A sermon, preached before His Grace Charles, Duke of Richmond, Lenox, and Aubigny, President; and the governors of the London Infirmary, in Goodman's-Fields, for the relief of all sick and diseased persons, especially manufacturers, and seamen in merchant-service, &c. at the Parish Church of St. Lawrence-Jewry, on Tuesday, March 31, 1747 / By ... Thomas Lord Archbishop of York.
- Thomas Herring
- Date:
- [1747]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A sermon, preached before His Grace Charles, Duke of Richmond, Lenox, and Aubigny, President; and the governors of the London Infirmary, in Goodman's-Fields, for the relief of all sick and diseased persons, especially manufacturers, and seamen in merchant-service, &c. at the Parish Church of St. Lawrence-Jewry, on Tuesday, March 31, 1747 / By ... Thomas Lord Archbishop of York. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Goodnefs and Wifdom of it, becaufe Riches, both on Account of acquiring and enjoying them, are Matters of fuch dangerous Temptation, The Moralift has more than once repeated it for our Obfervation, 'That he that hajleth to be rich, )hall not be innocent. And Tacitus, I remember, the Roman Hiftorian, of approv’d Judgment and un¬ common Penetration, fpeaking of the native Po¬ verty of the German People, who knew not the Ufe of Gold and Silver, fays, Argentum & An¬ num propitii an irati dii negaverint, dubito. He queftions whether that fort of Ignorance was not rather owing to the Bleffing than the Difplea- fure of Providence. The Apoftle St. Paul, ad¬ monishes us, That they that will be rich, fall in¬ to Temptation and a Snare, and into many foolijh and hurtful Lujls, which drown Men in Perdi¬ tion and DeJlruBion : For the Love of Money is the Root of all Evil, which, while fome coveted af¬ ter , they have erred from the Truths and pierced them].'elves through with many Sorrows. And our Saviour has fet the Matter in a very ftrong and affe&ing Light indeed, when he tells us, That it is eafier for a Camel to go through the Eye of a Needle, than for a rich Man to enter into the Kingdom of Pleaven—What can more emphatically exprefs the dangerous Temptation, or be more importantly urged to awaken the Care and quicken the Diligence of the Rich ones, than 4](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30503802_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
