236 Thecautioss to 6cobfrued in the !s*wfitll v è ofriche, firli breath,withall other worldly comforts. 4,Sec ,14, Lalily, ourgoods and riches are lawfully vfed in refpea xidns are writ ofprivate perlons, when as theyarc bellowed inrelieuing beflowed *ben the poore members ofIefus Chrill. For to this vfe we haue msbtbrmwe receiued them ofGod,thatwefhouldnotmiff endthemin scheme ;be p poore. exccffe,vanitie and riot;but that as Gods ficward,we fhould imploy them to the honour ofour mafler,and the good of our fellow- feruants. And this was figuredvnto vsin thega- thering ofManna, ofwhich the Ifraelites hauing gathered Exod.tó,t7, fome more,andCome leffe,didafterwards meafure it with an tg. Omer, and he that had gatheredmatch, badnothineoaaer, and be that hadgathered little, hadno lacke: As the A.poflle alto applieth it. And thisis the caufe why the Lordwould haze 2.Cor.8.t4.1-5. the poore amongfi vs, who could (ifit had fopleafed hint) Pro.p .zO. haue madeall rich,thatas hereby hemight exercife them in humiliticand patience,fo allo the rich inliberality and mer- cie,and accordingly might giue vnto either a crowne of dadluir t. 4. glory at the day of iudgement. Ofwhich reward they do pauper. notonly depriue themfelucs, who negleól to make this vfe oftheir riches,bu t alto for negleaing the worker ofmercie, and robbing their fellow -feruants of that portion which God hach allotted vnto them, endanger their. bodies and foules to the eternall torments ofhell fire. For(asone faith) ChriFt condemneth therich men in the twelfthandfixteexthof Luke,not becaufe theygot their richerbywicked meaner, or k- Origen.in E ffotbed them vponharlotr,or to the prepetrating ofmorther or zceh,16.v.45., otherwickedneffe; but becaufetheygauethemfelner wholly otter to pride and delicacie, neglefting the rehefe of Chris poore members. CHA Po
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