The rare jewel of Christian contentment Wherein is showedThe rare jewel of Christian contentment Wherein is shewed

now saith the poor woman, dogs have crumbs, and when you can find your hearts thus subjecting unto God, to be but as a dog, and can be contented and bless God for any crumb, I say, this is a great worship of God, you worship God by this more than when you come to hear a Sermon, or spend half an hour, or an hour in prayer, or when you come to receive a Sacrament; These are the Acts of Gods Worship, I but these are but external Acts of Worship, to Hear, and Pray, and receive Sacraments: But now this is the Soul-worship, to subject it self thus to God. You that often will worship God by Hearing, and Praying, and receiving Sacraments, and yet afterwards will be froward and discontented, know, that God regards not that worship, he will have the Soul-worship in this subjecting of the soul to God. Observe it I beseech you; in active Obedience, there we worship God by doing that that pleases God, but by passive Obedience we do as well worship God by being pleased with that which God doth. Now when I perform a duty, I worship God, I do what pleases God: why should I not as well worship God when I am pleased with what God doth? As it was said of Christs obedience, Christ was active in his passive Obedience, and passive in his active obedience: So the Saints they are passive in their active obedience; they are first passive in their reception of Grace, and then active: And when they come to passive obedience they are active, they put forth Grace in active obedience, when they perform actions to God, then saith the Soul, Oh! that I could do that that pleases God, when they ⟨p. 103⟩come to suffer any cross, On that what God doth might please me. I labour to do what pleases God, and I labour that what God doth shall please me, here's a Christian indeed that shall endeavour both these: now this is but one side of a Christian, to endeavour to do what pleases God, but you must as well endeavour to be pleased with what God doth, and so you shall come to be a complete Christian when you can do both. And that's the first thing in the excellency of this Grace of Contentment.

now saith the poor woman, dogs have crums, and when you can find your hearts thus subjecting unto God, to be but as a dog, and can be contented and bless God for any crum, I say, this is a great worship of God, you worship God by this more than when you come to hear a Sermon, or spend half an hour, or an hour in prayer, or when you come to receive a Sacrament; These are the Acts of Gods Worship, I but these are but external Acts of Worship, to Hear, and Pray, and receive Sacraments: But now this is the Soul-worship, to subject it self thus to God. You that often will worship God by Hearing, and Praying, and receiving Sacraments, and yet afterwards will be froward and discontented, know, that God regards not that worship, he will have the Soul-worship in this subjecting of the soul to God. Observe it I beseech you; in active Obedience, there we worship God by doing that that pleases God, but by passive Obedience we do as well worship God by being pleased with that which God doth. Now when I perform a duty, I worship God, I do what pleases God: why should I not as well worship God when I am pleased with what God doth? As it was said of Christs obedience, Christ was active in his passive Obedience, and passive in his active obedience: So the Saints they are passive in their active obedience; they are first passive in their reception of Grace, and then active: And when they come to passive obedience they are active, they put forth Grace in active obedience, when they perform actions to God, then saith the Soul, Oh! that I could do that that pleases God, when they