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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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Secondly, Since, Thou knowest not what Evil shall be upon the Earth, it were well for thee to do what may Compose & Settle thy Heart in the anxious prospect of all that Evil. Now this will be done by being truly Liberal of those Estates, which are the things that so much make us afraid of Evil Times. Look into Psal. 112.7, 9. where 'tis said, He shall not be Afraid of Evil Tidings; Why not? It is added, He hath dispersed, he hath given to the Poor. You see the Liberal man, has a Cordial against the Fears of Evil Days. For, The Great God has promised, either to Preserve him from that Evil that shall be upon the Earth; as in Psal. 41.1. Blessed is he that Considers the Poor, the Lord will deliver him in Time of Trouble: Or else, to Support him in that Evil; as in Isa. 58.10. Draw out thy Soul to the Hungry, then shall thy Light Rise in ⟨p. 30⟩Obscurity. In short, since thou knowest not what Evil shall be upon the Earth, hence thou knowest not but thou thy self must come into such a Condition as may want the Liberality of other men; What is Their Case to day, may be Thine to morrow. If thou wouldest then fall among Liberal Persons, be Now such an one thy self. 'Tis the promise, in Mat. 5.7. The Merciful shall obtain Mercy.
Secondly, Since, Thou knowest not what Evil shall be upon the Earth, it were well for thee to do what may Compose & Settle thy Heart in the anxious prospect of all that Evil. Now this will be done by being truly Liberal of those Estates, which are the things that so much make us afraid of Evil Times. Look into Psal. 112.7, 9. where 'tis said, He shall not be Afraid of Evil Tidings; Why not? It is added, He hath dispersed, he hath given to the Poor. You see the Liberal man, has a Cordial against the Fears of Evil Dayes. For, The Great God has promised, either to Preserve him from that Evil that shall be upon the Earth; as in Psal. 41.1