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eXnfver
to
the
pretences
of
men
&c.
473
To
anf,v
r
fiche
pretences of
men that
hinder
this
work
of
mercy.
Say
form.,
I
am
poor
and
mean,
---
There
is
a
Scripture te,
thew that even
poor people fhould
be
merciful],
triough
thou
cavil
do but
little,
do fomthing,
you
know
the poor
widdowes
mire,
was
accepted mo:e then
all
the
rich mens treafure
;
Cor.
8.
i
.
Moreover,
bred
ren,
we
doyen
to
nit
of
the
grace
e
f
God bellowed
on
the Churches
of
Macedonia
;
how
that
for
a
great
try
-all
of
affiitlions,
the
abóundas.ce
of their
joy, and
their
deep
poverty
abounded unto
the riches oftheir liberallity.
It's
as
elegant
an
exprefíìonas we
can
have in
any
Author about
fuch
a
bufineffe,
it's
filch an
high
?hrafe
as
we cannot imagine
a
higher,
they were
poor,
and
it
was
a
depth
of poverty, and yet
their deepe povertydid
abound
to
the
r.
elms
of their lîberalluy.
Secondly,
You
will
fiy, our
clines
are
.
very
uncertain;
we
have
foniewhat now, but
it
may
be-all
may
quickly be
gone,we
had
bell
to.
referve
fomwhat
,
There's
an
excellent
Scripture
for
this,
that
this
fhorld
be
no
hindrance from
mer-
cy,
the
it
of
Ecclef
beginning, Cafl thy bread
upon
the waters
.for.thoufhalt
find
it after
many
days
;
give
a
portion
to
feven
alto to
eight,
for thou
knoyefl
not
what
evil]
fhall
be
upon
the
earth;
Here
the
Holy
Ghat
makes
that
which
thou
wilt
make
an
ar-
gument
againf°
it, to
be
an
argument for
it
;
what
faith.
th'
Holy
Ghofi,
is
it like
there
may come evills upon the
earth,
is
it
like
there
may
come trouble
fome
times,
let
us
fpare for our
felves,
nay
faith'
the
Holy
Gho
r,
give
the
rather,
if
thou beefs
afraid
of
evil]
times give the
rather,
and
be
more
abundant
in
the works of mercy
'ecaufe
of that
:.----
----
--
If
the
cloud: 6e
fall of Rain,
they
empty
themfeIves
upon
the
earth,
as
if the
Holy
Chef}
íLould lay, look, do
you
fee
how
the
clouds are
gathe-
red
by
many
vapours from
the earth
.
and
then
are
filled
with rain,
they do not keep
it
to themfelves, but
empty.
thenifelve', upon
the earth
:..
So
you
that
have
efiates,
you
have
gathered it
from many in
your
imployment, from this
providence
and
the other,
and now
you
are full,
let it
nor