Jeremiah Burroughs — Contentment, Prosperity, and God's Glory

As it is in mercies, when they come unexpected, the less preparation there was in me for receiving mercy, the more need I have to be careful now to give God the glory of the mercy, and to sanctify God's name in the enjoy…

It is likewise useful for men and women of wealth to go to poor people's houses and see how they live, to go to hospitals, and to see the wounds of soldiers and others, and to see the lamentable condition that people liv…

Every Christian should say: 'Have I wealth now? I should prepare for poverty. Have I health now? I should prepare for sickness.

It's better to fill a Childs Belly than his Eye.

this was the excellency of the Grace of God in the Apostle, that he was fit for any condition;

Here lies the bottom and root of all contentment, when there is an evenness and proportion between our hearts and our circumstances.