280 Generali diralions for a houfes, felling thepoore for old fhooes, rackinas enhanfi tg . . e, I Ss griptngs,v furies,immoderate taking,&c. 3. Thirdly, prophane hypocrites are commonly Pharifai- call in that almei:giving ; affeet and purfue obfervations,Gn gularitie, vaine- glorious oftentations in their contributions ofcharity. Their fore-fathers thePharifes , when they gave their alines, made a trumpet tobee founded before them. So tilde fellowes, their followers, and facceeding Mtorsupon the fame Stage of hypocrifie, left their good deeds fhould die in the diftribution, and bee obfcurely buried in the bellies of the poore, they alto get unto themfelves a kinde of tale-bearing Trumpeters too, They cunningly obferve thofe oppurtunities, and fingle out fuch objefts of their commi- feration , and charitable devotions, whereby they may fon- neft, and moft cotnpendioufly purchafe a name of being good to the poore, and have their bountiFull difpofition blazed abroad , with moll circumftances , beff advantages , and partial' enlargements. And thus it is a very eafie thing for a Pharifee to be famous in this kinde : for Pith hee gives more for commendation, then fonconfcience ; farre more for praifeamongftmen, thenout ofa true-hearted companion to the party ; hee dares difpence with a goodconfcience, and take liberty unto himfelfe to place his good turnes there, where there isbelt poffibilitieof being moil fpoken of and greaten hope of the richefi returne of applaufe and admira- tion. So that fuch an one ordinarily inhis open.,heartedneffe, and charitable diftributions , bath a fpeciall eye and inclina- tion to thofe that flatter him to his face ; and are like to groove the lowdeft trumpets of his bountifulneffe abroad where they come. And bee is fo farre from a right and fea- fonable apprehenfion of due circumftances , differenceofpar ties, and thofe fpirituall difcretions, obfervable and neceffary in fuch Chriftian exercisesof love ; and from the pra6ticeof the Apoftles precept, Galat. 6. t o. Doegood moo all men, but elpecially to themwhich are of the houfhold offaith : that bee would rather affordhishelping hand for the reliefe and railing upola,deeayedgoodfellow, thenofa diftreffed Chriftian. 4. Fourthly,;.
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