Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this [is] the gift of God.
Ver. 19. This is the gift of God.] A gift of his right hand, donum throni, non scabelli, - Godliness only hath contentedness. 1Ti 6:6 The comfort of wealth comes in by no other door than by the assurance of God's love in bestowing it, and of his grace in sanctifying it. "God give thee the dew of heaven." Gen 27:28 Esau likewise had the like, but not with a "God give thee." A carnal heart cares not how, so he may have it; hence his so little comfort and enjoyment. A godly man will have God with it, or else he is all amort. Moses would not be put off with an angel to go along with them. Luther protested, when great gifts were offered him, that he would not be satisfied or quieted with those rattles. a
a Valde protestatus sum me nolle sic satiari. - Luth.