The Story of _Ahab_ and _Naboth_ comes directly to the Point of this
Fable; that is to say, as the King and Subject, with the Iniquity of the
Subornation and Practice: Only the one was a Poor Subject, and the other
a Rich, which does not one jot alter the Morality of the Case. The Old
Saying, that [_Money does all things_] is not much wide of the Truth;
for it gives, and it takes away, it makes Honest Men and Knaves, Fools
and Philosophers; and so forward _Mutatis Mutandis_, to the End of the
Chapter. There’s not any Corruption in Nature, but Money is at one end
on’t; The whole World is under the Dominion of it; for all things under
the Sun are Bought and Sold. But as it gives Men Reputation, so it brings
People into Snares and Dangers too; It exposes them to Factions, Robbers,
Cheats, Knights of the Post, and the like: It fills their Heads and their
Hearts with Cares and Disquiets. And what at last are all the Baggs and
Possessions that Rich Men take so much Pride and Pleasure in, but Spunges
Deposited in their own Hands, till there shall be occasion to squeeze
them for the Publick Use!