Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment - Burroughs - IV - Chapter 2

Required reading 

Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs (available from Amazon or free on the internet, here for example) - Chapter 2.

My notes and thoughts
Seven particulars are now given as to the mystery of contentment and we are encouraged to perceive them.
1) A content Christian is unsatisfied with the things of the world.
2) A contented Christian subtracts desires - 'The world is infinitely deceived in thinking that contentment lies in having more than we already have.'
3) A contented Christian adds the burden of sin to his burdens of affliction
4) A contented Christian views affliction as spiritually good
5) A contented Christian focuses on his duties
6) A contented Christian melts his will into God's will
7) A contented Christian purges from within
There was some overlap between them but they are all excellent.

The first point was one of the most important - the contented Christian 'is the most contented man in the world and yet the most unsatisfied man in the world.' This is because what contents a non-Christian (e.g. money) will not satisfy him. What alone contents the Christian is God himself. Even peace and mercy do not satisfy, it is the God of peace and mercy that the Christian wants!

Now it's your turn
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