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

If I were to give but one evidence. whether a man hath grace or no? I would give this as soon as any one; Suppose thou hast got some estate in the word, I put this to thee, what dost thou account to be the chiefest good ⟨p. 92⟩of thy estate, more then thou didst before. A man that hath got an estate more then he had before, thinks with himself, now I may live at a better fashion, then I could, now I may have more freedom then before, now I may have more credit in the world then I had now, I may have my own mind, and satisfy my lust more then I did, or then another man can do; is not this the thing thou most rejoicest in; nay, is not this a truth, that some of your hearts (if your hearts were ripped up, this would be the language of them) most rejoice in, because hereby you have most fuel for your lusts; a poor man hath not so much fuel for his uncleanness as you have, nor so much fuel for his pride and malice as you have, and many rich men account the blessing and happiness of their estates to consist in this very thing, that now they may have a larger scope for their lusts then ever they could before; alas, a poor man cannot go abroad, and drink, as you can do; a poor man cannot lay out so ⟨p. 93⟩much upon a whore, and an unclean wretch, as you can do, and you rejoice in this, if this man hath not his portion in this world, who hath? the Lord strike thy wretched heart.

If I were to give but one evidence. whether a man hath grace or no? I would give this assoon as any one; Suppose thou hast got some estate in the word, I put this to thee, what dost thou account to be the chiefest good ⟨p. 92⟩of thy estate, more then thou didst before. A man that hath got an estate more then he had before, thinks with himself, now I may live at a better fashion, then I could, now I may have more freedom then before, now I may have more credit in the world then I had now, I may have my own mind, and satisfie my lust more then I did, or then another man can do; is not this the thing thou most rejoycest in; nay, is not this a truth, that some of your hearts (if your hearts were ripped up, this would be the language of them) most rejoyce in, because hereby you have most fewel for your lusts; a poor man hath not so much fewel for his uncleanesse as you have, nor so much fewell for his pride and malice as you have, and many rich men account the blessing and happinesse of their estates to consist in this very thing, that now they may have a larger scope for their lusts then ever they could before; alas, a poor man cannot go abroad, and drink, as you can do; a poor man cannot lay out so