Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment - Burroughs - XII - Chapter 9 completed

Required reading 

Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs (available from Amazon or free on the internet, here for example) - Chapter 9: Sections IX to XIII.

My notes and thoughts
Today we finish off the evils of a murmuring Spirit.  Point IX and XIII were most helpful.

For point IX, Numbers 16 was used to show that discontentment brings God's wrath: 'So while you are murmuring in your families, the wrath of God may quickly go out against you.  In a morning or evening, when you are murmuring, the wrath of God may come quickly upon your families or persons...Those who stand by and see you in a murmuring, discontented fit, have cause to say: "Oh, let us go and take the censer, let us go to prayer, for we are afraid that wrath is gone out against this family, against this person.' 

Point XIII was closely related: 'God may justly withdraw his care of you, and his protection over you, seeing God cannot please you in his administrations.'  This point makes logical sense: 'What if God should say to any of you, If my care over you does not please you, then take care of yourselves, if my protection over you will not please you, then protect yourselves?'

These two points should strike fear into all our hearts against murmuring.

Now it's your turn
Please post your own notes and thoughts in the comments section below.