Jeremiah Burroughs (The Saints’ Happiness, pp. 213–214):
If you would not be passionate, but of meek and quiet spirits, take heed of putting your selves into too much business that God calls you not unto, and the reason is this, because there is no business but will have somewhat or other to fall cross, therefore be sure to be about nothing but what God calls you to, and there you will have the blessing of God; but when men will have many Irons in the fire, more than God calls them to, no marvel though their fingers be burnt, we find that those men that are very busy are very froward, but now when you know that your business is but that that God calls you to, and you do it in obedience to God, you may expect the blessing of God upon you to quiet you, but otherwise there will be many temptations in it.
