The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…

That we may see here what is the special work of Faith, we must know which are the special sins of prosperity, which riches ⟨p. 447⟩and honours occasion in the world. And though the Apostle tell us, 1 Tim. 6.10. that the love of money is the root of all evil, I will confine my discourse to that narrower compass, in the enumeration of the sins of Sodom, in Ezek. 16.49. PRIDE, FULLNESS of bread, IDLENESS: And of these but briefly, because I have spoken more largely of them elsewhere (in my Christian Directory.)

That we may see here what is the special work of Faith, we must know which are the special sins of prosperity, which riches ⟨p. 447⟩and honours occasion in the world. And though the Apostle tell us, 1 Tim. 6.10. that the love of money is the root of all evil, I will confine my discourse to that narrower compass, in the enumeration of the sins of Sodom, in Ez•k. 16.49. PRIDE, FƲLNESS of bread, IDLENESS: And of these but briefly, because I have spoken more largely of them elsewhere (in my Christian Directory.)

And first of the Pride of the rich and prosperous.

PRIDE is a sin of so deep radication, and so powerful in the hearts of carnal men, that it will take advantage of any condition, but Riches and Prosperity are its most notable advantage. As the boat riseth with the water; so do such hearts rise with their estates. Therefore saith the Apostle,