The door of salvation opened by the key of regeneration

All the Providences of God should be profitable to thee.

If Gods hand were enlarged in mercy, thy heart should be enlarged in duty: If God should prosper thee in temporals, the streams ⟨p. 245⟩of his bounty should lead thee (as the water course, either upward to the spring, or downward to the ocean) to the source and fountain of all thy happiness. Thy heart would still be in heaven, where thy best things were, even then when thy body were busied among earthly good things, 1 Cor. 7, 29, 30, Phil. 3.19.

Some observe of the seed called Henbane, that it killeth all birds save sparrows, and to them it is nourishing food; and they give this reason, because their veins are so narrow, that the fumes of the seed cannot pass through them, to their hearts: truly thus twould be with thee, though thou sands of others are poisoned with their worldly portions, because the fumes thereof penetrate into their vitals; but if riches increase, thou shouldst not set thine heart upon them, nay thou shouldst get nourishment from them. As Jehoshaphat, the more honour and wealth thou hadst, the more thy heart would be lifted up in the ways of God. 2 Chro. 17.5, 6.

Some observe of the seed called Henbane, that it killeth all birds save sparrows, and to them it is nourishing food; and they give this reason, because their veines are so narrow, that the fumes of the seed cannot passe through them, to their hearts: truly thus twould be with thee, though thou sands of others are poisond with their worldly portions, because the fumes thereof penetrate into their vitals; but if riches increase, thou shouldst not set thine heart upon them, nay thou shouldst get nourishment from them. As Jehosaphat, the more honour and wealth thou hadst, the more thy heart would be lifted up in the ways of God.