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So, that Comfort and Satisfaction, which you promise to your selves after all your desired abundance, you may every whit as well receive at present. And why then should you pinch your Bodies, neglect your Souls, trouble your own House, and only inherit the Wind? For what hath Man of all his Labour, and of the Vexation of his Heart, wherein he hath laboured under the Sun? For all his Days are Sorrows, and his Travel Grief; yea, his Heart taketh not rest in the Night. This is also Vanity: Eccles. 2. 22, 23. Wisdom hath said, He that loveth Silver, shall not be satisfied with Silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with Increase. And that, when Goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the Owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their Eyes? Eccles. 5. 10, 11. Watch therefore carefully against this Temptation; if Riches decrease, break not thy Heart for them; if Riches increase, set not thy Heart upon them. Cheerfully make use of what you enjoy; bridle your Desires after the World; detest the motion of getting any thing indirectly; trust in God to supply you, who gives us all things liberally to enjoy; and still remember, that sincere Charity is the best method to obtain, and entail an Estate upon you and yours.

So, that Comfort and Satisfaction, which you promise to your selves after all your desired abundance, you may every whit as well receive at present. And why then should you pinch your Bodies, neglect your Souls, trouble your own House, and only inherit the Wind? For what hath Man of all his Labour, and of the Vexation of his Heart, wherein he hath laboured under the Sun? For all his Days are Sorrows, and his Travel Grief; yea, his Heart taketh not rest in the Night. This is also Vanity: Eccles. 2. 22, 23. Wisdom hath said, He that loveth Silver, shall not be satisfied with Silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with Increase. And that, when Goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the Owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their Eyes? Eccles. 5. 10, 11. Watch therefore carefully against this Temptation; if Riches decrease, break not thy Heart for them; if Riches increase, set not thy Heart upon them. Chearfully make use of what you enjoy; bridle your Desires after the World; detest the motion of getting any thing indirectly; trust in God to supply you, who gives us all things liberally to injoy; and still remember, that sincere Charity is the best method to obtain, and intail an Estate upon you and yours.