Jeremiah Burroughs, a pastor and English Independent during the 1600s, wrote prolifically and was highly esteemed by Puritan leaders of his day. In his Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, Burroughs gives clear and simple instructions to anyone who seeks contentment in their life.

Burroughs discusses the mystery of contentment, our roadblocks to contentedness and gives practical steps to attain contentment, concluding with “Exercise much faith; that is the way for contentedness. After you have done with all the considerations that reason may suggest to you, if you find that these do not do it, Oh, then call for the grace of faith.”