94 The Do%ineofMortifrcation fo if thou wouldcft have a rich reward, falvation and everlafting life, thenget heavenly rnindednef1. Butyou will fay unto me, it is true, wee wereonce earthlyminded, butnow weare heavenlyminded ; I am now anotherman to that I was, therefore that you may notdeceive your (elves to thinke that you are heavenly minded when youare not, I will give you Mantes e her Tome knowwhe markes whereby upon examination you may wehave loft knowwhetheryouhaveleft yo'ar earthlymindedneffe our earthly- orno. lymindednes cítirarkd a. Thefirft lone whereby you Mall knowwhether youbeearthly minded or no, is, by examining your (elves whether your delight in earthly things bee ina- moderate,oranexceffive care ; examinewhetheryour hearts arefo fet upon them, that it deprives you of all fpirituall Joy, if you doe, youare asyet earthly minded. Firít, if you exceed in the matter of gettingof them, and thee in the matter of keeping of them s whenyoumake them the chicle end of your delire, and preferreyourowne profit in the getting or kee- pingofthembefore Godsglorie, this is tomake them your God : yet I fay not but it is lawfull toufe things foran end ; as Recreation, for this end, to fit our bo- dies for theperformanceof better things, this is as it were totake phyficke for health-fake : but whenmen willmake them their end,, nay, fet the creature in the placeof God, which is fpirituall whoredome. And this is when men will fcrape richestogether, fomuch forthis childe,and fomuch for that childe ; fomuch forthis ufe, andfo much forthat ufe, in this thou fee- keft thine owneends; but if thouwilt get them, get them
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