The saints inheritance and the worldlings portion representing the glorious condition of a child…

You may further examine it, by the ⟨p. 88⟩workings of your hearts about your present portions; As. 1 whether you enjoy what you have for it self, and whether your hearts be terminated in what you do enjoy; one that is godly hath his portion beyond these things, he enjoys the creatures. I but it is God that he enjoys in them; that is sweet to me, that I can see, and taste the love of God in; I but a Carnal heart enjoys the creatures, and runs away, and is terminated there; looks much at the creature, but at little in God; as divers of your hospital children here, look more at the men that were their friends, to bring them into the hospital, when they were Fatherless and Motherless, and shiftless, then they look at the founders of the Hospital, they little think of them, to thank God for them, but if they meet with him that was the next cause to bring them in, they will thank him for his kindness; so it is with most men, they look at outward means and secondary causes, but a godly heart looks at the root of all things; I remember ⟨p. 89⟩one that came into the Treasurehouse of Venice, where he saw Tables of gold and silver, and he pointed down, looking at the bottom of the Table, whereupon one asked him, why is your eye so at the bottom? O (saith he) I am looking at the root of all this; Alas, it is a small matter for a man that hath a great trade, to have a great stock.

You may further examine it, by the ⟨p. 88⟩workings of your hearts about your present portions; As. 1 whether you enjoy what you have for it self, and whether your hearts be terminated in what you do enjoy; one that is godly hath his portion beyond these things, he enjoyes the creatures. I but it is God that he enjoyes in them; that is sweet to me, that I can see, and taste the love of God in; I but a Carnall heart enjoyes the creatures, and runs away, and is terminated there; looks much at the creature, but at little in God; as divers of your hospitall children here, look more at the men that were their friends, to bring them into the hospitall, when they were Fatherlesse and Motherlesse, and shiftlesse, then they look at the founders of the Hospitall, they little think of them, to thank God for them, but if they meet with him that was the next cause to bring them in, they will thank him for his kindnesse; so it is with most men, they look at outward means and secondary causes, but a godly heart looks at the root of all things; I remember