! I ,; ; Cajes of Conjcience. h>~rh twoi:#atu,let-..h•;n p11rt with him thAt hat"' A none,that is,he that bath thing• necelfarie and in abundancc,let him giue freely,yct fo as hee r.cfcr.ue.onc coate to h1mfdfe. · Hcr.ethc Papill is iullly to be blamed,who l:olp~th ir a Clare of perfdlion, to giueaway all,~.n~ ro liueby b.~gging.Fot thia cannot be, f~cingjc Js againO Gods commaundement, ,.:how_il] haue fomc giuen, and not aU,.one cqM~U.9t,borh,aoci fo.Js a (tarerath~~ of hone and tmperfeClion. . S~on<jly,in \he.c~fe of cxtrearne necellity (~.\\d.t)9t,ptherwi[e)wc mull be ready and wil· :li);l!J10giuc alq><•,t\19.ugh ir be by the.felling o.£9ur_polfetr,ons,Luk.I '·l 3.sell1h.ryeh••e, andgiut Almes: our ~amours meanlng•s,1n the cafe of cxtreamc n~ccffiry; when rhcrc is no B othcr"•ayroreJ~eue thofe that are robcerc– keued.Dauid notes it<Ua prope:rryofa mer· cifuJI man,that b~ dijfrer{rth alrrMd,tmd.gi:us !() rhe,._,ore,Pial.uz.9, 1t,lvaspraC\ifedbythe Primitiue Church,1n (herime ofperf.ecurion, rnitting duedebt, in cafe of mens decay an!l extreame pouerry. Exod. Z>. >6. If 1hou tal,f t~) n~ighboursraiment ttJpiei/ge,th8H /halt reft!Jre ·it7mi!J him,b.iforethefimnegaedawn.~7.F~rt·h•t is hiscoHtringf!lld]J and thitit hit~ gArment far hil skfnne: whereinfoallht flupe l lherifore,~·hen ht crietbvntome (for colde ahdnccelliti'e) I rH/1 hcarehim:for /ammmifu/I;Actordingtoth·is law, Nebemiah exborrcrh the'Rulm& Prin: ces o( the Iew••, that had·opprelTed·itietr poorecounrri·mcn,faying,Remitvnto·lhem rh'i bundrethP'"' rif thefiiuer,andif 1he cur'll<,oj•lht "'(ne,and o[1heoyle I hiltyn~aaqjtbemjJrl«i-, Nehem.s. 11, • '· V. ~eflion. How should alme!foegiuen; that they may be good ruorkes 1 and pleajing 'Mto qlJa? ·· m rhe likecl!c,ACt+34,JS.And the Church ofllthcedoma,~hogh rheywcre in want rhemAn(. For rhe right maner ofgiuing,futtdry [clues, yer fuppliQd-the'extrca,tue watlt. ol o- •hings are <equired,but fpeciaJJyrhcfe fixe : .. ther!{;h~rc~es,z.CO(.S.r,z.. ;-. '' 1 : FtrCl, amaomuflconfecrarehimidfe,and l'{ow toqf:hingthealn)~s of wl)ol<:!>odi<!s, · all thegifrs that he hath ana eitioy"';·toGoa and Churches, this is th.4Roll~ ,>qar they • andhi•honout. Thisdutieiscomm'en&eilin 010uld mainrainc the poore with things ne· chc.Chur<ho(Maccdonia;lhatlb'Jt•ueth,;r celfary,fittc,andconqc~icQr,as mcare,?rinkc, ,n.,ne {'fuel. fJ.rfl totlu L~rtl. Andaftcr-:JrifqtfHt!J and cloathing, 1. Tun. 5. 