The child's portion, or, The unseen glory of the children of God asserted and…

1. When you are wooed and solicited by Satan to look upon the tempting glories of the things of this world: when honour and pleasures bid hard for your affections, solicit you eagerly to let out your hearts upon them; and it may be their seeming splendour and delicacy may begin to dazzle your eyes and allure your minds, now consider solemnly with your selves who you are, reflect upon your extract, and draw such conclusions as naturally result from it: Say now these things may indeed seem fine and fair ba•ts to poor beggars and fatherless ones, that lie upon the worlds dung-hill; let them then take and ⟨p. 49⟩share them among themselves, let them scramble and see who can get most of them, they may do it, they are not Themistocles, they have no better an hope, these are things accommodated to their earthly minds. Check your rambling affections with these considerations; It is below my birth and breeding to take up satisfied with▪ and place my hearts delight upon such sorry despicable things: this is fit for none but such miserable sneaks as have nothing else to trust unto: I have other guess delights, riches and honours to feed upon, and satiate my Soul withal; I have substances, I will not therefore rest in shadows nor envy such as do.

1. When you are wooed and solicited by Satan to look upon the tempting glories of the things of this world: when honour and pleasures bid hard for your affections, solicite you eagerly to let out your hearts upon them; and it may be their seeming splendor and delicacy may begin to dazzle your eyes and allure your minds, now consider solemnly with your selves who you are, reflect upon your extract, and draw such conclusions as naturally result from it: Say now these things may indeed seem fine and fair ba•ts to poor beggars and fatherless ones, that ly upon the worlds dung-hill; let them then take and ⟨p. 49⟩share them among themselves, let them scramble and see who can get most of them, they may do it, they are not Themistocles, they have no better an hope, these are things accommodated to their earthly minds. Check your rambling affections with these considerations; It is below my birth and breeding to take up satisfied with and place my hearts delight upon such sorry despicable things: this is fit for none but such miserable sneaks as have nothing else to trust unto: I have otherghuess delights, riches and honours to feed upon, and satiate my Soul withal; I have substances, I will not therefore rest in shadows nor envy such as do.