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3. Temperance and Sobriety : Thefe con- 

 duce as well to the encreafing of our Eitates, 

 as the health of our Bodies, cutting off all 

 fuperfluous Expences in gratifying our Sen- 

 fual Appetites and Defires: Whereas the 

 contrary Vices of Voluptuoufnefs and Lux- 

 ury, to which we may add Idlenefs, Pro- 

 digality, Pride, are known waiters of Eitates, 

 often bringing men to amorfelof bread^ and 

 clothing them with rags^ as Solomon faith. 



But befides the having a fufficiency of 

 all things neceffary and convenient in refe- 

 rence to our rank and order in this world ; 

 to denominate us truly rich, as I faid before, 

 there is required contentment and fatisfa- 

 ftion of mind with fuch a fufficiency, and 

 a free ufe of the things we have, which is 

 attainable only by Religion ; that teaches 

 and enables us to be content with our E- 

 ftates, and to live comfortably without fuch 

 things as other's know not how to want, 

 JF7?. 13.5. Be content with fuch things as 

 ye have ; for he hath Jaid, I will never leave 

 thee nor for fake thee. The ability of being 

 content with a little, may much more tru- 

 ly be called Riches, than the having of much 

 without being fatisfied therewith : As it is 

 better to be in health with a moderate Ap- 

 petite, than to be continually eating and 



drinking 



