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

Fifthly, It is the observing of the several administrations of God, and the suiting of the soul to the several administrations of God in the world: I open that thus, God sometimes seems to work in one way, sometimes in another way; now the soul that walks with God observes which are the several ways and administrations of God in the world, and let me (saith the soul) labour to suit my heart with them: that's thus, sometimes the Lord is in a way of judgments, in the world, heavy and dreadful afflictions: yea, sometimes against his own Saints, and People: then let me suit my heart according to this, Oh Lord! we will wait upon thee in the ways of thy judgments, saith the Church in Isa. Are we under Gods way of judgments, in a way of afflictions? Lord, we will suit our selves to honour thee there according to that way, we will labour to exercise those graces that are suitable to these administrations of thine. And Lord, art thou in a way of mercy? we will suit our selves accordingly, and labour to draw forth and exercise our graces that are suitable to those ways of thine. And art thou in a way of affliction in my family, or in a way of mercy? Lord, I will labour to exercise those graces that are suitable to those ways of thine. This is to walk with God. As when we walk with a man, if he turn this way, then I set my self to go with him, and if he turns another way, then I suit my self to go with him that way, so though the ways of God be never so various, yet the soul that walks with God is suitable to those ways of God; Oh this is a great Art, a great Mystery to suit a mans self to these several administrations of God in the world. You shall have some that if God go in a way of mercy, Oh there they can bless, & praise God, and they think that this is to walk with God; but if God turns his back upon thee and takes away thy choicest earthly comfort (it may be) thy deerest yoke-fellow & so comes in a way of afflictions, how