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.

It is the happiness of heaven to have God be all in all.

Oh, that we could but convince men and women that murmuring spirit is a greater evil than any affliction, whatever the affliction!

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.

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.

When God has given you your heart's desire, what have you done with your heart's desire?

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.