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

2. And then from thence follows, upon the souls answer to this call; the Lord disengages the heart from all creaturecomforts, and teacheth, the first lesson to deny himself, and to take up Christs Cross: now what's more opposite to self-denial and the taking up of the Cross of Christ than earthly-mindedness? the text saith here, They are enemies to the Cross of Christ.

2. And then from thence follows, upon the souls answer to this call; the Lord difingages the heart from all creaturecomforts, and teacheth, the first lesson to deny himself, and to take up Christs Crosse: now what's more opposite to self-denial and the taking up of the Crosse of Christ than earthly-mindednesse? the text saith here, They are enemies to the Cross of Christ.

And then a third thing in conversion it is, The resigning up of the soul to God as the chief good; the soul upon the call of God, it learns the lesson of Self-denial, and taking up the Cross, and so being disengaged from the creature, now it resigns up it self to God as an infinite soul satisfying good for ever: now you cannot but in the naming of this see how opposite earthly-mindedness is to it.

And then a third thing in conversion it is, The resigning up of the soul to God as the chief good; the soul upon the call of God, it learns the lesson of Self-denial, and taking up the Crosse, and so being disingaged from the creature, now it resigns up it self to God as an infinite soul satisfying good for ever: now you cannot but in the naming of this see how opposite earthly-mindednesse is to it.

And then for the work of grace upon the heart, after the heart is converted and turned to God.