"My brethren, the reason why you have not……" — Jeremiah Burroughs
"My brethren, the reason why you have not got contentment in the things of the world is not because you have not got enough of them-that is not the reason-but the reason is, because they are not things proportionable to that immortal soul of yours that is capable of God himself."
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Jeremiah Burroughs
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23 Quotes by Jeremiah Burroughs
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Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from…
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When [the saints] perform actions to God, then the soul says: 'Oh! that I could do what pleases God!' When…
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Now this is a mystery to a carnal heart. They can see no such thing; perhaps they think God loves…
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Oh, that we could but convince men and women that murmuring spirit is a greater evil than any affliction, whatever…
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Thus, a godly man wonders at his cross that it is not more, a wicked man wonders his cross is…
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To be well skilled in the mystery of Christian contentment is the duty, glory and excellence of a Christian.
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I beseech you to consider that God does not deal by you as you deal with him.
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It is a special part of the divine worship that we owe to God, to be content in a Christian…
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Temptations will no more prevail over a contented man, than a dart that is thrown against a brazen wall.
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I am discontented because I have not these things which God never yet promised me, and therefore I sin much…
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But if I have once overcome my heart, and am contented through the grace of God in my heart, then…
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A noble heart is a thankful heart that loves to acknowledge whenever it has received any mercy.
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