Jeremiah Burroughs

Our Duty –  Jeremiah Burroughs

Our Duty –  Jeremiah Burroughs

Now what am I to do? What can I think now are those duties that God requires of me in the circumstances that he has now put me into?  Let me exert my strength to perform the duties of my present circumstances. Others spend their thoughts on things that disturb and disquiet them, and so they grow more and more discontented. Let me spend my thoughts in thinking what my duty is, what is the duty of my present circumstances which I am in?

–  Jeremiah Burroughs –
from The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

Find Contentment – Jeremiah Burroughs

Find Contentment – Jeremiah Burroughs

A man whose bones are filled with marrow, and his veins with good blood does not complain of the cold as others do. So a gracious heart, having the Spirit of God within him, and his heart filled with grace has that within him that makes him find contentment.

– Jeremiah Burroughs –
from The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, 1648 

Christian Contentment – Jeremiah Burroughs

Christian Contentment – Jeremiah Burroughs

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.

– Jeremiah Burroughs –
from The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment,1648 

The Holy Spirit Within Us – Jeremiah Burroughs

Oh, the Lord who is our Father loves to see his Spirit in us. Great men love to see great spirits in their children, and the great God loves to see a great spirit in his children. We are one spirit with God and with Christ, and one spirit with the Holy Ghost; therefore, we should have a spirit that might manifest the glory of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost in our spirits: that is the spirit of a Christian.

– Jeremiah Burroughs –
from The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, 1648

Christian Contentment in All Things – Jeremiah Burroughs

It is the Lord who gives us all things to enjoy; we may have the thing and yet not enjoy it unless God comes in with his blessing. Now whatever you have, you enjoy it; many men have possessions and do not enjoy them. It is the blessing of God which gives us all things to enjoy, and it is God who through his blessing has fashioned your heart and made it suitable to your circumstances.

– Jeremiah Burroughs – 
from The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, 1648

A Christian Can Walk in the Midst of … – Jeremiah Burroughs

When a Christian can walk in the midst of fiery trials, without his garments being singed, and has comfort and joy in the midst of everything (when like Paul in the stocks he can sing, which wrought upon the jailor) it will convince men, when they see the power of grace in the midst of afflictions. When they can behave themselves in a gracious and holy manner in such afflictions as would make others roar: Oh, this is the glory of a Christian.

– Jeremiah Burroughs –
from The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, 1648

February 17, 2015

A carnal heart thinks, I must have my wants made up or else it is impossible that I should be content. But a gracious heart says, “What is the duty of the circumstances God has put me into?”

– Jeremiah Burroughs –
from The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, 1648