The Art of Divine Contentment

The Art of Divine Contentment

Thomas Watson
A searching and practical exposition of Philippians 4:11 — "I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." Watson, one of the most beloved Puritan preachers, diagnoses the disease of discontent with penetrating honesty and prescribes its cure with pastoral warmth. From the nature of true contentment to the divine motives that produce it, this is one of the most thorough and encouraging treatments of the subject in Christian literature.

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✦ Table of Contents · 14 Chapters
1 Foreword 2 The Introduction to the Text 3 The First Branch of the Text 4 Concerning the Second Proposition 5 The Second Branch of the Text: The Lesson Itself 6 Resolving Some Questions 7 How a Christian May Make His Life Comfortable 8 A Check to the Discontented Christian 9 A Persuasion to Contentment 10 Divine Motives to Contentment 11 Three Things Inserted by Way of Caution 12 How a Christian May Know Whether He Has Learned Contentment 13 Rules About Contentment 14 Consolation to the Contented Christian