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

The eighth benefit of walking with God it is, That such find favour in Gods eyes for granting their petitions; for to hear them in their prayers. In the 37. Psal. 4. ver. Delight thy self in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desire of thine heart; walk with God, and enjoy converse and communion with him, so as to delight thy self with him, and he will give thee thy hearts desire, thou shalt have what thou wouldst have. As now, if a man have a petition to give to any great man, If he can but observe him in his walks, then he thinks that surely when he may have such an opportunity, now to present it as he hopes to have audience, and acceptance of the petition. I remember I have read of one that offered to give a great sum of money that he might have but liberty to whisper any thing in the Kings ear every day, why? because thereby he thought that he should have a great many people come to him to desire his help for to prefer their petitions, and if he might have but that liberty he should get enough that way. Now the soul that hath the liberty of walking with God, what a privilege hath he? and what opportunities to present petitions to God? and the Lord delights in hearing of them. If a King will admit a man to walk with him, surely such a man whatsoever he presents ⟨p. 296⟩it's like to speed. Now my brethren, upon this ground it is thus: you shall see a great deal of difference in a formal professor's prayer, & the prayer of a godly man that walks with God; the difference in the prayers of these two is thus: I'll set it out by this similitude. You have your beggars, and they pray for an alms, but they stand at the door; but if you a have special friend, an acquaintance that shall come to desire a favour from you, the door is opened for him, you carry him into the Parlour, and there he opens his mind to you, he hath a great deal of privilege more than the other: Both come to ask a favour from you, but one stands at the door, and the other is let into the Parlour and walks up and down there, and there opens his mind to you. Just for all the world is there this difference between the prayers of formal professors, and the prayers of those that walk with God;