[The Christian] is contented if he has but a crust, but bread and water, that is, if God disposes of him, for the things of the world, … yet if God should give unto him Kingdoms and Empires, all the world to rule, if he should give it him for his portion, he would not be satisfied with that.

… A little in the world will content a Christian for his passage, but all the world, and ten thousand times more, will not content a Christian for his portion.

… But a gracious heart, being enlarged to be capable of God, and enjoying somewhat of him, can be filled by nothing in the world; it must only be God himself.

… The peace of God shall keep you, and the God of peace shall be with you. [Philippians 4:7, 9] … I must enjoy that God who gives me the peace; I must have the Cause as well as the effect. I must see from whence my peace comes, and enjoy the Fountain of my peace, as well as the stream of my peace.

Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, Chapter 2, (emphases added)

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