PROVERBS. hebeftowethgifts,butalfo that he lendeth freely. So then God vouchiafeth to repute that which is paide vnto hiwn, though imperíe6tly too, and fcarce by the halges, tobeas is were, a courtefie and kindnes from vs, as ¡fro= thing ofours were del iuered to him. findtheLordwillrepay himhis reward. he will as faithfully recompense the merciful} man, as .if he were bound thereto, and as an honeft borrower will becareful! to pay that which he oweth: F:,r ofhisgrace hemaketh himfelfc a debter,to themwhichare :more in his debt, then their body, and fóule,and all that they haue isworth. ocre Whatfoeuer good is done to godlymen affliaed, is accep- tedofGod, as done to himfelfc. So Earre.is he from calling off,and difclaiming his people in their pouertie,and tribulations, as thatat no other time in this life, he doth more pro fetledlyacknowledge them, andpublifh the tendernes ofhis affection towards them. As what greater tefiimonie can there beof loue and kindnes, then this,that their enemies behis enemies :their friends his friends:their be- nefadors tograced andefleemed of, as if they were become his creditors. We hauefeene inComeother place before,that rou 1 .; r. he whichopprefeth the poare, reprocheth hire thatmade him, buthe honoureth him that hathnsercieen thepoore. Andour Sauiour himfelfeprofetfeth, that he prefentlyob- ferueth euery where, all themercie that is fhewedby any tohis Poore feruants :and howhe will requite thefare hereafter, in at.1534, calling them as bletfed ones to thefruition, with him, ofhis celefliall kingdome, and whyhe will render them fo great are- ward,becaufe they feddehim in hishunger,gaue him drinke in his thirfl, and cloathed him being naked, &c :and afterwhat manner theyperformed thefedutiesvntohim, byexerciing the fame towards oneofthe leaf}ofhis brethren. eafoni.a. Firfi, he is c.beycd therein,requiring fuchcare tobe hadof hisneedle and dilireifed people: and thegreateft loue,is (hew- ed to him, for whole fake thofe poore Chriftiansare fo merci- fully intreated. jt Secondly, theparties thus relieued are the fonnes ofGod, and the brethrenof Chrift, as by the fcripture lafl alledged, appeareth:
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