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ing a Penny, but a poor Mite, as another 

 in giving an Hundred Pounds ; becaufe 

 thefe things are to be rneafured according 

 to the different conditions of the Givers, 

 or proportion of their Eitates : And a Man 

 may as well be rich with a little, as liberal 

 with a little. 



Now though this be the true notion of 

 Riches* yet in the opinion of Moralifts and 

 Philosophers is it not enough to denominate 

 a man rich; but there is further required 

 an Acquiefcence of Mind, Contentment or 

 Satisfaction with fuch a Sufficiency: *Dives 

 ejf, non qui flits habet^ fed qui nihil cuflt : 

 He is not rich who hath much, but who 

 covets no more. Ariftotle affirms, That 

 the true nature of Riches doth confiil in 

 the contented ufe and enjoyment of the 

 things that we have, rather than in the pof- 

 feffion of them. Thofe that out of penu- 

 rioufnefs can fcarce afford themfelves the 

 ordinary Conveniencies of Life, out of 

 their large PofTeHIons, have been always 

 accounted poor: Such men may be truly 

 faid to want thofe things they have, becaufe 

 lying by ufelefs, it is all one as if they had 

 them not. 



Moreover, That Man who is not con- 

 tent with what is in it felf fufficient for 



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