25Z QHefiions, andCafes ofConfcience Chap.26 Quel}. what are the reafons why its a bleffeder thing togive there to receive ? eflnfw. Fir(}, becaufehe that givesfeels not the poor receivers troubles, and tentations: He need not fay,wbet fha111ear,whatfhallI drink ,&c.Mat.6.3t. Secondly, hemole refembles God and heaven which fpend, and are fpent by perpetual blefpir sand influence. Thirdly,he is in this an Atior,andDoer in the providence of God:whereas the receiver is a fufferer: and the more aaivewe are, the more God-like we are,who is a pure aél. Quell. what is it to be agiver ? Anfw. A giver is fuchan one as freely makes that which is his to become ;n- other mans. Qodmew ft,rum e/ficere ryulle:vire cogente.. Quell. what is it to be a receiver ? e Ínfw. He is areceiver that accepts ashis own that which is given him from a right owner eitherputofbounty, aswhen Salomon received gifts from the Queen ofSheba; or out of mifery,as when the poor receive from the rich. Mr. AbbotsÇhrifßianfamily , &c.
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