Two treatises of Mr. Jeremiah Burroughs. The first of earthly-mindedness

A second Evidence is this, That they can be content with so little in this world, and can live such comfortable lives in the enjoyment of so little; perhaps you cannot tell ⟨p. 223⟩how to have comfortable lives except you have so much coming in by the year, and so much provision: but now, one that is heavenly, a godly man or woman, can tell how to live a joyful and happy life in the want of the things of this world; though they have but little, though but bread and water, though but mean habitations, mean clothes, though but of mean esteem in the world, yet can go through the world with a joyful heart, blessing God all his days, nothing but admiring, praising, and magnifying God for his rich mercy; and blessing himself in God, and accounting his portion to be a goodly portion, and his lot to be fallen into a fair ground. I verily believe that there are very many poor, mean people in this world, yet their houses are more filled with blessings of God in one day, than many Rich, Great, Noble men have their houses in twenty or forty years: now this argues that they have their Conversations in Heaven, that though they want comfort never so much in this world, yet they can live comfortable lives; surely it is something that doth rejoice them, when they can so rejoice in the want of these outward things, when their joy depend• […] upon the things of this world; men that have earthly hearts, if they lose but their outward comforts, they cry our, Oh we are undone! And you may see mighty alterations in their very countenances, they have nothing to joy their hearts when they lose the things of the world: but it is no• so with the Saints, whatsoever crosses they meet withal here in this world, yet still they rejoice in Christ, blessing God, the course of their lives is nothing ell but a continual magnifying, and praising God for his mercy and goodness to them; surely they have their Conversations in Heaven.

A second Evidence is this, That they can be content with so little in this world, and can live such comfortable lives in the enjoyment of so little; perhaps you cannot tell ⟨p. 223⟩how to have comfortable lives except you have so much coming in by the yeer, and so much provision: but now, one that is heavenly, a godly man or woman, can tell how to live a joyful and happie life in the want of the things of this world; though they have but little, though but bread and water, though but mean habitations, mean cloathes, though but of mean esteem in the world, yet can go through the world with a joyful heart, blessing God all his daies, nothing but admiring, praising, and magnifying God for his rich mercie; and blessing himself in God, and accounting his portion to be a goodly portion, and his lot to be fallen into a fair ground. I verily beleeve that there are very many poor, mean people in this world, yet their houses are more fill'd with blessings of God in one day, than many Rich, Great, Noble men have their houses in twenty or fourty yeers: now this argues that they have their Conversations in Heaven, that though they want comfort never so much in this world, yet they can live comfortable lives; surely it is somthing that doth rejoyce them, when they can so rejoyce in the want of these outward things, when their joy depend upon the things of this world; men that have earthly hearts, if they lose but their outward comforts, they cry our, Oh we are undone! And you may see mightie alteractions in their very countenances, they have nothing to joy their hearts when they lose the things of the world: but it is no so with the Saints, whatsoever crosses they meet withal here in this world, yet still they rejoyce in Christ, blessing God, the course of their lives is nothing elle but a continual magnifying, and praising God for his mercie and goodness to them; surely they have their Conversations in Heaven.