The Italian iforn3 of beg- ging is,Do good to your (elves. Prov. 3. 9, Mic. 4. 13. Dent. 11. it I. Mat. 15. Prov,31.8,9. Job t9.13. 2, Tim. I. 16. I he Eplitie Ded icatory. but then 1 ihould exceed the bo The fecond fort of men, that my feii and all others are bound. I. highly to prize. 2. Cordially to love. 4nd 3. Greatly to honour : tare men of charitable fpi-i rits,men of mereiful fpirits, men of tender and compaf.t fionatefpirits. The ebrew word for godly it:rt figmflest° merciful, to note that the godly man is the merciful man, and the merciful than u the godly man. Loving kindnefs is an ingredient unto godlinefs. The godly man is frequently called Chafid, gracious or merciful; It notes one that bath obtained mercy, goodnefs, grace, piety and benignity from the Lord, ,and that is pious, kind, gracious and merciful mothers.- Though charity, bounty, if the molt compendious way to plenty, and giving to getting, and fcattering to encreafing, and layisogs out to layings up, Prov. 24. There is that fcattereth, and yet increafeth. ver. 25. The liberal foul (hall be made fat, and he that watereth fhall be watered alfo himfelf: Yet how few in our dayes do ho- nour the Lord with their fubflance ? how few lock a' this as a duty, to confecrate any part of their gain unto the Lord, or of their fubflance to the Lord of the whole earth ? Me men now carry it as if God himfelf had 1011 his propriety, and As if there were no rent-penny due to his poor. But yeti:me there are, who have liberal hearts and open hands; force there are, who do open their hands wide to the poor and needy: Now, here give me leave to fay, That thefe, I. Di f charge their confciences in the duty of charity, 2. Thefe rightly improv the ta. tents of mercy, with which they are introfted. 3.7 hefe trealure up a flock of prayers, both for thern[elves and theirs the bleffing and the prayers of them that were ready to perith will come upon them and theirs. 4. Thefe evidence
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