Keeping Your Heart from Pride

John Flavel goes on now to relate, from P. 437-494, 12 Cases in which he opens us for us how a Christian may keep his own heart under many different situations –

Case 1. How a Christian may keep his heart from pride and carnal security, under the smiles of providence, and constancy of creature-comforts.

And here he gives 7 Choice Helps under this first Case, to secure the heart from the dangerous snares of prosperity.

1st Choice Help – To consider the dangerous ensnaring temptations attending a pleasant and prosperous condition; few yea, very few of those that live in the pleasures and prosperity of this world escape everlasting perdition.
2nd Choice help. It may keep us yet more humble and watchful in prosperity, if we consider that among Christians many have been much the worse for it.