God's terrible voice in the city

2. This covetousness hath appeared in keeping what they have gotten: keeping I say, for covetous persons have had little heart to spend though in necessary uses what they have scraped together: they have had wealth, but the use of it they have not had; it hath been to them like a treasure in a chest of which they had lost the key; or like another mans money in their keeping, which they must not meddle withal. ⟨p. 168⟩Whatever abundance they have had in the bag, and in the coffer, their families have been in want; the table hath been penurious; the back and belly have been pinched; they have lived at a meaner rate than those that have been of a meaner degree. The poor might starve at their doors, no pity towards others in want and misery, and the least pity towards themselves: whilst they have saved, for fear least afterwards they should want; they have all along wanted, whilst they have been saving; and it may be at last they have lost what they have been keeping, to the unexpressible grief, and it may be breaking of their hearts, which have been so set upon these things.

2. This covetousness hath appeared in keeping what they have gotten: keeping I say, for covetous persons have had little heart to spend though in necessary uses what they have scraped together: they have had wealth, but the use of it they have not had; it hath been to them like a treasure in a chest of which they had lost the key; or like another mans money in their keeping, which they must not meddle withall. ⟨p. 168⟩Whatever abundance they have had in the bag, and in the coffer, their families have been in want; the table hath been penurious; the back and belly have been pinched; they have lived at a meaner rate than those that have been of a meaner degree. The poor might starve at their doors, no pitty towards others in want and misery, and the least pitty towards themselves: whilest they have saved, for fear least afterwards they should want; they have all along wanted, whilest they have been saving; and it may be at last they have lost what they have been keeping, to the unexpressible grief, and it may be breaking of their hearts, which have been so set upon these things.