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

A Fourth Evidence of Christians having their Conversations in Heaven is this, That their hearts are so filled with Heavenly riches. It is an Argument of a man that trades much unto such a place, when he hath his Warehouse stored with the Commodities of such a Country: As now, though no man should tell me which way his trading lies, that such a man were a Spanish or Turkish Merchant; yet if I come into his Warehouse, & find that constantly his Warehouse is filled with those Commodities, I may conclude, that certainly this man is a Spanish or Turkish Merchant: he hath the Commodities of the Country continually in his warehouse. So, the Saints have much of the riches of Heaven in their hearts continually, they have much grace, much holiness, much of the Image of God, much spiritual life there is there in a Christian, and you may see in his Conversation he doth manifest (I say) much of the Excellency of Heaven, much of the Glory of Heaven shines in his face; surely his Conversation is in Heaven who hath so much of the riches of Heaven in his heart: The heart of the wicked (saith the holy Ghost) is little worth: Look into the heart of a wicked man, or woman what is there: thy heart that should be thy storehouse, what is it filled withal? it's filled with dirt, and dross, and filth, and uncleanness, the hearts of wicked men are stored with those things: but now, look into the hearts of the Saints, they are filled with God, with Christ, with the holy Ghost, with Grace, that shows that they have traded much in Heaven; in a constant way you shall find their hearts filled with grace, and manifesting much in their lives, and therefore, surely their Conversation is in Heaven.

A Fourth Evidence of Christians having their Conversations in Heaven is this, That their hearts are so fill'd with Heavenly riches. It is an Argument of a man that trades much unto such a place, when he hath his Warehouse stor'd with the Commodities of such a Countrie: As now, though no man should tell me which way his trading lies, that such a man were a Spanish or Turkish Merchant; yet if I come into his Warehouse, & find that constantlie his Warehouse is fill'd with those Commodities, I may conclude, that certainlie this man is a Spanish or Turkish Merchant: he hath the Commodities of the Countrie continuallie in his warehouse. So, the Saints have much of the riches of Heaven in their hearts continuallie, they have much grace, much holinesse, much of the Image of God, much spiritual life there is there in a Christian, and you may see in his Conversation he doth manifest (I say) much of the Excellencie of Heaven, much of the Glorie of Heaven shines in his face; surelie his Conversation is in Heaven who hath so much of the riches of Heaven in his heart: The heart of the wicked (saith the holy Ghost) is little worth: Look into the heart of a wicked man, or woman what is there: thy heart that should be thy storehouse, what is it fill'd withal? it's fill'd with dirt, and drosse, and filth, and uncleanness, the hearts of wicked men are stored with those things: but now, look into the hearts of the Saints, they are fill'd with God, with Christ, with the holie Ghost, with Grace, that shews that they have traded much in Heaven; in a constant way you shal find their hearts fild with grace, and manifesting much in their lives, and therefore, surelie their Conversation is in Heaven.