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             Protestant charity a sermon preached at S. Sepulchres Church, on Tuesday in Easter week, A. D. MDCLXXXI / by Edward Stillingfleet ...
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           Protestant
           Charity
           .
        
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           
             S.
             SEPVLCHRES
          
           Church
           ,
           On
           Tuesday
           In
           Easter
           Week
           ,
           
             A.
             D.
          
           MDCLXXXI
           .
        
         
           By
           EDWARD
           STILLINGFLEET
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Dean
           of
           S
           t
           
           Paul's
           ,
           and
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           His
           MAJESTY
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           by
           
             M.
             Flesher
          
           ,
           for
           
             Henry
             Mortlock
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Phoenix
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           
             White
             Hart
          
           in
           Westminster-hall
           .
           1681.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           Sir
           PATIENCE
           WARD
           ,
           Lord
           Mayor
           Of
           the
           City
           of
           LONDON
           ,
           AND
           TO
           The
           Court
           of
           ALDERMEN
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           the
           great
           Honour
           of
           this
           City
           ,
           since
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           was
           professed
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           born
           a
           much
           greater
           proportion
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           in
           
             publick
             Works
          
           of
           Charity
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           largeness
           of
           its
           Buildings
           ,
           and
           number
           of
           its
           Inhabitants
           .
           For
           when
           ,
           upon
           the
           unreasonable
           clamours
           of
           our
           Adversaries
           of
           
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           an
           account
           was
           thought
           fit
           to
           be
           taken
           of
           such
           Acts
           of
           Charity
           as
           lay
           more
           open
           to
           the
           view
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           within
           sixty
           years
           from
           the
           settlement
           of
           the
           Reformation
           by
           
             Q.
             Elizabeth
          
           ,
           it
           was
           found
           ,
           that
           they
           exceeded
           all
           that
           had
           been
           done
           in
           twice
           that
           number
           of
           years
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Popery
           ;
           and
           that
           therein
           this
           City
           did
           equal
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           besides
           .
           
           And
           although
           those
           who
           make
           this
           Report
           ,
           complain
           of
           the
           too
           great
           reservedness
           of
           some
           Companies
           in
           making
           known
           their
           Benefactours
           ;
           yet
           upon
           the
           diligent
           search
           some
           persons
           made
           ,
           it
           did
           appear
           ,
           that
           as
           to
           the
           
             best
             parts
          
           of
           
             publick
             Charity
          
           in
           founding
           Schools
           and
           Hospitals
           ,
           &c.
           more
           was
           done
           within
           that
           time
           ,
           than
           from
           the
           Conquest
           to
           the
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           besides
           the
           large
           and
           constant
           Charity
           of
           the
           City
           in
           the
           Care
           of
           their
           Hospitals
           ;
           many
           particular
           Citizens
           did
           so
           great
           things
           in
           several
           parts
           of
           the
           Nation
           upon
           their
           own
           Stocks
           ,
           that
           within
           that
           
           compass
           of
           Time
           ,
           more
           than
           
             forty
             Hospitals
          
           were
           built
           and
           endowed
           ,
           and
           above
           
             twenty
             Free
             Schools
          
           ,
           and
           upon
           a
           reasonable
           computation
           ,
           near
           a
           million
           of
           Money
           was
           thought
           to
           be
           bestowed
           in
           Works
           of
           Charity
           ,
           in
           London
           and
           the
           two
           Universities
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           true
           
             Protestant
             Charity
          
           of
           those
           times
           ;
           which
           ran
           in
           a
           clear
           ,
           free
           and
           undivided
           Channel
           ,
           without
           the
           mixture
           of
           Superstition
           ,
           or
           being
           diverted
           from
           its
           proper
           course
           to
           serve
           private
           ends
           and
           designs
           .
           And
           this
           brought
           Honour
           to
           our
           Religion
           ;
           advanced
           the
           Reputation
           of
           the
           City
           ;
           and
           promoted
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           .
           And
           such
           are
           great
           and
           wise
           ends
           ;
           fit
           to
           be
           considered
           and
           carried
           on
           by
           those
           to
           whom
           God
           hath
           given
           a
           heart
           sutable
           to
           the
           largeness
           of
           their
           Estates
           ;
           which
           they
           can
           neither
           carry
           into
           another
           World
           ,
           nor
           better
           employ
           in
           this
           than
           by
           
             doing
             Good
          
           to
           Mankind
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           there
           still
           continued
           many
           and
           
           undeniable
           Instances
           among
           
             true
             Protestants
          
           of
           extraordinary
           designs
           of
           Charity
           by
           particular
           Members
           of
           this
           City
           ,
           whom
           God
           had
           blessed
           in
           their
           Imployments
           ;
           so
           I
           have
           reason
           to
           hope
           ,
           that
           this
           Age
           will
           afford
           remarkable
           Examples
           of
           the
           same
           kind
           to
           Posterity
           :
           That
           so
           our
           
             Protestant
             Faith
          
           may
           be
           always
           found
           
             fruitfull
             in
             good
             Works
          
           ;
           which
           will
           be
           the
           best
           means
           both
           to
           adorn
           and
           preserve
           it
           .
        
