"To be well skilled in the mystery of……" — Jeremiah Burroughs

To be well skilled in the mystery of Christian contentment is the… - Jeremiah Burroughs

"To be well skilled in the mystery of Christian contentment is the duty, glory and excellence of a Christian."

— Jeremiah Burroughs

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23 Quotes by Jeremiah Burroughs

Jeremiah Burroughs has 23 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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

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