The Rigbteour Mammon. beneficence is better then late: He that giv.,snor rill he dyes, !hewsrrat bewould A not give, ifhecouldkeepe it: And God loves a cheerefull giver: Th:ttwhich you give thus, you give it by your Teframent, J can fcarcefay yougiveitby your will: The good m•ns puife is DifPerfit,dtdit: bt d;jperfe1 hi1 goods, not,he left them behind him; and hisdiflobution is lecondcd-with the retribution ofGod, Hi1 righteo•Jn1fi t~dNrethfortvtr, Pfalmt 1 1 l. 9 . Our Saviourrels usthat ouqwod works arc our light, Ltt you..tight f•fhine, thlf men "~yfeeyokr goodworku; whichofyou lets his light goe behinde htm, a•~ bath it nocrarher carried before him, that bee may fee whtch woy ~tgoes, and whtch way htmfelfe goes by 1t? Do good thcrefordn your life, rhat you mzy have comfort in your death, and aCrowneoflife after death. . Nowall this have I fpoken, not for that fhave ought (asS. Paulfaies)whereof to accufc my Nation : Bleffed be God, as good wotkes have abounded in this age fo thisplace bath fuperaboundcd in good worlces. Be it fpoken to thcgloryoftha; God,whofeallourgood workesare, to the honor of theGofpdl, to the ronviCiioll ofthat lewd llander ofSolifidianifme; L.ondun!ha\1 vye good workes with any City upon <arch : This day and your eares ore abundant witneffes; As tbofe therefore that by :m handfull gheffe at the whole facke, it may pleafe you by this yeeres Briefe tojudgeofthe refr: Wherein J doe not fearelefl: Envy it felfe !hall accufe US\lJ a vaine glorious ofrentation; Thofeobfrreperousbenefatlors, that (like to Henswhich<;annot layanegge, but they muflc~c;ll: . llo ..ight) give no almesbut with trumpets, lofe their thankes withGod; Almo !hould bee likeoyle, which though itfwimm~ aloft when it is falne, yetmakes nonoife in the falling- not like water, that lt.ill founds whereit lights : But howfoever private benetice;ce fhould c not bee acquainted with both the ha~ds of the giver, but filently expeCt the reward ofhim that feeth in fecret, yetGod fbould be agreater lofer, ifthe publike fruits ofcharity !hould be fmorhered in amodefr fecrecy: Totbe praife therefore ofthat good God , which ~ives us to give,and rewardsus for giving, to the example ofpofrerity, the honor ofour,Profeffion, JOthe encouragement of the wel-deferving, and to the lhame afourmalici9tls adver1iries, heare wha1 this yeere bath brought forth. ;. , Hm fo114flleth a6rieft mBif!oriatloftbt ch<fr)t@k AlJs ofthe CifJ thir r••re l•ftpajl, &.c. And ifthe feafon had not hindrcd , your eyes !hould have feconded your eares in the comfortable tefrimony ofthis beneficence,ENgt, &c. Well done, goodand faithful\ fervants; Thuslbould your Profeffionbegraced; thus !hould theincenfe D ofy,ouralme. afcend in Pillars ofholy fmoake into the nofrrilsofGod; thus fhould yonr tallents bee turned intoCities: This colour is nootherthen celefriall , and 10 !hall your reward be: Thus!hould the-foundation be laidofthat building, whofe walsreachupunroheavcn, whoferoofeis finifbcdand laid on, in the heaven of heavens, in that immorralityofglory, which theGod ofall glory,peace,andcomfort bath provided for oil rhat love him; Unto the participationwhereof, the fame God ofoursmercifullybringusthrough theSonneofhisloveJ E sus CH R. r sT the righteous: towhom,'withthe Father, and the Holy-Ghofr, one infiniteand incomprehenfibleGod, begiven all praife, bonor and glory, now and for ever. A mm. E
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