         
           To
           perswade
           and
           encourage
           others
           to
           tread
           in
           the
           steps
           of
           those
           worthy
           Citizens
           ,
           whose
           Faith
           and
           Charity
           deserve
           their
           imitation
           ,
           is
           the
           chief
           design
           of
           the
           following
           Sermon
           ;
           which
           out
           of
           due
           Respect
           to
           the
           Order
           of
           your
           Court
           ,
           I
           now
           present
           to
           your
           Hands
           ;
           with
           my
           hearty
           Prayers
           to
           
             Almighty
             God
          
           for
           the
           continuance
           of
           his
           Blessing
           on
           this
           City
           and
           the
           Government
           of
           it
           .
           I
           am
           ,
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
           Your
           most
           faithfull
           and
           obedient
           Servant
           ,
           
             E.
             Stillingfleet
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             GALAT.
             VI.
             9.
             
          
           
             And
             let
             us
             not
             be
             weary
             in
             well-doing
             ;
             for
             in
             due
             season
             we
             shall
             reap
             ,
             if
             we
             faint
             not
             .
          
        
         
           WHen
           Iulian
           the
           Apostate
           designed
           (
           if
           possible
           )
           to
           retrieve
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           Heathen
           Religion
           ,
           
           he
           easily
           discern'd
           that
           it
           was
           not
           enough
           for
           him
           to
           restore
           the
           Priesthood
           ,
           to
           open
           the
           Temples
           ,
           
           to
           appoint
           the
           Sacrifices
           to
           be
           offer'd
           upon
           the
           Altars
           ;
           but
           he
           found
           it
           necessary
           for
           them
           to
           imitate
           the
           Christians
           in
           the
           strictness
           of
           their
           Lives
           ,
           in
           the
           solemnity
           of
           their
           Devotions
           ,
           in
           the
           exactness
           of
           their
           Discipline
           ,
           and
           especially
           in
           the
           erecting
           Hospitals
           ,
           and
           taking
           care
           of
           the
           Poor
           .
           For
           he
           that
           would
           not
           believe
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           to
           be
           from
           God
           ,
           thought
           himself
           bound
           to
           give
           some
           probable
           account
           ,
           how
           a
           Religion
           so
           contrary
           to
           the
           Interests
           and
           Designs
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           should
           be
           able
           to
           prevail
           against
           all
           the
           arts
           and
           power
           of
           its
           many
           and
           potent
           Enemies
           ;
           and
           upon
           the
           deepest
           search
           which
           could
           be
           made
           by
           himself
           ,
           or
           the
           greatest
           
           Wits
           of
           the
           Heathens
           then
           about
           him
           ,
           they
           concluded
           the
           flourishing
           and
           propagation
           of
           it
           to
           be
           chiefly
           owing
           to
           those
           things
           which
           he
           so
           much
           commended
           to
           the
           Heathens
           imitation
           .
           And
           from
           hence
           they
           inferred
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           same
           things
           could
           be
           brought
           into
           Practice
           among
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           they
           should
           be
           able
           to
           supplant
           Christianity
           by
           its
           own
           methods
           ,
           and
           restore
           Paganism
           by
           the
           same
           Weapons
           by
           which
           it
           was
           overthrown
           .
           This
           was
           thought
           so
           subtle
           and
           artificial
           a
           device
           by
           him
           whose
           great
           design
           was
           to
           extirpate
           our
           Religion
           in
           a
           soft
           and
           gentle
           manner
           ,
           without
           the
           blood
           and
           cruelty
           of
           former
           times
           ,
           that
           he
           writes
           an
           Epistle
           on
           purpose
           to
           Arsacius
           the
           chief
           Priest
           of
           Galatia
           ,
           requiring
           punctual
           observance
           of
           these
           Commands
           ;
           and
           as
           to
           the
           chargeable
           and
           expensive
           part
           ,
           he
           offer'd
           large
           provisions
           out
           of
           his
           own
           Revenue
           to
           defray
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           Saint
           Paul
           had
           been
           beforehand
           with
           him
           in
           Galatia
           ,
           having
           planted
           Churches
           with
           great
           success
           there
           ;
           and
           Christianity
           ,
           by
           his
           means
           ,
           took
           so
           deep
           root
           in
           mens
           hearts
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           rage
           and
           fury
           of
           former
           Persecutions
           ,
           nor
           the
           plausible
           arts
           and
           insinuations
           of
           Iulian
           were
           able
           to
           root
           it
           out
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           these
           Churches
           ,
           soon
           after
           their
           planting
           ,
           were
           in
           great
           danger
           of
           being
           overrun
           by
           the
           pernicious
           Errours
           of
           some
           Seducers
           of
           that
           
           time
           ;
           (
           the
           apprehension
           whereof
           put
           Saint
           Paul
           into
           that
           astonishment
           which
           he
           expresseth
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           Epistle
           ,
           
