No happiness in riches
And do not trust in them for happiness. For here also they will be found deceitful upon the weights (Proverbs 11:1). Indeed this every reasonable man may infer from what has been observed already. For if neither thousands of gold and silver, nor any of the advantages or pleasures purchased by them, can prevent our being miserable, it evidently follows they cannot make us happy. What happiness can they afford to him who in the midst of all is constrained to cry out:
1771 text
20. *And trust not in them for happiness. For here also they will be found deceitful upon the weights. Indeed this every reasonable man may infer, from what has been observed already. For if neither thousands of gold and silver, nor any of the advantages or pleasures purchased thereby, can prevent our being miserable, it evidently follows, they cannot make us happy. What happiness can they afford to him, who in the midst of all is constrained to cry out,
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Sermon 28 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:19-23.
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