The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded

But with many it is not so. Their Minds are so full of earthly things, they do so cleave unto them in their Affections, that no sense of Duty, no Example of others, no concernment of the Glory of God or the Gospel, can make any impressions on them. If there be yet in them so much Life and Light of Grace, as to design a Deliverance from this woeful condition, the means insisted on must be made use of.

But with many it is not so. Their Minds are so full of earthly things, they do so cleave unto them in their Affections, that no sence of Duty, no Example of others, no concernment of the Glory of God or the Gospel, can make any impressions on them. If there be yet in them so much Life and Light of Grace, as to design a Deliverance from this woful condition, the means insisted on must be made use of.

Especially this Advice is needful unto those who are Rich, who have large Possessions, or abound in the Goods of this world. The Poor, the Afflicted, the Sorrowful are prompted from their outward circumstances as well as excited by inward Grace, frequently to remember and to think of the Things above, wherein lies their only Reserve and Relief against the trouble and urgency of their present condition. But the enjoyment of these things in abundance, is accompanied with a two-fold evil, lying directly contrary unto this Duty.

Especially this Advice is needful unto those who are Rich, who have large Possessions, or abound in the Goods of this world. The Poor, the Afflicted, the Sorrowful are prompted from their outward circumstances as well as excited by inward Grace, frequently to remember and to think of the Things above, wherein lyes their only Reserve and Relief against the trouble and urgency of their present condition. But the enjoyment of these things in abundance, is accompanyed with a two-fold evil, lying directly contrary unto this Duty.