           
             I
             marvel
             that
             you
             are
             so
             soon
             removed
             from
             him
             that
             called
             you
             into
             the
             Grace
             of
             Christ
             unto
             another
             Gospel
             ,
          
           &c.
           )
           yet
           by
           the
           early
           notice
           and
           care
           which
           he
           took
           to
           prevent
           the
           spreading
           of
           these
           corruptions
           among
           them
           ,
           the
           
             Galatian
             Churches
          
           recover'd
           the
           soundness
           of
           their
           Faith
           ,
           and
           have
           preserved
           a
           name
           among
           the
           Eastern
           Churches
           ,
           though
           under
           great
           variety
           of
           conditions
           ,
           to
           this
           day
           .
           Some
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           one
           of
           the
           sharpest
           Epistles
           written
           by
           Saint
           Paul.
           He
           appears
           indeed
           ,
           by
           the
           beginning
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           much
           surprised
           and
           moved
           at
           the
           news
           of
           a
           great
           and
           sudden
           alteration
           among
           them
           ;
           which
           he
           was
           sure
           was
           not
           for
           the
           better
           .
           And
           by
           this
           plain
           dealing
           with
           them
           ,
           he
           knew
           ,
           till
           they
           consider'd
           better
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           offended
           with
           him
           ;
           but
           withall
           he
           tells
           them
           this
           did
           best
           become
           
             a
             Servant
             of
             Christ
          
           ,
           who
           ,
           like
           a
           good
           Physician
           ,
           hath
           more
           regard
           to
           the
           Disease
           than
           to
           the
           Palate
           of
           his
           Patient
           ;
           
             For
             if
             I
             yet
             pleased
             Men
             ,
          
           
           
             I
             should
             not
             be
             the
             Servant
             of
             Christ.
          
           But
           having
           vindicated
           his
           own
           honour
           ,
           
           which
           the
           evil
           reports
           of
           the
           false
           Apostles
           made
           necessary
           ;
           and
           argued
           with
           great
           strength
           and
           conviction
           against
           the
           imposers
           of
           the
           Law
           ;
           
           he
           
           betakes
           himself
           to
           the
           inforcing
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           general
           and
           necessary
           Duties
           of
           Christianity
           upon
           these
           Galatians
           .
           If
           they
           had
           such
           a
           mind
           to
           keep
           the
           Law
           ,
           
           
             All
             the
             Law
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             is
             fulfilled
             in
             one
             word
             ,
             even
             in
             this
             ,
             Thou
             shalt
             love
             thy
             neighbour
             as
             thy self
             .
          
           It
           was
           a
           vain
           and
           foolish
           thing
           for
           them
           to
           contend
           about
           keeping
           the
           Law
           ,
           who
           did
           overthrow
           the
           main
           design
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           their
           heats
           and
           animosities
           against
           each
           other
           ;
           which
           ,
           instead
           of
           preserving
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           was
           the
           certain
           way
           to
           destroy
           one
           another
           .
           
           
             But
             if
             ye
             bite
             and
             devour
             one
             another
             ,
             take
             heed
             that
             ye
             be
             not
             consumed
             one
             of
             another
             .
          
           From
           hence
           he
           shews
           ,
           that
           hatred
           ,
           
           
             variance
             ,
             emulations
             ,
             wrath
             ,
             strife
             ,
             seditions
             ,
             heresies
             ,
          
           are
           as
           much
           
             the
             lusts
             of
             the
             flesh
             as
             adultery
             ,
          
           
           
             fornication
             ,
             murther
             ,
             drunkenness
             ,
             revellings
             and
             such
             like
          
           ;
           and
           as
           destructive
           to
           mens
           Salvation
           ;
           
             of
             the
             which
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             I
             tell
             you
             before
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             also
             told
             you
             in
             time
             past
             ,
             that
             they
             which
             doe
             such
             things
             shall
             not
             inherit
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God.
          
           And
           they
           that
           are
           true
           Christians
           
             must
             crucifie
             the
             flesh
             with
             all
             these
             affections
             and
             lusts
             thereof
          
           ;
           
           such
           as
           vain-glory
           ,
           love
           of
           contention
           ,
           envying
           the
           reputation
           of
           others
           .
           
           
             Let
             us
             not
             be
             desirous
             of
             vain-glory
             ,
             provoking
             one
             another
             ,
             envying
             one
             another
             .
          
