Rich, honourable, happy, and all in Christ

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Ralph Erskine (Non-Conformity to the World enjoined), Sermons 1:397:

They that are not conformed to the world are not in love with the world; they are not taken up with the gaudy vanities thereof. They that are saints indeed have got a sight that makes the world appear nothing. The natural sun shines upon this world and enlightens it: but the sun of righteousness, when he shines upon the soul, darkens this earth, and all the excellencies thereof, and makes them all appear but loss and dung, for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ. Hence the believer doth not admire the world. It is not silver and gold that he calls true riches; it is not worldly advancement that he calls honour; it is not carnal delight that he reckons pleasure and happiness; it is not human learning that he esteems solid wisdom. He can be rich, honourable, happy, and all without them, and all in Christ. He values worldly and earthly things no more than a picture drawn in the sand, which the least wave will wash away.
 
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