Jeremiah Burroughs

Quotes from the Puritan preacher Jeremiah Burroughs

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You cannot imagine what a great deal of good it will do you to resist the very next temptation.

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“[E]very comfort that the saints have in this world is an earnest penny to them of those eternal mercies that the Lord has provided for them.”
― Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment #CSLI

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"The more fully you lay out yourselves for Christ, the more comfort you shall have in your lives."
-Jeremiah Burroughs

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“God’s ways are not always clear to us, but they are always wise, and they are always kind.”

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Let your afflictions be what they will, there is not one of you, but has more mercies than afflictions.—Jeremiah Burroughs

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“If you would get a contented life, do not grasp too much of the world, do not take in more of the business of the world than God calls you to.”
― Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment #CSLI

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Preach, men, preach!

“The sermon is the arrow, the heart is the mark; the preacher is the archer, Christ is the strength.” — Jeremiah Burroughs

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"The poor in spirit, this is his behavior—he is emptied of himself; whatsoever he has in himself, or whatsoever he does, he dares not rest upon it."
-Jeremiah Burroughs

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In my judgment, I am satisfied… so as to be able to say, “This is the hand of God, and is what is suitable to my condition or best for me. Although I do not see the reason for the thing, yet I am satisfied in my judgment about it.”

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[Amanda Kunitza @ponygirl345]

“I am discontented because I have not these things which God never yet promised me, and therefore I sin much against the Gospel, and against the grace of faith.”

—Jeremiah Burroughs

[KC Collins @SgtMyKneesHurt]

“In active obedience, we worship God by doing what pleases God; but by passive obedience, we do as well worship God by being pleased with what God does.”

Jeremiah Burroughs

[D. Ray Davis @DRayDavis]

“It is suitable to my heart to yield to God and to be content…The Lord knows how to order things better than I; the Lord sees further than I do…” Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

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[Jeremy W Johnston @GandalfPirate]

"By contentment, we come to give God the worship that is his due. It is a special part of the divine worship that we owe to God, to be content in a Christian way. You worship God more by this than when you come to hear a sermon or spend an hour in prayer" (Jeremiah Burroughs).

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Reconciliation with God will reconcile us to one another. “If God so loved us, we ought also to love one another” (1 John 4:11).

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There is more evil in the least sin than in the greatest affliction.