The mammon of unrighteousness
Third, do not fall short of a Pharisee in doing good. Give alms of all you possess. Is anyone hungry (Matthew 25:35)? Feed him. Is he thirsty? Give him a drink. Naked? Cover him with a garment. If you have this world's goods, do not limit your kindness to a scanty proportion. Be merciful to the utmost of your power. Why not even as this Pharisee? Now make friends for yourself, while there is time, of the mammon of unrighteousness (Luke 16:9), so that when you fail, when this earthly tabernacle is dissolved (2 Corinthians 5:1), they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
1771 text
Thirdly, Fall not short of a Pharisee in doing good. Give alms of all thou dost possess. Is any hungry? Feed him. Is he a-thirst? Give him drink. Naked? Cover him with a garment. If thou hast this world’s goods, do not limit thy beneficence to a scanty proportion. Be merciful to the uttermost of thy power. Why not, even as this Pharisee? Now make thyself friends, while the time is, of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when thou failest, when this earthly tabernacle is dissolved, they may receive thee into everlasting habitations.
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Sermon 25 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 5:17-20.
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