Puritan · 1648

The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

Jeremiah Burroughs (1599-1646)

Drawn from Philippians 4:11, this treatise argues that contentment is not passive resignation but a learned grace: an active inward disposition that comes from knowing God, knowing oneself, and drawing on the sufficiency of Christ. Burroughs delivered these sermons to his London congregation during the upheaval of the English Civil War, and the book was published posthumously in 1648. Among Puritan works on the inner life, it is distinguished by pastoral warmth and precise application.