.466. Chap. 31. ,rin Expof1tion upon the Booh,,e of J o B. \reri.17 have no better; if wehave but a cupof cold water only to give ( we giving it toone ofthofe little ones in the Name of aD tfci. pie ) flail not look onr reward ( Math. lo. 4?,. ) But the de- ceaver is curled who giveth that which is bad,when he bath good or better to give. There is (I know) a great fault among fume poore, they will fcarce be contented with any thing but what is fine, and of the bell ; when they have had good wholefome food given them, they will throw it behinde the doore , or upon the dunghill. There is a fault allo among tome rich men , who give th2t ro the poore which is fitter for the dung-hill , then for the body of man. Mad ben foram Laflly , Yob fpea.kes not here of any fait he made the poore, charitaus fed but only of a morfel I have not eaten my model rolv [elfe alone, urbanirarís en. ,et doubrleffe he had plenty at his Table, and did (as the Lord am er ing+rts S anirni derrrrro- doth the rich ) even load the poore with his benefits and bene- nis er roodJtiæ ficences da) ly. eft, Qiicodsue- ce!larn dint, Hence note. cum ingensibus A,racieta heart counts that bat a little that he hash done and benefs,ijs etrni- givrre nurl parco ti- tle de orpharois He faith not I have made the poore a feaft , but I have given bene rnereretor. them a model ; nothin;makes our charity greater in the eye of Pined. God, then when 'cis little in our owne; when we call a feaft a Cum Lacede- model, and a full dinner a bit. Plutarch faith, that the Laceds- neanij srny: nail monians gave not only a charity, but a liberality and a bounty to egVib'ingen' the diflref ed Sm}rniane; They Pent them a very full fupply, yet reinco gave their Meffengers initru&ion to tell them, that they hadon- (en g` magrFr e, <<n ly fpared them a meales meate from themfr:9ves, and a foddering quiunr) hxc e- from their cattel. As it was theingenuity ofthat heathen people ruin eoltegi,ntoe to put but a fmal value upon a great benefit ; fo alto it is the pie- uni43 direr ¡srñ- ty of Chriflians to doe fo ; As they Ihould not at all blow a die ris F er to trumpet, or fpeake much of what they give ; fo they fhould not roentïs derratla, + p !Plutarch, thinke it muéh ; As this is the fin of fome, they thinke much (as we fay, that is, theygrudge) to give any thing ; fo the fin of o. thers is this, they thinkewhat- they have given to be much. The lefle we efteeme our gooddeeds, the more God efteemes them ; the lower our charity is rated in our owne booke, the higher it is in Gods booke ; we (hall not need to feare ourworkes fhail not be enough rewarded, unle&we fay muchorthe molt of them ;
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