           But
           the
           Apostle
           did
           not
           think
           the
           design
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           or
           the
           obligation
           of
           Christianity
           was
           satisfied
           
           with
           abstaining
           from
           doing
           injuries
           to
           others
           ;
           therefore
           he
           proceeds
           to
           tell
           them
           what
           exercise
           of
           tenderness
           ,
           compassion
           and
           readiness
           to
           doe
           good
           to
           others
           were
           expected
           from
           them
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           If
           a
           man
           ,
           through
           the
           frailty
           of
           humane
           Nature
           ,
           or
           the
           sudden
           surprise
           of
           a
           Temptation
           ,
           be
           overtaken
           in
           a
           fault
           ,
           do
           not
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           trample
           upon
           him
           ,
           nor
           insult
           over
           him
           ;
           but
           endeavour
           
             with
             the
             spirit
             of
             meekness
          
           to
           recover
           him
           from
           his
           fall
           ;
           considering
           that
           we
           carry
           about
           us
           the
           same
           load
           of
           flesh
           ,
           and
           are
           exposed
           to
           continual
           Temptations
           our
           salves
           .
           
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           If
           we
           see
           others
           groaning
           under
           the
           heavy
           burthen
           of
           their
           own
           infirmities
           ,
           or
           the
           pressures
           and
           calamities
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           do
           not
           add
           more
           weight
           to
           their
           afflictions
           ;
           but
           put
           your
           own
           shoulders
           under
           to
           bear
           a
           part
           with
           them
           ,
           to
           make
           their
           burthen
           more
           easie
           to
           them
           ;
           for
           herein
           lies
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           that
           duty
           which
           Christ
           hath
           laid
           on
           all
           his
           Disciples
           .
           
             Bear
             ye
             one
             anothers
             burthens
             and
             so
             fulfill
             the
             Law
             of
             Christ.
             
          
           
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           If
           it
           be
           impossible
           for
           men
           to
           attend
           the
           service
           of
           your
           Souls
           and
           the
           affairs
           of
           this
           World
           together
           ,
           never
           grudge
           nor
           repine
           at
           the
           exercise
           of
           your
           kindness
           and
           liberality
           towards
           your
           spiritual
           Teachers
           ,
           
             v.
             6.
             
             Let
             him
             
             that
             is
             taught
             in
             the
             word
             communicate
             to
             him
             that
             teacheth
             in
             all
             good
             things
             .
          
           Which
           instances
           being
           mention'd
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           subjoins
           two
           things
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           A
           general
           Proposition
           ,
           viz.
           That
           every
           man
           shall
           receive
           in
           another
           World
           according
           to
           the
           good
           that
           he
           doth
           in
           this
           .
           
           
             Be
             not
             deceived
             God
             is
             not
             mocked
             ;
             for
             whatsoever
             a
             man
             soweth
             that
             shall
             he
             also
             reap
             .
          
           
           
             For
             he
             that
             soweth
             to
             his
             flesh
             shall
             of
             his
             flesh
             reap
             corruption
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             soweth
             to
             the
             spirit
             shall
             of
             the
             spirit
             reap
             life
             everlasting
             .
             i.
             e.
          
           He
           that
           looks
           onely
           after
           his
           present
           advantage
           in
           this
           world
           and
           dares
           not
           venture
           to
           doe
           any
           thing
           out
           of
           hopes
           of
           recompence
           for
           it
           in
           another
           life
           ,
           he
           is
           said
           
             to
             sow
             to
             his
             flesh
          
           ;
           but
           he
           that
           is
           good
           and
           charitable
           and
           kind
           to
           others
           without
           hopes
           of
           any
           other
           advantage
           than
           what
           God
           will
           give
           him
           for
           it
           ,
           is
           said
           
             to
             sow
             to
             the
             spirit
             ;
             the
             Flesh
             and
             Spirit
          
           being
           opposed
           as
           the
           two
           Centres
           of
           the
           different
           worlds
           :
           the
           great
           thing
           to
           which
           all
           things
           tend
           in
           this
           world
           being
           something
           carnal
           or
           that
           relates
           to
           the
           Flesh
           ;
           and
           the
           great
           principle
           of
           another
           world
           being
           wholly
           spiritual
           .
           And
           these
           two
           Flesh
           and
           Spirit
           are
           placed
           as
           two
           Loadstones
           drawing
           our
           hearts
           several
           ways
           ,
           the
           one
           is
           much
           stronger
           ,
           but
           at
           a
           greater
           distance
           ;
           the
           other
           hath
           less
           force
           in
           it self
           but
           is
           much
           nearer
           to
           us
           ,
           by
           which
           
