Friendship Quote by Jeremiah Burroughs

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

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

Temptations will no more prevail over a contented man, than a dart that is thrown against a brazen wall.

— Jeremiah Burroughs

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

I beseech you to consider that God does not deal by you as you deal with him.

— Jeremiah Burroughs

Thus, a godly man wonders at his cross that it is not more, a wicked man wonders his cross is so much:

— Jeremiah Burroughs

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

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

A noble heart is a thankful heart that loves to acknowledge whenever it has received any mercy.

— Jeremiah Burroughs

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

“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

Your mercies are more than your afflictions.

— Jeremiah Burroughs