"It is but one side of a Christian to endeavour to do what pleases God; you must as well endeavour to be pleased with what God does, and so you will come to be a complete Christian when you can do both."\ \ \ \ The Rare Jewel is a brief treatment on the topic of contentment. Burroughs writes expertly on this topic, marshaling a host of scriptural texts, and leveraging the full weight of his distinct Puritan experiential learning to evince readers of the true worth of Christian contentment.\...
Burroughs was one of the great Independents, a member of the Westminster Assembly, and a voluminous writer. All he wrote was powerful.