Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume /

Ambition and covetousness after worldly grandeur and gain; which make us so unlike to Christ; should be far from us. If the world be the great thing with us; Mammon will have us at command; and Christ will have but little service from us. Why should that be high in the esteem and affection of your hearts, which Christ so little minded? Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world, 1 Joh. 2.15. Set your affection on things above, not on things that are ⟨p. 317⟩on earth, Col. 3.2. If you have the worlds riches, let not your minds be high, nor your hearts set upon them; and be rich in good works; if you are in a meaner estate, be satisfied; remember who said, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. The best men in the world; that have done most good in the world, have least cared for the world; and have been most willing to leave the world; and go to a better.

5. Christ is to be followed in his living a life so very beneficial; doing good being his perpetual business. The Apostle Peter, who was one of his greatest and most constant attendants, says, that he went about doing good, Act. 10.38. to do thus was meat and drink to him. How great was his Kindness and Compassion to Souls; how much Mercy does he show to the Bodies of Men!

5. Christ is to be followed in his living a life so very beneficial; doing good being his perpetual business. The Apostle Peter, who was one of his greatest and most constant attendants, says, that he went about doing good, Act. 10.38. to do thus was meat and drink to him. How great was his Kindness and Compassion to Souls; how much Mercy does he shew to the Bodies of Men!