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Page 60
The parable does not lo much as intimate any indirect or unjust ways of gain
which this man used to increase his estate ; but condemns his infatiable desire
and thirst after more ; so that even this alone is covetousness , and a great fault ...
The parable does not lo much as intimate any indirect or unjust ways of gain
which this man used to increase his estate ; but condemns his infatiable desire
and thirst after more ; so that even this alone is covetousness , and a great fault ...
Page 63
... and opportunity , nor the heart and affection to love God , and to serve him , are
to be referred to this fin of covetousness , which is here condemned by our
Saviour in the text . 3. There is covetoufnefs likewise in poffeffing or using an
estate .
... and opportunity , nor the heart and affection to love God , and to serve him , are
to be referred to this fin of covetousness , which is here condemned by our
Saviour in the text . 3. There is covetoufnefs likewise in poffeffing or using an
estate .
Page 72
Covetousness is the parent of the most monstrous fins ; because it fixeth a man in
a resolution of getting an estate by any means , If falsenels and deceit , violence
and oppression , will further this end ; the earnelt desire of the end tempts men ...
Covetousness is the parent of the most monstrous fins ; because it fixeth a man in
a resolution of getting an estate by any means , If falsenels and deceit , violence
and oppression , will further this end ; the earnelt desire of the end tempts men ...
Page 73
There are likewise many temptations which men are exposed to in the enjoying
and spending of a great estate . It is hard to have a great estate , and not to be
mastered by the love of it ; nor to have our cares and thoughts , our hearts and
affe ...
There are likewise many temptations which men are exposed to in the enjoying
and spending of a great estate . It is hard to have a great estate , and not to be
mastered by the love of it ; nor to have our cares and thoughts , our hearts and
affe ...
Page 82
It is very possible , that after a man hath gotten the greatest estate imaginable , he
inay lose it all by fome fatal accident ; and then to what purpose was all this
provifion made , when that which was so long a time it gete ting and laying up is
lost ...
It is very possible , that after a man hath gotten the greatest estate imaginable , he
inay lose it all by fome fatal accident ; and then to what purpose was all this
provifion made , when that which was so long a time it gete ting and laying up is
lost ...
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| Title | “The” Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson ... Volume 5 of “The” Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, John Tillotson |
| Author | John Tillotson |
| Publisher | W. Ruddiman, 1772 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 5 Sep 2019 |
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