A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…

[Greek or Hebrew], the complacential amusement, contrivement, study, and care of the flesh. [Greek or Hebrew] here is the same ⟨p. 73⟩with [Greek or Hebrew], Gen. 6.5. the figment or contrivement of the heart. These carnal world-minders, are well described by Paul, Phil. 3.19. who mind earthly things, [Greek or Hebrew], i. e. They amuse themselves in the the complacential thoughts, and study of terrene things: they have no gust, savour or relish, but of such; they are under the serpent's curse, to lick the dust.

〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the complacential amusement, contrivement, study, and care of the flesh. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 here is the same ⟨p. 73⟩with 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Gen. 6.5. the figment or contrivement of the heart. These carnal world-minders, are well described by Paul, Phil. 3.19. who mind earthly things, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, i. e. They amuse themselves in the the complacential thoughts, and study of terrene things: they have no gust, savour or relish, but of such; they are under the serpent's curse, to lick the dust.

6. Prop. Another branch of predominant love to the world, is to make the Creature the object or matter, not only of our use, but also of our supreme fruition, complacence, and satisfaction. So much is implied in our text, [Greek or Hebrew], make not the world the object of your entire contentment, acquiescence, and satisfaction, draw not your choicest comforts and delights from terrene goods. There is some kind of contentment and complacence in worldly goods, which may consist with the love of God; but when the heart makes any worldly good the entire, or main object of its fruition and satisfaction, this denotes predominant love to the world. For Divine Wisdom hath put this Law or Order into things; that all Creatures are to be the object of our Use; but God himself the supreme object of our fruition and satisfaction, whence, to make any Creature the chief matter of our fruition and satisfaction, what is it, but to violate and pervert the order of the Creation, and set up the Creature in the place of the Creator? and doth not this bespeak predominant love to the Creatures? This our Lord elegantly describes in that parable of the rich glutton,