182 v4 Commértdry upoto the GoOel Chap.6. Roping e(l pau- be not donc,they can bring in no good bills of account. It is but peribut non im. ju(iice then that we doe the poor, and it is rapine or robbery (faith pertrre. Chrif. S. Chryfofem ) not to relieve them. Secondly, Almes is called Jultice, to teach,that aimes fnould be given of things well gotten. Aít.and Mo v. i n the reignof K. Henry 8, there was one accufed ( but very un- fot.'1 S. ¡dilly) of herefie, for laying that aimes fhouldnot be given untili it Baxtoyf. syn. did Iweat in a mans hand. TheJews called their Alme,box, Ku_ phalhel tfedaeha, the cheft ofJuitice: and upon it they wrote this Fr3v,xi.1 4. abbreviate ' -A gift in /ecret pacified, 1vrath. Selymtu the great Turk, as he lay languilhing, ( his incurable diteafe !till in- creafing,)leaninghis head in the lap of Pyrrhus the Bafla,whorn of all others he molt loved, I fee, Paid he, O Pyrrhus, I mutt íhortly die without remedy. Whereupon the great Bafla, took occafion to difcourfewith him of many matters; andainongft others, that it would pleafe him to giveorder for the well- bellowing of the great wealth, taken from the Perfian Merchants in divers places of his Empire; perfwading him to beftow the fame upon tome no- Turk f, table Hofpitall for reliefof the per. To whom Selyrous replied; fsl_S sr7. Wouldit thou,Pyrrhtse, that I fhould beftow other mens goods, wrongfully taken from them,upon works ofcharity and devotion, for mineown vain-glory and praife ? Afluredly I will never doe ir. Nay rather fee they be again reftored to the right owners ; which was forthwith done accordingly; to the great shame of many Chriflians,who minding nothing tare then reftitution,but making, ex rap'pia he lacRt f um, doe out of a world of evil - gotten goods, cull out fbme fmall fragments, to build fome poor hofpitals, or mend fome blinde way : A !lender :alimony of their hotcharity. Beßremen to befernoftherrv.] As thofe areathat at their part on a ftage,and wouldpleafe the fpectatours, that they may be ap- Rornort 8 plauded : He that giveth,faithS,Paul, Let him doe it with firm plrcity,láith ingenuity, accounting it enough that hehath God the witnefleofhis heart : Not but that men may fee our goodworks, rireriur, and their praife befought, modo tibi non guess,fed Chriffo (faith one) fo that_you feek not your felves therein, but letupChrift. Let your end be, that the light maybe fees, not your felves feen, rantirm at va- Matth.5.16. A fool hath no delight in underftanding ( faithSo- nam fama tap- lomoil) but that his heart may difcover it felf, i. e. that he may tee. Mercer. have the credit of it. But hecakes a wrong coutfe.Forhonour (as 7Juxiraxar ad shadow) followeth them that leek itnot s as the Hittites told Bainr toe, Abraham, he was. a ,Prince ofGodanion I them,; when hi Bain, to let. . - -. -----
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