ThePreface. But becaufe 1 have gone fo far withyouby perfnalion (thoughyet t doubt whether indeed you will be per/waded) 1/hall not leave you till Ihave added the laft part of my tasks whit' is to fee fame Rules andMatterfor Good works be- fore you, that if you are but willing, you mayletyour money to the happyeft ufury, and that upon the befl fecurity. z . (For General Rules) /lime at no lower an ultimate End inyour Charity, then the Flea/lug of God , and move from no lower a ftrft moral Principle then t*e Love of God withinyou. Seek not fellwhileyonfeem toDeny it. Give and dogood to Chrift in hisfervants. z. Confider thereforeof mens Relations to Chrift, and underfiand where his lntereft lyeth in the world. Avo d both their extreams, that wouldhave you do Good tononebut Saints, and that wouldhave you do it to all alike. pis God hathafpecial Love to his children, andyet dothGood to all, his mercybeing over allhis works ; and a he is the Saviour of all men , but efpecially of them that Believe; (o muff you Love all men a men, and Saints aa. Saints ; anddo Good to all men, but efpecially to them of the lion¡bold offaith, Gal. 6. 10 . the New command of fpecial Love , mull not be thought to abrogate , the oldCommandment of common Love, even of Loving our neighbour as ourfelves. You nauft do Good tea Difciple in the name of a Dìfciple : and to a Prgabet in the name of 4 Prophet, Mat. to. 42. andyet take the woundedman foryour neighbour , that you fee liein your way, Luke t o. 3o. I know the Serpentinefeed, had ra- ther you would kick againft the Pricks, and tread down Chrifts intereft , then there to lay outyour greateft Charity. But its Godthat youhave to reckon with, who judgeth not as they. The Philofopher being asked Why all en were more ready togive to the halt and blind, then to Philo- fophers , anfwered , that They thought they might come to be halt andblind themfelves , but were never (f 2 ) like
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