46 ^PERSUASIVE to 





C H A P. VII. 



Of Riches. 



Thirdly, TQ Iches are efteemed a great 

 X\ ingredient of our happinefs 

 and well-being in this world : though fome 

 are of opinion, that they contribute no- 

 thing thereto, but that a mean eftate is the 

 belt ; and therefore Agur prays, Trov. 30. 8. 

 Give me neither poverty nor riches. And 

 the Preacher, Ecclef.$.ii. Saith of Riches 9 

 What good is there to the owners thereof \ 

 favc the beholding of them with their eyes ? 

 And the Heathen Poet Horace, 



Si ventri bene, fi later i eft, quid 

 'Divititf poffimt regales adder e majus? 



If we are well provided with Food and 

 Clothing, what more can Kingly Riches add 

 to us ? And the Apoftle, i Tim. 6. 8. advi- 

 feth us, That having food and. raiment ; we 

 fhould therewith be content ; becaufe they 

 that will be rich, fall into temptation and a 

 ^ and into manyfoolijh and hurtful Lufts, 



which 



