Puritan Wisdom

“A further proof is this, when spiritual things must give way to earthiness upon every little business. Prayer must pay for it. If I have business to do, I will take it out of prayer timer, or converse in the Word less, or hear the Word less. When earthly things are as high as spiritual things, heaven must stand by until earth is served. This is an evil sign of an earthly spirit. Whereas, were the spirit heavenly, the very first thing that you would do when you awake in the morning would be to season your heart with something that is spiritual.” – Jeremiah Burroughs, A Treatise of Earthly-Mindedness, 54.