           means
           it
           draws
           more
           powerfully
           the
           hearts
           that
           are
           already
           touched
           with
           a
           strong
           inclination
           to
           it
           .
           But
           the
           Apostle
           useth
           the
           similitude
           of
           two
           Fields
           ,
           wherein
           the
           product
           of
           the
           Seed
           answers
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           Soil
           ;
           
             so
             he
             that
             sowes
             to
             the
             flesh
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           that
           minds
           onely
           his
           present
           interest
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           his
           harvest
           shall
           be
           proportionable
           to
           his
           seed
           ,
           he
           may
           reap
           advantages
           to
           himself
           in
           this
           world
           sutable
           to
           his
           pains
           and
           industry
           ;
           but
           the
           utmost
           this
           world
           can
           yield
           is
           but
           of
           a
           short
           continuance
           ,
           being
           of
           a
           temporary
           ,
           transient
           ,
           corruptible
           nature
           ,
           
             he
             that
             soweth
             to
             the
             flesh
             shall
             of
             the
             flesh
             reap
             corruption
             :
          
           but
           
             he
             that
             soweth
             to
             the
             spirit
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           hath
           so
           great
           a
           regard
           to
           the
           rewards
           of
           another
           life
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           willing
           to
           let
           go
           a
           present
           enjoyment
           and
           bury
           it
           under
           ground
           ,
           casting
           it
           in
           as
           seed
           into
           the
           earth
           in
           hopes
           of
           a
           future
           resurrection
           ,
           however
           he
           may
           be
           condemned
           as
           a
           weak
           and
           improvident
           man
           by
           the
           men
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           yet
           as
           certain
           as
           there
           is
           a
           life
           everlasting
           to
           come
           ,
           so
           certainly
           shall
           all
           his
           good
           deeds
           yield
           an
           abundant
           increase
           and
           meet
           with
           a
           glorious
           recompence
           then
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           no
           corrupt
           mixture
           in
           the
           sowing
           which
           may
           spoil
           the
           virtue
           of
           the
           seed
           ,
           
             for
             he
             that
             soweth
             to
             the
             spirit
             shall
             of
             the
             spirit
             reap
             life
             everlasting
             .
          
           And
           let
           not
           men
           deceive
           themselves
           ;
           if
           they
           
           look
           onely
           at
           themselves
           and
           the
           things
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           let
           their
           pretences
           be
           never
           so
           spiritual
           ,
           if
           they
           dare
           not
           doe
           acts
           of
           Charity
           so
           as
           to
           trust
           God
           for
           a
           reward
           ,
           they
           do
           but
           
             sow
             to
             the
             flesh
          
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           world
           may
           be
           cheated
           ,
           and
           men
           may
           sometimes
           deceive
           themselves
           ,
           yet
           
             God
             cannot
             be
             mocked
          
           ;
           he
           knows
           the
           hearts
           ,
           and
           intentions
           ,
           and
           secret
           designs
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           them
           their
           reward
           shall
           be
           ;
           
             for
             whatsoever
             a
             man
             soweth
             that
             shall
             he
             reap
             .
          
           This
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           natural
           and
           genuine
           meaning
           of
           the
           Apostle
           in
           those
           words
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           A
           particular
           Exhortation
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           discouraged
           
             in
             well
             doing
          
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           same
           with
           
             sowing
             to
             the
             spirit
          
           before
           ,
           and
           with
           
             doing
             good
          
           in
           the
           following
           verse
           ,
           both
           which
           are
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           the
           Works
           of
           Charity
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           ought
           to
           take
           it
           in
           that
           sense
           here
           .
           These
           are
           especially
           called
           
             good
             Works
          
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ;
           Dorcas
           is
           said
           to
           be
           
             a
             Woman
             full
             of
             good
             Works
             and
             Alms-deeds
             which
             she
             did
             .
          
           
           The
           Widow
           that
           was
           to
           be
           taken
           into
           Office
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           must
           be
           
             well
             reported
             of
             for
             good
             Works
          
           ;
           
           and
           these
           presently
           follow
           ,
           
             the
             bringing
             up
             children
             ,
             the
             lodging
             strangers
             ,
             washing
             the
             Saints
             feet
             and
             relieving
             the
             afflicted
          
           ;
           In
           the
           Epistle
           to
           Titus
           ,
           Saint
           Paul
           gives
           him
           a
           strict
           charge
           ,
           
           that
           
             he
             deliver
             it
             with
             great
             assurance
          
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           )
           
             that
             they
             which
             believe
             in
             
             God
             might
             be
             carefull
             to
             maintain
             good
             Works
             ;
             these
             things
             are
             good
             and
             profitable
             unto
             men
          
           ;
           
           Where
           the
           same
           word
           is
           used
           in
           the
           Greek
           ,
           that
           is
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Text.
           And
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           other
           words
           of
           a
           like
           signification
           are
           used
           ,
           
           as
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             To
             doe
             good
             and
             to
             communicate
             forget
             not
          
           ;
           '
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             Charge
             them
             that
             are
             rich
             in
             this
             world
             —
             that
             they
             doe
             good
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             they
             be
             rich
             in
             good
             works
             ,
             ready
             to
             distribute
             ,
             willing
             to
             communicate
             .
             That
             ye
             may
             abound
             to
             every
             good
             Work
             ,
          
           saith
           Saint
           Paul
           ;
           which
           he
           after
           explains
           ,
           
           by
           
             being
             enriched
             in
             every
             thing
             to
             all
             bountifulness
             .
          
