Observe, 1. If men be wise and good, riches make them so much the more
honourable and useful: The crown of the wise is their riches; their
riches make them to be so much the more respected, and give them the
more authority and influence upon others. Those that have wealth, and
wisdom to use it, will have a great opportunity of honouring God and
doing good in the world. Wisdom is good without an inheritance, but
better with it. 2. If men be wicked and corrupt, their wealth will but
the more expose them: The foolishness of fools, put them in what
condition you will, is folly, and will show itself and shame them; if
they have riches, they do mischief with them and are the more hardened
in their foolish practices.