The Covetous Miser
In this chapter, the author goes on to show the vanity of worldly wealth.
He describes the "covetous miser".
- He has wealth, he has children to inherit it, and he lives a long
life. He takes no comfort from it, he cannot eat it, he lets
strangers take it from him and it never does any good.
- His condition is worse than that of a stillborn child. He lives a
great while and is miserable all the time.
- His riches bring no satisfaction to the mind and even if he pampers
himself, buying all that he wants, it leaves him unsatisfied. He
concludes that it is folly to try to find happiness in the things of
this world. Our satisfaction must be in another life, not in this
one.
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