Thus, a godly man wonders at his cross that it is not more, a wicked man wonders his cross is so much.

Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are satisfied only with Christ brings contentment.

Temptations will no more prevail over a contented man, than a dart that is thrown against a brazen wall.

the Lord does not so much look at the work that is done, as at the faithfulness of our hearts in doing it.

You may think you find peace in Christ when you have no outward troubles, but is Christ your peace when the Assyrian comes into the land, when the enemy comes?...Jesus Christ would be peace to the soul when the enemy comes into the city, and into your houses.

It is a special part of the divine worship that we owe to God, to be content in a Christian way, as has been shown to you.

When you sailors see the haven before you, though you were mightily troubled before you could see any land, yet when you come near the shore and can see a certain land-mark, that contents you greatly. A godly man, in the midst of the waves and storms that he meets with, can see the glory of heaven before him and so contents himself. One drop of the sweetness of heaven is enough to take away all the sourness and bitterness of all the afflictions in the world.