7he CiJnfNence uf Cha.rit~e. 199 . . . ... .. - ~--- .... - holy and ~elrrved, bowt/J of mercies, kjndYJefl, ~ap.14• homblene)s -of rninde, &c. And 2 Cor. 8.7,9. --- ,• As thereforeyeabound in othirgracu, in faith, ~ttt~<Jnce, a~eri k..'!owl~(ige, fee ye abtJNnd in this gracealfo, for ye ,k!Jow the .grt~ce of our Lord Jejus Cbrift, A?ho though he was ricll, yet for )out f.tkt/ he became paor, tk-JJt yt, through hispou_ty, might be rich. 1hil it to be li~·minded UTltJ · Chrift you [F;:. 2. There is another charity ofbemvolencz 2 !o thy tobe !hewed to thyneighbour, whom thou art Neighbour io love as thy [elf; this is the Jecond great Com- . ma??dment, which fo great a part of the Law a_nd Prophets do hang and comment upon. Haft thou a friend, then jhtw 1 thy fo if f riendly; Mat.:22 .;9. owe no otherdebt to ahy man but this, to love Pro. I 8.24. oneanothera and this we mufi ·owe to every Rom. '3 · ~ · man, yet owe it fo, as to be alfo paying the d~bt; andpay it fo, as alfo to beyit ow1ng the .duty; alwaks owing, and alwaies pay– ing. Debts of.Juflice mufi: .be fo payed by · ~very honefr man, that they may be no Ion– . ger owing, put debts ofcharitie, though dailypaid, nmfi dailybeacknowhdged, and yet we are daily in debt, till we corn~ thi– ther, where the love of God and brother fuall beconfurhmate, and where love (ha11 be all in all. 0 what a pleaf.1-nt and delightfull fight it ~s~ to fee neighbom: with nc:ighbour; brocher wahbro_thcr, living in this mutuall u:!lity ~nd b~nevolence !' there is b~ft living, there l S beft air, there i~ befl earth, Pfal.I 33• 1,2,3 ,4. 0 4 · there
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