           So
           that
           although
           
             well
             doing
          
           in
           the
           general
           may
           extend
           to
           every
           good
           action
           ,
           yet
           by
           the
           particular
           sense
           of
           that
           phrase
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           and
           especially
           from
           the
           coherence
           of
           these
           words
           with
           the
           foregoing
           and
           following
           verses
           ,
           it
           appears
           that
           the
           
             well
             doing
          
           here
           spoken
           of
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           Works
           of
           Charity
           .
           Which
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           Christians
           ,
           did
           suppose
           them
           to
           practise
           ,
           but
           being
           apprehensive
           lest
           the
           discouragements
           they
           met
           with
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           should
           make
           them
           grow
           cold
           and
           remiss
           in
           this
           great
           duty
           ,
           he
           therefore
           exhorts
           them
           not
           to
           faint
           or
           
             grow
             weary
             of
             doing
             it
          
           ;
           and
           to
           that
           end
           he
           lays
           down
           the
           most
           powerfull
           Motive
           and
           Consideration
           ;
           
             for
             in
             due
             season
             ye
             shall
             reap
             if
             ye
             faint
             not
             :
             i.
             e.
          
           ye
           shall
           not
           miss
           of
           a
           reward
           from
           God.
           
        
         
         
           So
           that
           from
           the
           words
           we
           may
           take
           notice
           of
           these
           two
           things
           which
           deserve
           our
           consisideration
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           many
           discouragements
           men
           meet
           with
           in
           the
           World
           which
           are
           apt
           to
           make
           them
           grow
           
             weary
             in
             well
             doing
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           mighty
           incouragement
           which
           God
           gives
           to
           our
           continuance
           and
           perseverance
           in
           it
           ;
           
             for
             in
             due
             season
             we
             shall
             reap
             if
             we
             faint
             not
             .
          
        
         
           I.
           The
           many
           discouragements
           men
           meet
           with
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           which
           are
           apt
           to
           make
           them
           grow
           
             weary
             in
             well
             doing
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Precepts
           of
           Charity
           deliver'd
           by
           our
           Saviour
           and
           his
           Apostles
           are
           so
           plain
           ,
           so
           full
           ,
           so
           many
           ,
           so
           easie
           to
           be
           understood
           ;
           and
           those
           Precepts
           inforced
           by
           so
           just
           ,
           and
           reasonable
           ,
           and
           pious
           considerations
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           fellow
           Christians
           ,
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           lastly
           to
           our selves
           ,
           from
           the
           comfort
           that
           is
           in
           well
           doing
           ,
           and
           the
           reward
           that
           follows
           it
           ;
           that
           a
           man
           must
           have
           great
           impudence
           ,
           to
           profess
           himself
           a
           Christian
           ,
           and
           yet
           to
           think
           himself
           not
           obliged
           to
           doe
           acts
           of
           Charity
           .
           But
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           which
           might
           be
           said
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           there
           are
           too
           many
           still
           who
           are
           ready
           to
           find
           out
           some
           plausible
           pretences
           to
           excuse
           them
           from
           
             well
             doing
          
           ;
           
           which
           being
           the
           greatest
           discouragements
           to
           men
           from
           continuing
           in
           it
           ;
           I
           shall
           make
           it
           my
           present
           business
           to
           examin
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           shew
           how
           little
           weight
           there
           is
           in
           them
           ,
           especially
           being
           compared
           with
           the
           Authority
           of
           him
           who
           hath
           made
           this
           our
           duty
           ,
           and
           the
           reward
           we
           may
           justly
           expect
           for
           performing
           it
           .
           And
           here
           I
           shall
           pass
           over
           the
           more
           common
           and
           trivial
           Objections
           ,
           which
           every
           one
           can
           easily
           answer
           that
           makes
           them
           ;
           and
           rather
           argue
           an
           unwilling
           mind
           to
           perform
           their
           duty
           ,
           than
           one
           unsatisfied
           about
           the
           reasonableness
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           I
           shall
           therefore
           insist
           on
           those
           that
           carry
           a
           greater
           appearance
           of
           strength
           in
           them
           ;
           which
           are
           chiefly
           these
           two
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           From
           the
           different
           state
           of
           our
           Times
           from
           those
           when
           these
           Commands
           of
           Charity
           were
           given
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           From
           the
           sad
           prospect
           of
           our
           own
           Affairs
           ,
           which
           seem
           rather
           to
           call
           for
           a
           Care
           of
           our selves
           than
           Charity
           to
           others
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           first
           pretence
           is
           from
           
             the
             difference
          
           of
           Times
           ;
           
