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Durable riches. Two brief discourses, occasioned by the impoverishing blast of heaven, which the…
Durable riches. Two brief discourses, occasioned by the impoverishing blast of heaven, which the undertakings of men, both by sea and land, have met withal. : The one, handling, the true cause of loosing; the other, giving, the true way of thriving. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Four lines of quotations in Latin]
Boston: printed by John Allen for Vavasour Harris, 1695
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And then, Secondly, We are to Give Suitably. And this not only for the Measure in which, but also for the Subject to which, we Give. One says very truly, Turpissimum Genus perdendi est Inconsulta Donatio. And our Saviour informs us, about our Giving, in Luke 18.12. It must be, with a Distribution. We must give in the first place to our Needy Kindred: and as for others, we must have Respect first unto the Household of Faith, though we must also Do good unto All. As for your Common Beggars, 'tis usually an Injury and a Dishonour unto the Country, for them to be Countenanced; as for those that Indulge themselves in Idleness, the Express Command of God unto us, is, That we should Let them Starve; and as for those that when they Get, will melt and wast our Money in Drunkenness, 'tis a Sin to supply those Monsters with what may be Fuel for such a Beastly Vice. Let never any thing but a Nought, stand for them, in the Books of Accounts.
And then, Secondly, We are to Give Suitably. And this not only for the Measure in which, but also for the Subject to which, we Give. One says very truly, Turpissimum Genus perdendi est Inconsulta Donatio. And our Saviour informs us, about our Giving, in Luke 18.12. It must be, with a Distribution. We must give in the first place to our Needy Kindred: and as for others, we must have Respect first unto the Houshold of Faith, though we must also Do good unto All. As for your Common Beggars, 'tis usually an Injury and a Dishonour unto the Country, for them to be Countenanced; as for those that Indulge themselves in Idleness, the Express Command of God unto us, is, That we should Let them Starve; and as for those that when they Get, will melt and wast our Money in Drunkenness, 'tis a Sin to supply those Monsters with what may be Fuel for such a Beastly Vice. Let never any thing but a Nought, stand for them, in the Books of Accounts.
'Tis after this manner that we are to Do Good with our Estates. But this brings us to the Third Question; Which is,