[ 325 J SERMON XII, The proper IMPROVEMENT Of Temporal Pofefons. LUKE XVI. 8, q, i o, I I, 12. And the Lord commended the uz juß fleward becaufe he had done wifèly ; for the children of this world are in their generation wifer than the children of light. And, I fay unto you, make to yourfelves friends ef the mammon of unrighteoufnefs, that when ye fail they may receive you into everlafling habitations. He that is faithful in that which is leafl, is faithful alfo in much ; and he that is unjufl in the leaß, is unjuji alfo in much. If, therefore, you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your tri/l the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who (hall give you that which is your own? HE S E verfes contain a very apt fimi- S E R M. litude which our Saviour ufeth to XII. teach his followers the neceflity of improv -'-'v ing riches, and by parity of reafon, other Y 3 gifts
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