Locking money in chests
Now money has very much the nature of eyes and feet. If therefore we lock it up in chests while the poor and distressed want it for their necessary uses, we are not far from the cruelty of him who chooses rather to hoard up hands and eyes than to give them to those who want them. If we choose to lay it up rather than to entitle ourselves to an eternal reward by disposing of our money well, we are guilty of his madness who rather chooses to lock up eyes and hands than to make himself forever blessed by giving them to those who want them.
1771 text
“Now money has very much the nature of eyes and feet. If therefore we lock it up in chests, while the poor and distrest want it for their necessary uses, we are not far from the cruelty of him, that chuses rather to hoard up hands and eyes, than to give them to those that want them. If we chuse to lay it up, rather than to intitle ourselves to an eternal reward by disposing of our money well, we are guilty of his madness, that rather chuses to lock up eyes and hands, than to make himself for ever blessed, by giving them to those that want them.”