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Secondly, Gods people, by a spiritual eye, are very ¹highly esteemed, because such an eye looks at spiritual excellencies: God hath made a gracious heart acquainted with true spiritual excellencies, and such a one beholding the beauty and the glory that there is in spiritual excellencies, all the outward glittering glory that there is in the world is darkened: It is true, men and women, so long as they know no better things, judge only according to these outward mean things. Children that know no better things then a gay coat, count it the greatest preferment that can be, to be put into such a coat; and so a man that knows no better things then the things of the world, he counts it the greatest excellency to have them: But when a child comes to have reason, and sees higher things, he does not prize such things; so a soul that comes to see the things of Heaven, God, and Christ, and Grace, and sees into the realities of ⟨p. 205⟩them, and not as imaginary, he will never admire at any thing below, but only at grace; and where there is grace, nothing can darken the light of it, it is so glorious as the light of the Sun; a little smoke cannot darken the light of the Sun, when it shines bright; a little smoke will darken the light of the candle, but cannot darken the light of the Sun: And so a little affliction will darken these outward things, to those that esteem them at a high rate; but spiritual excellencies are of such a nature, that afflictions cannot darken them.

Secondly, Gods people, by a spiritual eye, are very ¹highly esteemed, because such an eye looks at spiritual excellencies: God hath made a gracious heart acquainted with true spiritual excellencies, and such a one beholding the beauty and the glory that there is in spiritual excellencies, all the outward glittering glory that there is in the world is darkned: It is true, men and women, so long as they know no better things, judge onely according to these outward mean things. Children that know no better things then a gay coat, count it the greatest preferment that can be, to be put into such a coat; and so a man that knows no better things then the things of the world, he counts it the greatest excellency to have them: But when a childe comes to have reason, and sees higher things, he does not prize such things; so a soul that comes to see the things of Heaven, God, and Christ, and Grace, and sees into the realities of