our gathering of earthly treasures is never to bar us from gathering the true riches. But this subordination does not lie in the use of μή instead of οὐ with the participle. The former is the regular negative with the participle (R. 1136–9 at length), and even if the latter were used, the sense would be the same. The thought itself shows how the two participles, which are joined merely by “and,” belong together, and that is both sufficient and clear. Whoever is rich in God will not make earthly