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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...

Now the Third thing I would open in the description is this, It is an inward, quiet, gracious [frame] of Spirit. It is a frame of Spirit, and then a gracious frame of Spirit. Contentment it is a Soul-business, First it is inward; Secondly quiet; Thirdly it is a quiet Frame of Spirit. [Frame,] by that I mean these three things: There are three things considerable when I say, Contentment consists in the quiet frame of the Spirit of a man. First, That is a Grace, that spreads it self through the whole
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