40 Quotes by 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.

Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are satisfied only with Christ brings contentment.

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

It is a special part of the divine worship that we owe to God, to be content in a Christian way, as has been shown to you.

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

If riches increase, set not your hearts upon them: so if friends increase, set not your hearts upon them, but trust in the living God, let it be the living God that you rest on even for all outward things in this world.

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.

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

Your mercies are more than your afflictions.