Chap. 3 t. An Expofition upon the Beoke of J o E. Verf. 20. 48 t ger,both good and bad mull he kept alive; we mull a& the grace ofcharity toward them who have not thegrace of faith. The Scripture is plaine, (Gal. 6, to ) As we have opportunity. let tes doe good to all, efj+ecieelly unto them whoare of the houßold f faith We muff put a difference between men upon whomwe beito,w our charity, but we mull not reftraine is from any men, let theta be what they will, they mull have reliefeas men ; Though they differ from us in religion, yea though they are irreligicus, yet fomewhat mull be done for them if they are in want.Though alt men havenot the renewed image ofGod, yet all omen , even the worfi of men,have fomewbat ofhis image. Though all men have not received Grace, yet all have received the fame common na- ture. Againe, we mull doe toothers as we would they fhould doe tous, There is no godly man who ifhe fhould fall into ex- crearne diftreffe, but wouldbe glad to receaveherpe and reliefe, though at the hand ofa wicked man , and therefore the Godly ought todoe good to the wicked in their diftreffe. BeIide., the hardning ()flour hearts againft them that are wicked, mayharden them in their wickedneffe, and bring a fcandal upon the profeilì.- on of religion. God himfelfe hath given us his owne example to doe fo( Math. 5. 44, 45. ) Doegood to them that bate you, thatye may be the children o fyourfather in heaver (that is, that you may evidence and declare your (elves to be fo) for he maketh his Stan to rife on the evill and on the good, andfendeth raine on the jet andon the unjuf!'. Holy.7ob was of this Gofpel Spirit, though he lived long before the hight ofGofpel times ; he would not fee any pe- rifh for want of cloarhing, nor any poore without covering. Charity is never compleate, nor full handed till we d.e all efts sf Charity, and ail charity untoall, in one degree or other ; IfIhave feene any perilhfor want of cleatbing, &c. Verf. 20. If his loynes have not Refiredmee, ifhe were not war- med with thefleece of my ¡herpe. To bleffe, as mans a&, is towith or pray for a blcíiing. Man cannot bleffe man but by wifhing himwell,or praying for a blef- fingupon him. 'Tis God who blefteth man by bellowing a bief- fìng upon him ; if he doe but pronounce a blefling upon us we are certainly bleffrd. Man fometime blefïeth thofe whom God abhorreth (7)jai, lo. 3.) and often abhorred, thofe whomGod QLq q blffeth,
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