of theRich raaf,andLazarsu. 35 tomorrow :and who fhall giue to them, who(when they were able) wouldgiueto none ? Proti. z I . i 3. Maynot their ,owne meafure be returned ? may they net iuflly be ferued with it ? Math.7.2. Secondly, God in both Teflanments requireth thisduty vndergreat penalties : ifhe had not, it is ourdebt to him, who giuesvs all : and fhould we not pay it ? Thirdly,weare membersoneofar,ofher : I.Cor. I 2.26,and will one member fee anothcrperifh , and not fuccour it ? Or when we are full, (hall we thinke no man is empty ? When are in our warmehcufe, that none is harbourlcire ? that noman is licke, when we are whole a and no man in trouble, when we are at ref( ? And becaufewe haueabun- dance , that noman feeleth want : Shall nature teach one member tohelpe another; and (hall not grace,or thebond of grace, bind the members of Chrif? , one to rclieue an other ? Fourthly; the reward is great, for a cupofcold water the cup ofglory,Matb.1 0.42 And (hall we we not haw refpeCI to therecempence ofreward? Hebr,i r.26, To lendvntemen vp- onvfisryisforbidder.,Pfal.' 5.5. but to lend fo to Ged,tbygi. wing to hispoore,is commanded, c. ath.15.!7. Ofall viu ries,this is fafefi,and bath the richeft retorne. Fiftly,we are but flewards, notownersofthegoods we call ours ; and they are matters oftrufI from God, andnot cfprivate intere( to thofethat haue them. Now fhall the fieward turne into his owne profite , or bury in his ownepleafures his Mainersmoney,and not come tohis aci count for it : The fleward, that did fo, ('as weheard) was reckonedwith : Lukx6. 2,and fuchvnìufi tiewards (Ball be litre to heare one day ; Giue an account of thy fiewardfip, Luk ibid. Sixtly , God giueth vs theexf mple , whogiuethabur- dantlyto all: and fhould wenot bef;iowcrs ofCod ? Eph. 5. t .Should wenot be merc:fu11,ar our heateenlyfather is rscr. cifull? L46.3 6.Nay,he that died for vsfeeds vs,that is, fF i- rituallyfeeder vs with his bory,and will we notfeede himwith F 2 our
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