25 8 General!direr ionsfor a illommommeEnescr.w.cmsoNowo, Reda Vilito, :10 Poto,Cibgo, helping hand for ' railing our Brethren fallen into decay, , Te Colligo , Conde. Levit. 2g. 35. To lend, hoping for nothing againe, &c, Luke 6.35. Thus Chriftians ought to bee ready to diftribute , willing to communicate in all kindes to theoutwardneceili ties alfo i. Firft ; Of thofe of the houfhold of faith, the principal! and moll mooving obje& to draw bounty from a truely cha. ritable heart. Gal. 6: 1 O. 2 . Inthe next place ; Ofthe lame , theblinde , the ficke, the aged, the tremblinghand, or any adeP,,atiLefi,"filui,,,; that God bathmade poore. 3. ThirdlyjOfany a whofoever, pavifti, oeeidiffi in a cafe oftrue neccffi'yand extremity, Nvbatfoever the par- olli indigenti co_ ty bathbeene before : Forthere thou relieveft not his notori- amiroft. anrn percucuatori, pa- oufneffe,but his nature : though thou abhorre the man for his former villany ; yet upon point ofperifhing, doe good unto quia PeeemaCor,nfri rtlati ith°I Illiirtnireuftm, the common flate of humanity. non peccarorenn; Now of theft twokindes; b Fathers, c Schoolemen, Ca- fed iuftum paupe- fuifts,all concurre, and conclude, that fpiriruallalpnes d Caterii remmark: quia in ill0 non cut-Far/bug, as they fay, are more excellent and acceptable then Gre.t. lib. f ed naturam corporal Becaufe , I . The gift is more noble in it owne paftoral.admonirai nature. 2. The objet more illuftrious ; Mans immortall b Si in cellarnio vel horreo on , ... foule . 3. The manner tranfcendent, being fpirituall. 4. The , habes quod dare charity moreheavenly, which aimes at our brothers endleffe poffis,de rhefauro falvation. Gordis tui pores Pm fferre)q uod tri- Let then every Chriftian confcionably and conflantly en- nuas,8c elecmo na Gordis multo y: deavour to improove to the uttnoft upon all occafions , and major quam elce- feafonable offers; all his fpirituall abilities, heavenly endow- zi yurilia. TCoomrp. i meets, illuminations of learning, morall wifedome, prowl- Hom.50. OU. 6. deuce, difcretion, &c. all his skill in the Ofrryfiery of Clorifi ; Phicii5u4sca ani. Word,andwain ofGod ; all his experience in temptations , Tam femper vi- cafes of confcience,fpirituall diftempers ; his fpirit ofcoun- et am reficere,quam fell, comfort, courage, or what other gift or gracefoever hee verbo vi- ventrem moritunz is illightened,and endowed with; to relieve and refrefh eve. ne fatiare. Gt.ry way the foules, to procure andpromote by all meanes, the c aquica4 22 .e. q, carnis terre.m pa- p. or. 33)arawl. eternall falvation ofothers. ix4.renterit7.6., d In align° particulati call' , quzdam corporalis eleemofyna alicui fpirituali przfertur, , pu. to magis pafcendus fame moricus , quim docenclus ; quamvis dos= fimplicitcr fit luaus quam pafccrc. Let
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