A34689:1670
A practical commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and uses upon the first…A practicall commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and vses upon the first…
A practical commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and uses upon the first Epistle general of John by ... John Cotton ...A practicall commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and vses upon the first Epistle generall of John by ... John Cotton ...
London: printed by M.S. for Thomas Parkhurst, 1658
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This greedy eye offends against that inward contentment that a man owes to his Soul, when he is so covetous that his heart is never satisfied.
Q. When should a man think himself satisfied, and how far may he desire those things?
A. In our Callings we must be diligent, and we may desire Wealth of God, partly for our necessity, and expediency, and partly to leave to our Posterity, thus far a man may desire Wealth, but we are never to desire more than we have good use of, and glorify God by, a man must be content as well to want as abound; but when a man is insatiably craving, when he hath much he would have more, and when he hath most he is not satisfied, that is a greedy eye.
A. In our Callings we must be diligent, and we may desire Wealth of God, partly for our necessity, and expediency, and partly to leave to our Posterity, thus far a man may desire Wealth, but we are never to desire more than we have good use of, and glorifie God by, a man must be content as well to want as abound; but when a man is insatiably craving, when hee hath much hee would have more, and when he hath most he is not satisfied, that is a greedy eye.