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

England, Ireland, and Scotland, are but 3. little spots unto the world, and what are your farms and your manors? you have but a little portion, if you had all it were no great matter; the truth is all you have in this world, ⟨p. 69⟩cannot be enough to make you live in fashion in the world, like a man; it is not enough (I say) for to live like a man in the world, to live like one that hath an immortal soul, like one that hath the image of God upon him, and was sent hither into the world, to do so great services, as every one of you were sent hither to do, and therefore it is but a mean thing, little cause you have to rejoice in it.

England, Ireland, and Scotland, are but 3. little spots unto the world, and what are your farmes and your mannours? you have but a little portion, if you had all it were no great matter; the truth is all you have in this world, ⟨p. 69⟩cannot be enough to make you live in fashion in the world, like a man; it is not enough (I say) for to live like a man in the world, to live like one that hath an immortall soul, like one that hath the image of God upon him, and was sent hither into the world, to do so great services, as every one of you were sent hither to do, and therefore it is but a mean thing, little cause you have to rejoyce in it.

It is true they that are godly, account themselves unworthy of the least thing they have here in the world; but I'll tell you a mystery of religion now, a practical maxim of religion, that is a great mystery to the world, which is this, that a gracious heart, though he thinks himself unworthy of the least crumb of bread, yet all the creatures in heaven and earth, will not serve him to be his portion, will not satisfy him; though he hath a heart that will be satisfied with any thing, as counting himself unworthy of the meanest condition in this world, as a present gift of God; but ⟨p. 70⟩