Q. With what then should we be content? — A. With everything which God in his providence orders for our lot, whether pleasant or afflicting, Heb. 13:5.

Q. What manner of contentment with our lot is required of us? — A. Full contentment, Heb. 13:5.

Q. What is full contentment? — A. Contentment complete in its parts, and carried to the highest degree.

Q. Of how many parts doth full contentment consist? — A. Four; self-denial, readiness to take up our cross, holy carelessness about this world, and satisfaction with our condition in it, Phil. 4:6-7; Matt. 26:24.

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Q. What is meant by a holy carelessness about this world? — A. Our reckoning all worldly enjoyment nothing in comparison to God; and in the diligent use of means, leaving it wholly to him to carve our lot in it.

John Brown of Haddington, Questions and Answers on the Shorter Catechism, 274.