440 LIVES OF THE PURITANS. portion from every pound of the profits of their worldly trades, for works of piety ; he observed, that instead of secret grudging when objects of charity were presented, they would look out for them, and rejoice to find them. A neighbouring clergyman hearing him, and being deeply, affected with what he so forcibly recommended, went to him after the sermon was ended, and asked what proportion of his income he ought in conscience to give. " As to that," saith he, I am not to prescribe to others ; but I will tell you what hath been my own practice. You know, sir, some years ago I was often beholden to you for the loan of ten pounds at a time. The truth is, I could not bring the year about, though my receipts were not despicable, and I was not at all conscious of any unnecessary expenses. At length I inquired of my family what reliefwas given to the poor; and not being satisfied, I instantly resolved to lay aside every tenth shilling of all my receipts for charitable uses : and the Lord has made me so to thrive since I adopted this method, that now, ifyou have occasion, I can lend you ten times as much as I have formerly been forced to borrow.". Mr. Thomas Whately, ejected in 1662, was his son ; and Mr. Richard Morton, another ejected minister, married his daughtent - His WORKS.-1. RedemptIon ofTime, 1606,-2. A Caveat for the Covetous, 1609.-3. The Bride-Bush ; or, the Duties of Married Persons, 1617.-4. Funeral Sermon for Sir Anthony Cope, 1618.- 5. The New Birth ; or, a Treatise of Regeneration, 16/8.-6. God's Husbandry, 1619.-7. A pithy, short, and methodical Way of open- ing the Ten Commandments, 1622.-8. ATreatise of the Cumbers and Troubles of Marriage, 1624.-9. Sin no More, 1628.-10. The Oyl of Gladness, 1637.-11. The Poor Man's Advocate, 1637.- 12. Prototypes, or Examples out of the Book ofGenesis, applied to our Instruction and Reformation, 1640.-13. Several Sermons. JOHN BALL, A. M.-This excellent person was born at Cassenton in Oxfordshire, in the month of October, 1585, and educated in Brazen-nose college, Oxford. Having finished his studies at the university, he became domestic tutor to the children of Lady Cholmley in Cheshire ; about which time he became seriously thoughtful about the sal- vation of his soul. In the year 1610, having obtained Life of Mr. Mae, p. 37. + Sylvester's Life of Baxter, part iii. p. 96.-Palmer's Noncon. vol. iii. p. 235,350.
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