Part.J.SeCl:.r. CharitJ• Memb.J.Subf.J, cares for at leaft, or cannot well tell otherwife· how or where to bellow 4z7 his polfellions (for carry them ~ith~im.he.carmot) ~t may bet~en h.e -~ will build fon.e Schoole or Hofprtall rn hrs lrfe, or be rnduced to grve Jr. berally to pious ufes after his death. Fori dare boldly fay, vaineglory, that opinion ofmerit, and this enforced aecelliry, when they know not orherwife how to leave, or what berrer to doe with them, is the main caufe ofmofi of our good workcs. I will not urge this to derogate from any mans charitable devotion, or bounty in this kinde, to cenfure any good worke;no d?ubr there be many fanetified, heroic~ll, a~d.worthy minded men, that mtrue zeale, and forvcrtuesfake (drvrne fpuns) that out ofcommiferarion and pitty, extend their liberality, and as much as in rhelfllies, doe good to all men, cl oath the naked, feed the hungry, comlortthelickand needy, relieve all, forger and forgiveinjuries, as true charity requires; yet moft part there is Jimt114tam q!fid, a dealeof hypocriliein this kinde, much default and defeCt. x Cofmu.r Medices that x.Jo.iut,~lt• rich citizen ofF lorence ingenioufly confelfed to a neerefriend of his,rhat ""'· would know of him why he builtfo many publiqueand magnificent palaces, and bellowed fo liberally on Scholars , nor that he loved learning more then others, btttto Y eternize hit own name, to he immartafiby the be-y Immortal!-" ntjit of S cho!ars;for when bitfriends were dead, wafles dtcayed, and afiln- '"""! b'"'ftfcriptionsgone, kookes woteldrern•ineto the worlds end. The lamhorne in::~~'~:(;"'"' t Athens was burltby Xenocles, the Theater by Pertcles, the famous port gWrwfo qua· Pyr«um by <.Majicles,Pafl.u Pafladittm by Phidi.t~,thc Panlheon by Ca/. damcupidita· licrltitl.t~, butthefe brave menumems aredecayed ·au, and ruined long~:~:'?~"'· lince, their builders names alone l!ourifhby mediation of writers. And quihut ~,:,. as • he faid ofthat. <.Marian Oke, nowcur down and dead,m~flir~ Agri- ?:~{,'~~~!~ col£ mantl cultaftzrps tam diUturna, q•am q"" poet£ verfufemmart poteff, ruitura , ctfi no plant can ~row fo long as that which isingenioJata,fet and manured reg.'o (umpta by ~hofeever.liviog wits, t Afion Bockuth that v:eeping Oke, under u~f.cat•, "'" whrch Dehorah Rehucbaes nurfedred,and was burred, may not furvive tPTutar&h. the memory of fuch everlafting m'?n~mems. Vaineglory ar:'d emulation~~~~:;, lib (as romofimen)was th~caufe efficfent, and tobeatrumpeter of his .. aeltgihllr.· own~ fame, Cofmusfole rntent fo to doegood, that all the world might tGe•·l5·~· take noriccof it. Such forthe mofi part is the charity of our times, !uch our 13cnefa8:ors, <.Mec£nates and Patrons. Shewme amongfi fo many myriads , truly devout, a right, honefi, upright, meeke, humble a patient, innocuous, innocent, a mercifull, a loving, 'a charitable ~an! z Pro~m qrlis nobifcum vivit?Shtw mea Ca!eb ora lof"r~•! , 11 .,. · . Dicmihi 0fufavirum---- fhlwa vertuous woman, a • confianrwrfe,agoodnerghbour, ar.rufty fervant, an obedient child a r.rue friend,&c. Crowes in Africlc are not fo fcanr.He that fhall exami~e this • iron age wherein we live, wherelove is cold, & jam terr.u Ajlrea aourumgereliquit,Iuftice fled with her alliftants, venue expelled, ""' fomur. -I•ftitiaforor, , • Incorrupta jidn, n~dai, verit.u,---- all goodndfe gone, wherevtceabounds?rhe Dtvellrs_loofe, and fee oneman vilify and infult over h>s brother,as tf. he were an mnocenr,or ablock,opprelre,tyraqnife, prey upon, r.onure hlll), vexe,gaule, r.o~~cntandcrucify him, fiarvc 'IJ ~11!
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