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

That this is the great difference between a wicked man and a ¹godly man; one minds Earthly things: and the other hath his Conversation in Heaven. I intend to handle both these in order.

1. 1Doct.

One of these minds Earthly things: It is a parallel Scripture that we have in the 8. to the Rom. 5. verse, For they that are after the flesh, do mind the things of the flesh. Do mind, there ¹is the same word, only here the Participle, and there in the Verb, but the meaning is the same, as they that are after the Earth, mind Earthly things: so they that are after the flesh savours fleshly things: the first part of this point, is the description of wicked men, that are enemies to the cross of Christ, and to the ways of godliness, and they are men that mind Earthly things, the more gross of them are described before, To have their bellies to be their god, some of them are very sensual, drunken, unclean, and altogether given to satisfy the flesh in fleshly lusts: But there are others that do not appear to be so brutish, yet they are men of earthly minds, savour only of earthly things, and these are the men that are secret enemies to the cross of Christ, yea, and will many times appear so to be, it will break out at length: Such a man whose spirit hath been earthly for a long time, will appear at length to be an enemy to Christs cross. Now in the handling of this point, I will propound these Five things to treat of.

One of these minds Earthly things: It is a paralel Scripture that we have in the 8. to the Rom. 5. verse, For they that are after the flesh, do mind the things of the flesh. Do mind, there ¹