C;-iAP.I.Fi 166 a.Cor.B.9. Humanitati, non homini. 'Reafons to bee ready todìtìri bure to the once ers of Chrmem ia. z 2.00;449. s f Co,rr,:xlarie uponMe Pre. 3. If flrangers by this precept may challenge harbour, much moremay the poore members of Chri(f amongfi our felon. If a aran- ger,who is calf out ofhou[e and home for the pr ofellionofChriff,ought to be releeued, much more our owne,fulfering in good caufeá, whether bonds or imprifonment, lot eofliuiug, banifhroent,or whatfoeuer they fuffer,if for keeping goodconlcience. And the like is to be Paid of our aged, feeble, and impotent poore;.who haue been in many places ofthe Land pittilefly negle&eéd and defpifed, fo farce as (notwithflanding the wholeforne 'awes prouided in that behalte) forceof themhaue been fuf- fered topine and die in the fireets, for want ofharbour and releefe. The Lord lay not this finne (among ocher) vntoour charge. Nowwhen we call rich men to referee fomeportion of their wealth to fuck godly vies, oh no they will cafe their bread on no fuch waters, and they finde no abi- brie to doeany thing this way ; this were to weaken their eflate,and to firaine themfelues fo as they fhould not be able to hold our. Which no doubt were the reafonings of the Corinth", whome the Apofile, that he might flirre themvp to beneficence and liberalicie towards the Saints, wilbeth them to cònfider what Chrifl haddone for them : hee (}rained himfelfe, and was content when he was rich to become poore for them: Chrifi weakened another manner of elate forvs, then any man can for him: heleft all his glorie for vs: but how few will leauc their fhame,their trail), their fuperfluirie,their couetous and voluptuous lutes For him? and to fuch as aske where they fhould haue to holdour, ifthey fhould be fo ready to diflribute,he anfwereth in the 9. chapter, following the fame argument,that the Lord rindethfeede to thefewer:and hemaketh men rich to all liberalitie, verf.r o.r 1. Others died and fay ; but fuch a onebath offended me,or Iknow this or that by him, or he deferueth no fuch thingat my hands. eArnfw. But cake beetle this be not a churlifh Nabal" anfwer to ßauids iufi requeff, fpoken out ofpartiall couetoufnes, rather then as the truth of the thing is. Againe, let the perlon be what hewill, looke thouonGods image in him,this offends thee not, iniuries thee not, is not vndeferuingof thy loue, and the frbic of it : and ifthou glue not to the man, giue to man- hood inhim,and confider that he may be partner in thegrace of life with thee. Reafons. a. Hereby thou art likeGod ,hefparfeth abrond,hevnweariably giueth good, togood and bad : flraine thy telfe fo thou expreffe this venueof his. 2. What thou giuefl to Chriflianmen, thou giuefl toChrifi himfelfe. If Chrifi were on earth againe, doubtles rich men would fend to knowe his wants, and flore himwith prefents. Nowwehaue not himfelfe with VS,
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