             There
             was
             then
             ,
             say
             such
             men
             ,
             great
             reason
             for
             Charity
             which
             will
             not
             hold
             now
             ;
             those
             were
             times
             of
             persecution
             for
             Religion
             ,
             and
             many
             were
             driven
             to
             great
             streights
             and
             necessities
             on
             that
             account
             who
             deserved
             to
             be
             relieved
             ,
             and
             the
             Christians
             
             had
             been
             worse
             than
             Infidels
             not
             to
             doe
             good
             to
             men
             that
             were
             brought
             to
             want
             meerly
             for
             Christ's
             and
             the
             Gospel's
             sake
             ;
             the
             Laws
             then
             could
             take
             no
             care
             of
             these
             poor
             and
             indigent
             persons
             ;
             for
             the
             Laws
             made
             them
             so
             ,
             being
             then
             opposite
             to
             Christianity
             :
             but
             now
             our
             Religion
             is
             settled
             by
             the
             Laws
             ;
             and
             we
             have
             many
             Laws
             made
             for
             a
             competent
             provision
             for
             the
             poor
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             sufficient
             if
             they
             be
             put
             in
             execution
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             be
             not
             ,
             what
             Charity
             is
             this
             to
             relieve
             an
             idle
             and
             disorderly
             sort
             of
             People
             who
             live
             upon
             Alms
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             greater
             Charity
             to
             such
             to
             make
             them
             work
             and
             to
             provide
             for
             their
             own
             subsistence
             ?
          
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           force
           of
           the
           Objection
           which
           seems
           to
           have
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           strength
           and
           weight
           in
           it
           ;
           but
           before
           I
           give
           an
           Answer
           to
           it
           I
           must
           acknowledge
           the
           truth
           of
           some
           things
           contained
           therein
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           That
           there
           is
           a
           great
           difference
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Charity
           ,
           where
           our
           Religion
           is
           settled
           by
           Law
           ,
           and
           where
           it
           is
           persecuted
           by
           it
           .
           For
           a
           larger
           measure
           and
           degree
           of
           Charity
           is
           justly
           required
           in
           a
           time
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           in
           as
           much
           as
           those
           are
           the
           truest
           Objects
           of
           Charity
           who
           prefer
           
             the
             keeping
             Faith
             and
             a
             good
             Conscience
          
           before
           the
           good
           things
           of
           this
           Life
           .
           And
           we
           ought
           to
           look
           upon
           it
           as
           an
           unvaluable
           
           blessing
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           the
           Christian
           ,
           yea
           the
           
             Reformed
             Christian
             Religion
          
           settled
           by
           our
           Laws
           .
           And
           God
           grant
           it
           may
           ever
           so
           continue
           !
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           It
           cannot
           be
           denied
           that
           we
           have
           very
           good
           Laws
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           the
           Poor
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           might
           be
           sufficient
           for
           their
           common
           necessities
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           duly
           executed
           .
           And
           it
           is
           a
           very
           just
           and
           reasonable
           distinction
           which
           our
           Laws
           make
           between
           the
           involuntary
           Poor
           ,
           who
           are
           made
           so
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           either
           by
           Sickness
           ,
           or
           Lameness
           ,
           or
           Age
           ,
           or
           Children
           ,
           or
           Fire
           ,
           &c.
           and
           the
           voluntary
           Poor
           ,
           who
           may
           help
           themselves
           but
           will
           not
           ,
           being
           idle
           ,
           dissolute
           and
           slothfull
           persons
           .
           These
           deserve
           rather
           the
           hand
           of
           Justice
           to
           punish
           them
           than
           that
           of
           Charity
           to
           relieve
           them
           :
           For
           Saint
           Paul
           himself
           is
           so
           far
           from
           thinking
           this
           to
           be
           true
           Charity
           ,
           that
           he
           hardly
           thinks
           it
           so
           to
           keep
           such
           from
           starving
           if
           we
           take
           that
           Proverbial
           saying
           in
           its
           strict
           and
           literal
           sense
           ,
           
           
             If
             any
             would
             not
             work
             ,
             neither
             should
             he
             eat
             .
          
