ABSTRACT
OJ the Use of Riches. That it is known to few, most jalling into one of the extremes, Avarice or Profusion, V. I, &c. The Point discuss'd, whether the invention of Money has been more commodious, or pernicious to Mankind, v. 21 to 78. That Riches, either to the Avaricious or the Prodigal, cannot afford Happiness, scarcely Necessaries, v. 81 to 108. That Avarice is an absolute Frenzy, without an End or Purpose, v. 109 &c. Conjectures about the Motives of Avaricious men, v. 113 to 152. That the conduct of men, with respect to Riches, can only be accounted/or by the ORDER OF PROVIDENCE, which works the general Good out of Extremes, and brings all to its great End by perpetual Revolutions, v. 16r to 178. How a Miser acts upon Principles which appear to him reasonable, v. 179. How a Prodigal does the same, v. 199. The due Medium, and true use of Riches, v. 219. The Man of Ross, v. 250. The fate of the Profuse and the Covetous, in two examples,. both miserable in Life and in Death, v. 301, &c. The Story of Sir Balaam, Y. 341 to the end.
