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

One that walks with God, you shall find him in private the same that he is in public; what ever holiness doth appear in such a one before others, in his walking in the world, if you trace him and follow him in his private course you shall find him the same man as you do in public: why? because he hath not to deal with man so much, he hath to deal with God in all his ways, when he hath any thing to do before others, he walks with God, and when he is alone he is the same man still. In the 101. Psal. see what David saith there concerning his walk in private in his family, I will behave my self wisely in a perfect way (saith he) ⟨p. 308⟩Oh when wilt thou come unto me! I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. As if he should say, I will not walk when I am abroad only, with a perfect heart, but I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. There are many people that when they are abroad in the world they seem to be very strict in their way, but follow such men to their houses and there you shall see a great deal of difference. You will find many times as much difference between the course of men when they are abroad and in their houses, as you find in their clothes; you shall have many men and women when they go abroad they will be very neat, and though they have but little means, yet they will lay it upon their backs so that they may be fine abroad; but come to them in their families and they care not what clothes they wear there: It is just so in regard of their lives, their lives have as much difference as their clothes: When they are abroad then they put a good face on things and seem to be very fair in their conversations, and speak good things, but at home there they are froward and perverse, and perhaps in their passions, will swear, there they are profane, and ungodly, and vent their corruptions in a most ungodly manner; doest thou walk with God? If thou hadst to deal with God thou wouldst be the same in thy family that thou art abroad, that thy wife, children, and servants in thy family might give as good a testimony of thee as when thou art abroad with others: Yea, and if ye could retire with them into their very closets you should find them the same there in any duties of Religion. You shall have many when they come abroad and join with others, Oh how enlarged are they!