imply the finci:rity ~f fuchChrlftjan Oakis; ihey. bionldbe4o~ - as in the prefenceof C~Jd: . · , · .. . . , t' . To 11ijit] Vnder this word by~ Synecdoche are oomprehcoocd aHDurres.ot Lov~: To viftt, is to comfort them in their ·miferv, to reUne .them in their nectffities: and under this one.kinde of Cha.rityare comprehended all Duties to our Neighbor. . Thefarherlefs and tf.,~ \\Jidows] Thefe arefp,eci~ed., put o~~s arenoux~uded: There are other objeCls of' Chamy, as tbe· p.oor, fhd ft.ck.., the c.t~ptive, the ftranger, which are alfo fpokcn of in · ~c:riptures :.But the fottherlejs a~d l\'id:Jws domo!l: ufually want r~li9f> aqd are fuofi liable to neglett and opprefsion : They are ofcen ~~pciol)~d 4fewhert? in Scripture, as Ifai. I· 17. Judg the fJJtber1!./},ple!tdjor-"tke Widf!:W: Se Pfal. 146. 9• So l'rov.I ).~). anq lr.ov. 1~-~w· ~ .· --~ · . · • In theirajfliO/ifln, J That is, in their ilraits, and when mo!l: op– preffe<J ' And this is added, lefi men thould think their duty per– formed, by vifiting~hofe amongfr the fafherlefs and widswJ that ~r~rifhapd~~tl~hy.- · .. ~ -.-.. · · . · _ · . -ti'Jd-~-o. 4!tp. h,mfelf fop.fjo-tt.ed,.J Th1s ts coupled wHh the £ot~mer Duty, to thew the·infepar'able connexion·that fuould be be– tweenCharity and Holinefs; and to thew, that th_at Religi9n is falfe, which dOth not teach Holinefs as· well as Cliari.ty : As Pa- · · · · · p)As.fe~er t~~' and cry, up .~k..,riry a.s~ merit, to.expi~te t~ ~c. fdl ,ef ,HoiAte/l)h'• •b: . }~. <)i ?' ?. ', ·' 'r·:,~ ~ 1 :. Fr'omthe .W.tJi:'~d.] The.l\~ort4,.w~an ~tis- uken ~n an m (ench:J~ fome~imes put for the men of' the wrFrld, and fometimes for, th~ lufls ofthe World; 1 Joh. z, 15. What ever u i1J the 'World, i1 ei– ther the IHflJ '8f lhe eyes, tpe tufts of tht-jlejh, or the pride of · life~ Now.to J<eep our ~lv-es unfpot:t.edJro.m the 'Ji'orld, is to ke~p our (dves.ft:.otn.the..raim and infecttoPof ·at) e7Ji/:pfk~plf~· . ~ns{.., qe prevalency and foveraignry'of 'W()r/dly lujl! . r . ' '' '. . "'i · Out ofthis Verfe bbferve ; - t · ~ . l, 'l:h~t ~tis the glory qf/1~/igiqn whet! ~tis pp~e: Ffai. _x9. T.he Ohfon'. J. (:tJ,nma"dmeif_t of the 4ord .is pure; no doCtrine fo holy in it felf, artd~~th (llJch4Jrovjp96.for.goQ~Jife :.falfe .P,eltgion.Nar.~ difct)'- e~~.y t~ii.i~pu~· .;, \God fut.fer~~h f•lfe:Wor.fhippe-r.s to fall iqto · •o+J<e~'Jitits , tW~' ~hey. JTI~Y dtaW. a~· jufi fcom upqn . themfelves, Rotn. 1. P'()pery iJ5 no,friend NJ good-life: Pardons fet At foie make way for loofends : The true ChriJliari Religion ~tis called dn ho'J faith,
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