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Originally published in 1648, Jeremiah Burroughs’ treatment of biblical contentment is a rich treasury of wisdom on the subject, and perhaps his most widely-read work. This volume gathers Burroughs’ sermons on the topic to provide a helpful study for understanding and living out contentment. He defines contentment as “that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to...

Here a Christian makes over his will to God, and in making over his Will to God, he hath no other Will but onely Gods: As suppose a man makes over his Debt to another man, if that man that I ow the Debt to, be satisfied and contented, I am satisfied, because I have made it over to him, and I need not be discontented, and say, My debt is not paid, and I am not satisfied; Yes, you are satisfied, for he that you made over your debt to, he is satisfied. Just thus it is, for all the world, between God
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