The rich mans charge delivered in a sermon at the Spittle upon Monday in…The rich mans charge delivered in a sermon at the Spittle vpon Monday in…

And now Right Honourable and Beloved, to give you all in one view, You have heard the Charge of the God of Heaven, to the Rich men of the Earth: It is my Petition, it is his Command. I beseech you, he enjoins you, Not to be high minded; not to let that which comes from the deep places of the Earth, exalt you, and make you forget that you are Earth; not to let the thick Clay make the thin Dust proud. It cannot add a cubit to your stature, let it not add so great a sin to your Souls: It is gift, it is not property; ⟨p. 47⟩Gods, not yours; you are the fiduciaries, the depositaries only; why should you glory as if you had not received it?

And now Right Honorable and Beloved, to give you all in one view, You have heard the Charge of the God of Heaven, to the Rich men of the Earth: It is my Petition, it is his Command. I beseech you, he injoyns you, Not to be high minded; not to let that which comes from the deep places of the Earth, exalt you, and make you forget that you are Earth; not to let the thick Clay make the thin Dust proud. It cannot adde a cubit to your stature, let it not adde so great a sin to your Souls: It is gift, it is not property; ⟨p. 47⟩Gods, not yours; you are the fiduciaries, the depositaries onely; why should you glory as if you had not received it?

Let me add this one word more, Let not your riches make you low-minded neither, to glue your hearts, to bend your affections to things below: Let them make you heavenly-minded, and then they will make you humbly-minded; the more of Heaven in any mind, the more of Humility.

Let me adde this one word more, Let not your riches make you low-minded neither, to glew your hearts, to bend your affections to things below: Let them make you heavenly-minded, and then they will make you humbly-minded; the more of Heaven in any minde, the more of Humility.