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.

Faith has this excellency, that it is able to bring life out of death, light out of darkness. It has a kind of creating virtue.

Now this is a mystery to a carnal heart. They can see no such thing; perhaps they think God loves them when he prospers them and makes them rich, but they think God loves them not when he afflicts them. That is a mystery, but grace instructs men in that mystery, grace enables men to see love in the very frown of God's face, and so come to receive contentment.

We should study Christ, and praise and bless God, and have our hearts enlarged for Jesus Christ. This is the duty of believers to whom God has revealed Christ as wonderful, that in their conversations they should hold out the wonderful glory of Jesus Christ. You should so walk before men as to manifest to all the world that your Savior is a wonderful Savior

It is a woman's reason to say I will do such a thing because I will.

To be well skilled in the mystery of Christian contentment is the duty, glory and excellence of a Christian.

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