Suppose, therefore, we believe that every means of prospering, lies solely in God’s blessing and that without it every misery and calamity await us. Then our duty is not to aspire with excessive greed to riches, honours, relying on our own skill or diligence, or mens’ favour, or fortune; but to look always to God, so that by his leading we may be led to that state that seems good to him. Thence it will come to pass that we will not try to rake in wealth, to steal honours by right or wrong, by force or craft, or other devious ways, but only to seek the good that will not turn us away from innocence. –John Calvin