Durable riches. Two brief discourses, occasioned by the impoverishing blast of heaven, which the…

Possibly, if we knew when we had Enough of these things, our Heavenly Father would not send so many Losses, to be as it were the Voiders of our Tables. There are some Considerable Dealers in the World, who are such Mortified Men, that they Stint their Estates, at a Moderate and Competent Elevation; they Resolve, that they will never be Richer than just so far; all that they get over and above, they'll generously give away to Pious Uses; and as they Resolve, that they will never be Richer, so the Smiles of God upon them seem to Resolve, that they shall never be Poorer all their Days. Excellent is the Rule that I have seen sometimes given, Be more Thoughtful how to use what you have, unto the Glory of God, than how to gain more. Whereas, if we are like the Horseleech, always at, Give! Give! Our God often Orders that we Loose accordingly. A Grasp after too much, is the Loss of all. What shall I say? If our Losses did speak nothing more Diminutive about the things of this World, than only thus much, That they are Momentary Things; yet •hat were enough to Disgrace them ⟨p. 25⟩for ever with us. We Read concerning a Rich Fool, in Luk. 12.19. Who said unto himself, Thou hast Goods Laid up for many years; but yet that very Night he Lost all. And a Fool indeed he was! Truly, after our Losses, we shall be most Exemplary Fools, if we count any of our Goods, Laid up for many years.

Possibly, if we knew when we had Enough of these things, our Heavenly Father would not send so many Losses, to be as it were the Voiders of our Tables. There are some Considerable Dealers in the VVorld, who are such Mortify'd Men, that they Stint their Estates, at a Moderate and Competent Elevation; they Resolve, that they will never be Richer than just so far; all that they get over and above, they'l generously give away to Pious Uses; and as they Resolve, that they will never be Richer, so the Smiles of God upon them seem to Resolve, that they shall never be Poorer all their Dayes. Excellent is the Rule that I have seen sometimes given, Be more Thoughtful how to use what you have, unto the Glory of God, than how to gain more. Whereas, if we are like the Horsleech, alwayes at, Give! Give! Our God often Orders that we Loose accordingly. A Grasp after too much, is the Loss of all. VVhat shall I say? If our Losses did speak nothing more Diminutive about the things of this World, than only thus much, That they are Momentary Things; yet hat were enough to Disgrace them