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The serving mammon implies, secondly, loving the world: desiring it for its own sake, the placing our joy in the things of it and setting our hearts upon them, the seeking (what indeed it is impossible we should find) our happiness in it, the resting with the whole weight of our souls upon the staff of this broken reed,although daily experience shows it cannot support but will only enter into our hand and pierce it (Isaiah 36:6).
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9. The serving mammon implies, secondly, loving the world: desiring it for its own sake; the placing our joy in the things thereof, and setting our hearts upon them: the seeking (what indeed it is impossible we should find) our happiness therein: the resting with the whole weight of our souls, upon the staff of this broken reed; although daily experience shews it cannot support, but will only enter into our hand and pierce it.