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faftion which doth accompany the Confci- 

 ence of doing worthy things. And befides 

 all this, experience will afliire us, that there 

 is a fecret Bleffing, which doth for the molt 

 part accompany luch Aftions ; fo that Men 

 grow the richer, not the poorer for them, 

 according to that Proverb, Giving to the 

 poor, increases a Man's ftore: And they that 

 in this kind fo<& bountifully, do often even 

 in this world, reap bountifully. 



Obj.i. There are fome kinds of Vice 

 that feem to have a tendency to the enrich- 

 ing of men ; as Fraud, Extortions, Sordid- 

 nefs, all kinds of unlawful ways of getting 

 and keeping an Eftate. But to this it may 

 be faid, 



i. That thefe Vices may tend to the en- 

 creafmg of Mens PofTejlions , but not to 

 the making of them truly rich ; and it is a 

 plain Argument that luch perfons do not 

 think themfelves to have a fufficiency, who 

 can apply themfelves to fuch wretched 

 Courfes for the getting more. 



i. 'Tis commonly feen in experience, that 

 there is a fecret Curfe attends fuch Practices, 

 a Canker that eats into fuch Gain, a Hole 

 in the bottom of the Bag, by which it in- 

 fenfibly drains out, and wades away ; Male 



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