314 The Evil and Folly of Ccvetoufnefr. S E R M. form, fuch as a curious piece of architec- XI. ture, gardening, or any others, he doth it `--v---1 for others, as well as himfelf. What fhould hinder, but that Solomon's fervants fhould be as well entertained as himfelf, with his orchards, and his woods, and his ftately palaces, the fplendor of his court, and with his vocal and inflrumental mufick ? If it be fuppofed that the pleafure of the rich arifeth from his having a peculiar power over agreeable objects in exclufion of others, to difpofe of them as he will ; that is in- deed a pleafure of a quite different nature, which the mifer may enjoy, who never znaketh any ufe of his riches at all ; for he can entertain himfelf in his own vain thoughts with this confideration, that he is able to procure the delights of the fons of men when he pleafeth, although he never doth it ; it is therefore a mean and fordid pleafure and bath nothing to do with the enjoyment of life. Thirdly, The laft, and indeed the trtieft and higheft, enjoyment of life, is in doing good, or being ufeful to mankind: And of this riches affordeth the largefi means, which is the greateft advantage of them. I ac- knowledge that the man who ufeth his riches as the intiruments of beneficence, en- joyeth
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