The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
Drawn from sermons on Philippians 4:11, Burroughs treats contentment as a learned spiritual art rather than a natural temperament, defining it as a quiet, gracious frame of spirit that freely submits to and even delights in God's dealings in every circumstance. He explains the mystery of how a believer can be full in want and calm under affliction, then diagnoses the sin of discontent and prescribes practical remedies.
Based on The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment (1648), by Jeremiah Burroughs
From the book
In Jeremiah Burroughs's own words
“Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God's wise and fatherly disposal in every condition.”
“A Christian comes to contentment not so much by way of addition, as by way of subtraction.”
“One drop of the sweetness of heaven is enough to take away all the sourness and bitterness of all the afflictions in the world.”