Serm.' t 0 that they may be Acceptable ontoGod? 27z trig to io ,n to the poor Saints and Servants of Jefus Chri(l, which yob acknowledged when he faid ( Chap. 29. 13. ) the bleffing of him that zvae ready to perijîo, came upon me, a. e. I had their prayers, and the Lord bleiled me extraordinarily for relieving them. Some que(lion there is ebout the lawfulnefs of puttingout money Eteemofyna nor, to ufe. Buc this is out of queflion, that to put out a conuderable part es divatiartm of thine eftare to charitable ufes,is,'s a lawful, fo the molt gainful ufu- clafieaeláum, jed ry in the world ; for thereby thou (halt receive, inflead of fix in the L ómp diat usn, hundred, an hundred for lix. If therefore thou wilt be wifely covetous, giæ,7u¡q? omni fall upon the pratice of this Chrißian Ufury, knowing that the more in40*W. thou 4aalt adventure therein, the greater will be thy gain, and the more bountifully thou Ilialt receive. Obje5l. 5. Some objt& that what they give to the poor, is utterly loft. Anfw.1. This is directly contrary to what the Spirit of God faith, Prov.19.17. He that bathpity on thepoor, lendeth ;MN the Lord, and that whichhe hashgiven, will he repay bim again. If that which thou give(+ to the poor be repaid thee again, how can it be faid to be loft ? indeed the poor unto whom thou give(+, are unable to repay thee, yet having fuck an all-fufficient furety as God himfelf, who bath undertaken the re- payment, thou need(' not doubt thereof. 2. It is a great miftake inmen, to think that what theygive away to charitable ufes, is utterly loft : For in truth a covetous fcraping,and for- did hoarding up our vvealth, is the only way of lofing ir. But as I.havo formerly (Iaewed, a chearful di(+ributing part thereof_-to-the poor, is the furefy way of fecuringour flock, and encreafing our llore. I never yet met with the man, who could fay that he was a borer in his eftare by what he gave away to charitable ufes.. And this I can affirm, that very many have, and are í}i11 ready to acknowledge,that as the Widowsoyl encreafed by pouring our; fo that their (lore bath multiplied and encrea- fedby giving away to good ufes. 3. What thou givetl to the poor is not loft, but fent to Heaven be- fore thee. It is reported of Cyrus, that he fhould fay, that by doing good, he hoarded cep richesfor himfelf. But fure I am, thatby communica- ting part of thy goods to the poor Saints and Servantsof God, that lay- Mar,s.ao eft Hp treafure for thyfel f in Heavens This is thevery argument, wherewith theApofile in the words of the
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