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Thanks for placing all of those related concepts in proper context. Now makes much better sense to me.
Note also the 1720 English phrase “treasures upon earth are slippery,” from James Gardiner, A Practical Exposition Of Our Savior’s Sermon On The Mount, 4th ed. (London: Lintot, 1720/ reprint Kessinger, 2008), chapter 19, page 326, on Matt 6:19–24, online at https://books.google.tl/books?id=Fl0HAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=pt-PT&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false ; cited by Clark Goble, Comment, Mar 29, 2019, online at https://archive.timesandseasons.org/2019/03/on-old-english-and-the-book-of-mormon/index.html .