comfortable walking rvitbGod, f; popifh dawbmg, or goodly pretence whatfcever, it is gill turfed anddamnable. a. The obje& , whereabout the a&ion is exer4ifed a muttbe qualified according to the rules ofReligion. AImef deeds, and boles of charitie, are fweer and acceptable facrifi- ces unto God But amongst other cautionsandconlderations to feafonthem , the parties that are to bee made partakers thereof , arc to be tingled out with all godly dilcretion. I. The true wantsofa religious Profeíl"or, íhould inthe firfl place be the principal( and matt mooving obje&, to draw bounty from a truely charitable heart : according to that Gas tat. 5.1o. 4i wee have therefore opportteritie, let au doe good unto all men, lecialiy onto them who are of the boauJhold of faith. 2. In thenext place, the lame, theblinde,the ficke,the aged, the tremblinghand, or any that Godhath madePoore. 3. Any whofoever an a cafe oftrue neceflitie and extretnitie, whatfóever the partie hath beene before for there not the man,as itwere, but the common flare of hurnanitie is relie- ved. But now, ifforfuch apurpofe, thoumakeft choifeof fiurdy begger, idle * rogue, canting companion, the fhame Ink," axaso and plague of this noble Kingdome ; thou doett not onely deprive thy felfe of the comfort andhonour' of a truely cha- nitable deer, but thereby incurreft a great deale of guilt, by incouraging and nourifhing idlenefle, filching, many ftrange unknowne villanies, nayeven an execrable irreligious Paga= nifine iri fuch lewd, lazy drones, unprofitable burdens of the earth, and intollerable caterpillers of the Common-wealth. For fuch (faith a worthy Divine). a tarnhegginginto aie eílrt andcecsspation, they are by order to bee compelled te work: for their maintenance, which is the beg andgreatefgalines. Theofled of thy fpeciall, intimate, and dearefl love, mull bee. the. - Chritlian, even the pooreft profeflour of Religion, notthe compleateCarnaliff, ov mall magnificent Worlds :ling, 3. Thou mull alto looke unto the matter, elfe all may bee nard. For inPance : The matter of thy bounty and be- neficence, mull; be thine owne goods got lawfully, not for L 4 merly
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=