to stand without his doors, but he will not let them come in & make a noise in his closet or bedchamber when he purposely retires himself from all worldly imployments. So a well tempered spirit though it may inquire after things abroad without doors in the world, and suffer some ordinary cares and fears to break in to the suburbs of the soul, so as to have a light touch upon the thoughts: Yet it will not upon any terms admit of an intrusion into the privy-chamber, which should be wholly reserved for Jesus Christ as his inward Temple.

6 To sinking discouragements. When things fall not out according ⟨p. 8⟩