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of money. It is a foolish and a wicked thing for 
men to set their hearts on money, or on eating 
and drinking, or on fine clothes, or on any thing 
in this present world; for all these are apt to draw 
off their thoughts from God. Our Lord Jesus 
Christ, therefore, tells us to “lay up for-ourselves 
treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust 
doth Gorrupt, and where thieves do not break 
through nor steal;” and commands us not to be 
too careful and anxious “ what we shall eat, or 
what we shall drink, or wherewithal we shall be 
clothed,” but to “ seek first the kingdom of God, 
and his righteousness.” 
But we ought, nevertheless, to be thankful for 
all the good things which Providence gives us, 
and to be careful to make a right use of them. 
Now, the best use of wealth, and what gives most 
delight to @ true Christian, is to relieve good 
people when they are in want. For this purpose, 
money is of great use; for a poor man may chance 
to be in want of something which I may not have 
to spare. But if I give him money, he can get 
jast what he wants for that, whether bread, or 
coals, or clothing When there was a great 
famine inJudea, in the time oftheapostle Paul, the 
Greek Christians thought fit to relieve the poor 
“ gaints” (that is, Christians) who were in Judea, 
But it would have been a great trouble to send 
them corn to such a distance; and besides, they 
themselves might not have corn to spare. They 
accordingly made a collection of money, which 
takes up but little room, and Paul carried it to 
Judea; and with this money the poor people could 
buy corn wherever it was to behad.