The Evil and Folly of Covetoufnefs. 29y liberately enter into the reafon of his in- S E R M íirutions, which I am perfwaded would XI. then take fart hold of their hearts, as being "-- agreeable to the uncorrupted diäates, and the belt fentiments of the human mind, and they would be convinced he is perfectly wife and good in the rules he hath prefcribed, as well as the fupreme Lord, whom we ought to hear and obey in all things. My defign in this difcourfe is, Firji, to explain the argument before us, and to juftify it, that is, to Phew the meaning of the affertion, that a man's life cloth not con aft in the abundance of his po/ffons, and to íhew that it is ftrickly true. Secondly, to apply it to the purpofe of the text, namely as a diffuafive from covet - oufnefs. Firft, to explain the argument before us; and to juftify it : Every one knoweth what the life of man is, fo far as is neceífary to my prefent purpofe, that is, to íhew that it doth not confift in the abundance of worldly poffeffions. We are each of us for ourfelves confcious of a vital intellectual be. ing, compounded of a corporeal fyftem, which we call our own body, by the means of
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