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

Thirdly, We are to do it Righteously. What is to be Cast, must be TH• Bread: it must be Thy own, and not Another mans. For the Almighty says, in Isa. 61.8. I hate Robbery for Burnt Offering; nor will He allow of it, in any other Offering. And hence is that word of our Saviour, in Luk. 11.41. Give Alms of such Things as ye Have. Otherwise indeed all our Expenses this way, must have an Ichabod Written on them; Where is their Glory? We must be Lawful Proprietors of those things which we go to Serve Pious Uses with. And hence the Jews call their Alms box, A Chest of Justice. We may not Filch and Steal for this End; I have Read of Pious Frauds indeed, but no where, of Pious Robberies. Hence also, They that are under Authority, as Children and Servants, may not give away what belongs to their Parents and Masters, without their Approbation; and whatever the Wife may do this way Without the Consent of her Husband, she should beware of going directly Against i•, in such things as these. Hence likewise, They that are joined in Partnership may not this Way diminish a Common Stock, without the Concurrence of their Partners; and they that already ⟨p. 14⟩Owe more than they are Worth, have not so much to do this way as others have. And Lastly, 'tis not for […] to Raise an Estate by Unjust […], and think to make up All by giving Part unto the Poor; for 'tis a certain Rule, Bonus usus non Justificat injuste Quaesita.

Thirdly, VVe are to do it Righteously. VVhat is to be Cast, must be TH• Bread: it must be Thy own, and not Another mans. For the Almighty says, in Isa. 61.8. I hate Robbery for Burnt Offering; nor will He allow of it, in any other Offering. And hence is that word of our Saviour, in Luk. 11.41. Give Alms of such Things as ye Have. Otherwise indeed all our Expences this way, must have an Ichabod VVritten on them; Where is their Glory? VVe must be Lawful Proprietors of those things which we go to Serve Pious Uses with. And hence the Jews call their Alms box, A Chest of Justice. VVe may not Filch and Steal for this End; I have Read of Pious Frauds indeed, but no where, of Pious Robberies. Hence also, They that are under Authority, as Children and Servants, may not give away what belongs to their Parents and Masters, without their Approbation; and whatever the Wife may do this way Without the Consent of her Husband, she should beware of going directly Against i, in such things as these. Hence likewise, They that are joyned in Partnership may not this Way diminish a Common Stock, without the Concurrence of their Partners; and they that already