Making Rich And Poor

...et mercatores terrae de virtute deliciarum ejus divites facti sunt... Divites peccatis dici eos qui pro abundantia temporali suas infelici mercatu animas commutant. Nam nimietas luxuriae pauperes potius quam divitis facit Sanctus Beda, Explanatio Apocalyspsis, Liber III, Caput XVIII Source: Migne PL 93.185c

...and the merchants of the earth made rich by the power of her delicacies... 1 It speaks of those rich in sin, those who barter their souls away in a wretched market for temporal wealth, for excessive luxury makes men poor rather than rich. Saint Bede, Commentary On The Apocalypse, Book 3, Chapter 18 1 Apoc 18.3