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 may every year make a man blush, to think  should spend the smallest sum unnecessarily,  immoderate eating, drinking, cloathing, fa or pocket expences, which perhaps impairs  health besides, and exposes him to the  and redicule of his neighbours, when he has  fair a way to turn those idle-spent pence to  own advantage. But if a man has not a  purchase land with his penny, he may turn  several other ways to still greater advantage  trade and commerce.

But there is more required in the art of and turning the penny to advantage, than m men imagine: it is true, diligence is good. industry is good, and frugality is good; but man can never thrive. as he should do with he looks higher than all this. I remember I somewhere read the following verses:

And indeed, unless we are under the influence of a blessing from heaven, all our own endeavours how strenuous soever they may be, will make us thrive: for as the royal Plalmist excellently observes, "Except the Lord build  house they labour in vain that build it.  the Lord keep the city, the watchman walketh  in vain." So it is in this case, except the Lord give a blessing, our endeavours will be in vain.