668 S E R MO N LXXXIX. Ofdoing Good. G A L A T, VI> 9, IO. Let us not be weary in well doing, for in due feafon we flail reap, i f we faint not : As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all Men, efpecially unto them who are of the houje- holdof faith. Being a T¡"H E Apoftle in thefe Words recommends unto us a great and comprehenfive .Serman Duty, the doing ofgood; concerning which the Text offers thefe Five par- ticulars to our Confideration. Preach'd I. The Nature of the Duty it felf, which is called weK doing, v. arChrift goo"' Church zó. $, 9. and doing II The extent of this Duty in ref ed of its Obeá which is all Man- on Eaft- kind, p ' er Tuef- , Let us dogood unto all men, efpecially unto them, who are of the houfholdof day, A- faith. pril 54. IÌI. The meafure of it, as wehave opportunity. 1691. IV. Our unwearied perfeverance in it; let us not le weary in well doing. V. The Argument and Encouragement to it, becaufe in duefeafon we flail reap, ifwe faint not: Therefore as we have opportunity, let us do good, &c. I. I will confider the Nature of the Duty it felf; of well doing, and doing good. And this I 1haf1 explain to you as briefly as I can, by confidering the extent of the Ad ofdoing Good, and the Excellencyof it. And z. The extent ofthe Ad. It comprehends in it all thofe ways wherein we may be beneficial and ufeful to one another. It reaches not only to the Bodies of Men, but to their Souls, that Better and more Excellent part ofour felves , and is converfant in all thofe Ways and Kinds, wherebywe may ferve the temporal, or fpiritual Good of our Neighbour, and promote either hisprefent, or his future and eternal Happinefs. To inflrud the Ignorant, or reduce thofe that are in Error , to turn the difole- 'dient to the wifdom of thejufl, and reclaim thofe that are engaged in any evil Courfe, by good Counfel, and feafonable Admonition, and by prudent and kind Reproof; to refolve and fatisfie the doubtingMind ; to confirm the weak; to heal the broken-hearted, and to comfort the melancholy and troubled Spirits. Thefe are the nobleft Ways of Charity, becaufe they are converfant about the Souls of Men, and tend to procure and promote their eternal Felicity. And then to feed the hungry, to cloath the naked, releafe the imprifoned; to re- deem the Captives, and to vindicate thole who are injur'd and opprefs'd in their Perlons, or Eftates, or Reputation; to repair thofe who are ruin'd in their For- tunes ; and, in a word, to relieve and comfort thole who are in any kind ofCa- lamity or Diftrefs. All thefe are but the leverai Branches and Inflances of this great Duty here in the Text, of doinggood; tho' it bath, in this place, a more particular refped to the Charitable fupply of thofe, who are in Want and Neceflity; and there- fore with a more particular regard to that, I flail Difcourfe of it at this time. You fee the extent of the Duty. We will in the z. Place, briefly fay fomething of the Excellency ofit, which will appear, if we
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