16. And thisferuc:~ thAt.wereinn(ede, h]thewltlfJ{ Gad, z.Cor.S.s. tocopfutcagro!T~.em>r,maintainceJrby IearAnd thus the Proph•rEfay fore-relleth, that ilea P~prlls; 11ho holde, that wha'tlbeuer a C rhecirieTyrus bccingconucrted,OtOuld~onman harh, aboue that which i• nece_(rarie to fecrate herfelfe, and her goods to the Lord. nature and dlatc, bee aiould giue itinalmes. Efa.z;, 18. TttheroccHpJing ..,J·herwagesfoRII But_rh~ truth isothenvtfe::fora man may and b<hoiJvntothe L.,d,•tfbaNn•lh/aid~p·~ft ought ro g!ue almes more liberally, when bee mfl.re,bur h" mercha•difefo•Qbefor •hmzthttl hath:abundance-,.y<t(o, as he i~not l:iound to J,.t/1 hifore the Lord, to tare fufftciently, a•d to giu.eall, but may.rcC.ru.ecucnpart of his fu· hm~<d•ra6/e.c/whing. · pcdlirlti~, for the pub:like•(e ~,>!-Church and Sccon9ly,wemull giucalmesi•faith.How CQinmon-J,vealth, Aw! to thispurpofe~s rh•• iSthat?fitll,wc muCl be perfwaded,rhat wearc which our Sallio'urfatth,Luk. 3'· 11. Hee that reconcilod to God in Chrill,and !land in his h.,htwocuaw,rhot i•,rhing• neccll3rieandfufau0ur: and •hen ouralmes fhall beaccepted; perAuous, tltullgiQ,< D.utone, and t)la~ incafe For,no worke of the perfon can pleafe God, ' of tb• grcarell nircellitiepneaningthereby, before the perfon himfclfe bee':ipptoouedof thatJII fupe;;!lutt)'mllll notbcgiucn in almes, him. Sccolldly,·wee mufl depend vponGod fauiog enly in tbe·cefc afore-fa11!pf:exrreame by faith, for thegood fucct!!Teof ouralin~s; wanr. ~=-· : ' SainrPaulcompareuhepooremantoafi.dJ , . , .t· D well tilled, andalmcs tothc'foWfngoffeed-e;· .l,. IV. ~eClion• . ' whichhathamoClplentiftillhimleCl of blef- .c • 1GngfoilowThg ir, z.Cor.9.6'.:Nowasthehus• .. Horu many ruaie-s iJ aman 'bandman,caflingnisfeedeintorheearrb,wai· • 1 tethvpon God for the fruinheteof,lam.s.7. to;giue alines~ .. ro!"uflthe good man that giues almes, de- " - • pendvponGoMortheeuenl thereof. S~lo- ·- :dn{. Threc,\Vai-es. Firfl,by freegiu"ing to mon faies,Flet-h.tt hathmerq flfJ01J thcpo()rt,hn· the poore._Secondly,by.frcc lcndilrg ! for this deth to the Lord,& the L~rdwiilrccompencehim tsofrentimes a• behdicta) ro an'latr,.-s giuing. rh•t which hthathgi•m, Ptou.19. 17. Vpon For this ende eh cu wasal.twgi~JOR1 Deut. 15: thcf~grounds mufi our faitb rdl,whcn we do 8. r.J:oufhalt :pen tfJJ handvntothy p'iorc 6rother, good to th'e·poore. . . . c. .. 11nd !tnd bun {"HjfiucnJ for. hu nc.~dc lVh1ch bee ~ 'Thirdly, wemullgruetn{Fmplwtee. Rom. harh:Luk.G.35. Lend.lonfung fornorhtng agame. 1>. 8.H< thatdif/ri6nteth,lethiindoeitwith /•mExod,t z. z 5.IJ thou!encJ,moHt] ttNht paure nsth pli(jitie. that is, of rneercpitieand compaffi~ the~. thouJIMlt mt bee.11n v(ureYvnt'o b1m, thoU on,andnot for any tindfer rcfpetf, plcafure, /hflltnot4pprtJq~himwith7...Juri~.Thirdly,byre~ __ orpraifeofmenJMarb.6. 3· Wben thoud!Jrjl ~ ~ -
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