il IIMi NI I l 1 P. C 4 Chap. t. Expófttion upon the Book of J oB. Verf. crumbled into a letter nothing then chore crums? We fhould Shonourthe Lord with our fubftance, and our charity fhould .snot onely have coft in it, but liberality in it, how doe they sk honour Godwith their fui ffance, who will hardly give to him i (that is, to his poor) the fhàdow of their fubftance ? If the Lord ffhould command us ro give Come great thing, to teftifie our charity, fhould we not doe it ? howmuch more when he faith g ve but water to the weary for my fake, and I account youcha. rit. bic. Secondly, Note; That Cheerlifh and hard hearted Terfons fliek at final matter.% aswell as at great. It is fuppofed ( AFts 5 15.) that the very fh dour of°Peter was healing to the ficke. There are fome fo hard hearted, that they would` hardly beftow their fhadow upon the poore to doe them good. It troubles them to part with the !raft Ima- ginable Benefit, or to doe the loft Imaginablecourtefie, not onelygreat things., but (mall things, even the fmalieft things the(*pingsof their loafe, the parings of their apple, yea the very huskes which their fwine Bate (as the letter of the ?ara- ble concerning the prodigal intimates, Lute 15 t 6.) are Ruck at as toomuch for them who have nothing. And thus theheart of a wicked man is Rated to the whole bufineffe of obedience; his heart is as much againft obedience in a (mall matter, as in a great, he is fo farre from fwallowing the camell of holy du- ty, that he ftraices at the very gnats of it : and if a mars fpirit be againft obedience it felfe in its own nature, if his 1prit be unfutable to it, let it be a duty ofthe leaft or loweft degree, he cannot hut ftick at it. The fervants of Nauman the //briar, laid to him; Had the Prophet bid thee doe come great matter, trout- deli thou not have done it ? how much more when hefaithunto tkte, WaAin forlan andbe cleane. There is a reafon why we f could rather doe fmall things then great as to the outward ael., but, I fay, if the fpirit of a man becroffe grayn'd and lye againft the duty, he is as unfit and asback-ward to doe a little as to doe a great deale ; he will fo much as give water to God or man, or jibedoegive ir, he d'ath not give it with a heart let out in love to God, or in compaffionto the moft needy man. It is a hard matter with him to giveor doe at all, but it is an impoflìble
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