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who withhold them cannot enjoy the love of 
God. 
Connect this with a parallel passage in 
Ephesians, 5 : 5, where it is said that the 
covetous man ( who is an idolater ) " hath 
no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ 
and of God," and the case is fully made out, 
that covetous persons are neither the sub- 
jects of the kingdom of grace on earth, nor 
will they be the possessors of the kingdom 
of heaven above. 
Those ministers of the Gospel then, who 
send covetous people to hell, land them not 
far from the place where the Bible lets 
them down : and if the Bible is reliable 
testimony in the case, then the idolater has 
as good a chance for heaven without praying, 
as the covetous professor of religion has 
with all the praying and weeping he can do. 
One of the texts quoted denies him the love 
of God in this world, and the other denies 
him admission into heaven; and more than 
this cannot be denied the thief, or the pro- 
faner of God's name. " If any man love 
the world the love of the Father is not in 
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