We are never the better for the Possession of any thing, Barely for
the Propriety sake, but ’tis the Use and Application of it towards the
Conveniences of Life, and the Comforts of Humane Society, that gives
Every thing its Value. The Divine Goodness we see is perpetually at Work;
Nature keeps on in her Course, and the Heavens shed their Influences
without Intermission; and what’s the Doctrine now of This Great Example,
but that the Blessings of Providence, which are Common and Diffusive,
ought not to lie Idle; and that Whoever Buries his Talent, either of
Understanding, or of Fortune, breaks a Sacred Trust, and Couzens Those
that stand in Need on’t. But we have a sort of Sordid Wretches among
us, that had rather Cast their Silver and Gold into the very Mine again
from whence it was Taken, or leave it at the Mercy of Thieves and Common
Hazards, then that any Man Living should be the Better for’t.