The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan…

5. Wealth gotten by unjust and deceitful weights, are usually accompanied with a secret curse from the Lord; so that they seldom continue long, but melt away many times in the same hands that got them; according to ⟨p. 69⟩that of the Prophet Jeremiah 17. 11. As the Partridge sitteth on Eggs, and hatcheth them not, so he that getteth Riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a Fool. That which is gathered by the unrighteousness of man, shall be scattered by the Wrath of God. Though men should thrive by their unjust and injurious dealing, yet their worldly wealth can never recompense their spiritual loss. For what will it advantage a man to gain a little Earth with the loss of Heaven?

5. Wealth gotten by unjust and deceitful weights, are usually accompanied with a secret curse from the Lord; so that they seldom continue long, but melt away many times in the same hands that got them; according to ⟨p. 69⟩that of the Prophet Ieremiah 17. 11. As the Partridge sitteth on Eggs, and hatcheth them not, so he that getteth Riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a Fool. That which is gathered by the unrighteousness of man, shall be scattered by the Wrath of God. Though men should thrive by their unjust and injurious dealing, yet their worldly wealth can never recompence their spiritual loss. For what will it advantage a man to gain a little Earth with the loss of Heaven?

Take heed therefore, O young man, of seeking to enrich thy self by any unwarrantable ways: What thou gettest thereby, may prove to thee as the Flesh that the Eagle catched from the Altar, and carried to her Nest, which having a live coal cleaving to it, set Nest and young ones on fire. The Curse of God is like a secret Moth, eating into such an estate as is got by fraud and deceit.