A Body of Practical Divinity

2. The Second Remedy is, Judicious Consideration.

(1.) What poor things these things below are, that we should covet them. 1. They are below the worth of the Soul, which carries in it an Idea and Resemblance of God. The World is but the Workmanship of God, the Soul is the Image of God. 2. You covet that which will not satisfy you. Eccles. 5.10. He that loveth Silver shall not be satisfied with Silver. Solomon had put all the Creatures in a Limbeck, and stilled out the ⟨p. 386⟩Quintessence, and behold, All was Vanity, Eccles. 2.11. Covetousness is a dry Dropsy; the more a Man hath, the more he thirsts. Quo plus sunt potae, plus sitiuntur aquae. 3. Worldly things cannot remove Trouble of mind. King Saul being perplexed in Conscience, all his Crown-Jewels could not administer Comfort to him, 1 Sam. 28.15. The things of the World will no more ease a troubled Spirit, than a Gold Cap will cure the Head-ache. 4. The things of the World, if you had more of them, cannot continue with you. [Greek or Hebrew], Isocr. The Creature hath a little Honey in its Mouth, but it hath Wings to fly away. Glass Metal. These things either go from us, or we from them. What poor things are these to covet?

(1.) What poor things these things below are, that we should covet them. 1. They are below the worth of the Soul, which carries in it an Idea and Resemblance of God. The World is but the Workmanship of God, the Soul is the Image of God. 2. You covet that which will not satisfie you. Eccles. 5.10. He that loveth Silver shall not be satisfied with Silver. Solomon had put all the Creatures in a Limbeck, and stilled out the