It is a special part of the divine worship that we owe to God, to be content in a Christian way, as… — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God's wise and fatherly… — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Now I say that a heart that has no grace, and is not instructed in this mystery of contentment, knows of no… — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
To be well skilled in the mystery of Christian contentment is the duty, glory and excellence of a Christian. — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires… — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
I am discontented because I have not these things which God never yet promised me, and therefore I sin much against the Gospel, and… — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
We should study Christ, and praise and bless God, and have our hearts enlarged for Jesus Christ. This is the duty of believers to… — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
Temptations will no more prevail over a contented man, than a dart that is thrown against a brazen wall. — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
the Lord does not so much look at the work that is done, as at the faithfulness of our hearts in doing it. — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
I beseech you to consider that God does not deal by you as you deal with him. — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
Thus, a godly man wonders at his cross that it is not more, a wicked man wonders his cross is so much: — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
Now this is a mystery to a carnal heart. They can see no such thing; perhaps they think God loves them when he prospers… — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
You will not find one Godly man who came out of an affliction worse than when he went into it. Though for a little… — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
A noble heart is a thankful heart that loves to acknowledge whenever it has received any mercy. — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
When [the saints] perform actions to God, then the soul says: 'Oh! that I could do what pleases God!' When they come to suffer… — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Psalm 106:24, 25: 'Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word; but murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the… — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
![“When [the saints] perform actions to God, then the soul says: 'Oh! that I could do what pleases God!' When they come to suffer any cross: 'Oh, that what God does might please me!' I labour to do what pleases God, and I labour that what God does shall please me: here is a Christian indeed, who…” quote by Jeremiah Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1df/jeremiah-burroughs-16546_action_when-the-saints-perform-actions-to-god-t_813190.jpg)
