Certain select cases resolved specially tending to the right ordering of the heart, that…

which such pious thoughts in some civill employments do, it being no piece of Christian wisdom or honesty to turn round in worldly employments so long till by giddiness we fall down, but by secret steps ever and anon to look up to heaven ⟨p. 8⟩and to behold the face of God, to whom only therein we are to approve our selves. But yet it seems your thoughts are so far from being subservient the one to the other, that you are distracted and molested, and your peace interrupted, and your Christian course made troublesome, and an heavy burden, which surely can not be by the yoke of Jesus Christ, therefore you must first bring your troubles in this particular to this issue, either you may follow your Civill affairs, and nourish these thoughts as helps to maintain your peace and make you heavenly minded in them, (and if they serve sufficiently to such an end, why are you troubled with them?) or else you cannot •ollow God comfortably in civill actions, unless you banish from you thoughts which do so miserably distract you, and then why do you fear you shall grieve Gods Spirit, if at the same time you do not give entertainment to them, the unseasonableness of which, speaks plainly they came not from the spirits suggestions, besides their hinderance of comfortably walking with God, which the employments themselves can never hinder.

which such pious thoughts in some civill imployments doe, it being no peece of Christian wisdome or honesty to turne round in worldly imployments so long till by giddinesse wee fall down, but by secret steps ever and anon to look up to heaven ⟨p. 8⟩and to behold the face of God, to whom onely therein wee are to approve our selves. But yet it seemes your thoughts are so far from being subservient the one to the other, that you are distracted and molested, and your peace interrupted, and your Christian course made troublesom, and an heavy burthen, which surely can not be by the yoke of Jesus Christ, therefore you must first bring your troubles in this particular to this issue, either you may follow your Civill affaires, and nourish these thoughts as helps to maintaine your peace and make you heavenly minded in them, (and if they serve sufficiently to such an end, why are you troubled with them?) or els you cannot •ollow God comfortably in civill actions, unlesse you banish from you thoughts which doe so miserably distract you, and then why doe you fear you shall grieve Gods Spirit, if at the same time you do not give entertainment to them, the unseasonablenesse of which, speaks plainely they came not from the spirits suggestions, besides their hinderance of comfortably walking with God, which the imployments themselves can never hinder.