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           I
           grant
           that
           it
           is
           greater
           Charity
           to
           put
           persons
           upon
           providing
           for
           themselves
           than
           to
           relieve
           their
           present
           necessities
           .
           For
           that
           is
           the
           greatest
           Charity
           which
           doth
           a
           man
           the
           most
           good
           .
           And
           he
           that
           reduceth
           a
           dissolute
           and
           wandring
           Beggar
           to
           the
           taking
           
           pains
           for
           himself
           and
           Family
           cures
           an
           ill
           habit
           of
           his
           Mind
           ;
           puts
           him
           into
           the
           way
           of
           Vertue
           and
           Sobriety
           ;
           gives
           him
           a
           lasting
           stock
           for
           himself
           and
           Family
           (
           for
           diligence
           and
           industry
           is
           so
           )
           keeps
           him
           out
           of
           the
           danger
           of
           the
           worst
           sort
           of
           Company
           ;
           gains
           him
           more
           Friends
           ,
           who
           will
           be
           far
           more
           ready
           to
           help
           a
           person
           industrious
           in
           his
           Poverty
           than
           the
           most
           clamorous
           and
           importunate
           Beggar
           .
           And
           therefore
           our
           Laws
           have
           wisely
           determin'd
           ,
           that
           Work-houses
           are
           the
           best
           Hospitals
           for
           the
           Poor
           ,
           who
           are
           able
           to
           help
           themselves
           .
           But
           after
           these
           concessions
           ,
           I
           am
           far
           from
           thinking
           the
           command
           of
           Charity
           to
           be
           swallowed
           up
           in
           our
           Laws
           for
           the
           relief
           of
           the
           Poor
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           If
           our
           Laws
           were
           the
           best
           in
           the
           World
           for
           this
           purpose
           ,
           yet
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           duly
           executed
           ,
           they
           leave
           as
           much
           room
           for
           Charity
           as
           if
           there
           were
           none
           .
           What
           if
           a
           Law
           were
           made
           that
           there
           should
           be
           no
           Poor
           at
           all
           among
           us
           ;
           but
           that
           immediate
           care
           should
           be
           taken
           ,
           upon
           any
           man's
           falling
           into
           decay
           ,
           that
           his
           Stock
           should
           be
           supplied
           out
           of
           the
           superfluities
           of
           the
           Rich
           ?
           If
           this
           Law
           were
           not
           executed
           ,
           men
           would
           be
           altogether
           as
           miserable
           in
           their
           Poverty
           ,
           and
           as
           great
           Objects
           of
           Charity
           as
           if
           there
           were
           no
           such
           Law
           in
           being
           .
           For
           the
           making
           of
           a
           Law
           for
           their
           
           supply
           without
           putting
           it
           in
           execution
           ,
           is
           but
           like
           the
           Person
           in
           Saint
           Iames
           ,
           
           
             who
             said
             to
             those
             who
             were
             naked
             and
             destitute
             of
             daily
             food
             ,
             be
             ye
             warmed
             and
             filled
             ;
             but
             notwithstanding
             gave
             them
             nothing
             needfull
             for
             the
             Body
             ;
             what
             doth
             this
             profit
             ?
          
           What
           advantage
           or
           satisfaction
           is
           it
           to
           a
           Man
           to
           starve
           with
           the
           Law
           on
           his
           side
           ?
           Or
           can
           men
           be
           better
           fed
           or
           cloathed
           with
           the
           Words
           of
           a
           Law
           than
           of
           any
           particular
           Person
           ?
           If
           not
           ,
           then
           if
           care
           be
           not
           taken
           for
           the
           relief
           and
           maintenance
           of
           the
           Poor
           according
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           there
           is
           as
           great
           need
           of
           Charity
           as
           if
           there
           were
           none
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           If
           we
           suppose
           the
           Laws
           for
           relief
           of
           the
           Poor
           to
           be
           duly
           executed
           ,
           yet
           there
           are
           many
           particular
           cases
           of
           Charity
           which
           often
           happen
           which
           the
           Laws
           cannot
           be
           supposed
           to
           provide
           for
           .
           The
           Law
           takes
           care
           onely
           of
           general
           ,
           and
           notorious
           ,
           and
           common
           cases
           ;
           but
           there
           are
           continual
           Instances
           of
           singular
           and
           extraordinary
           cases
           where
           relief
           is
           as
           much
           wanted
           ,
           but
           is
           rarely
           challenged
           .
           How
           often
           is
           some
           mens
           Reputation
           a
           snare
           to
           themselves
           and
           Families
           ;
           who
           had
           rather
           sink
           silently
           into
           the
           gulf
           of
           Misery
           ,
           than
           have
           their
           wants
           made
           known
           to
           their
           insulting
           neighbours
           ,
           among
           whom
           they
           have
           lived
           in
           as
           good
           fashion
           as
           themselves
           ?
           How
           many
           have
           been
           tempted
           rather
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           a
           miserable
           
           Life
           than
           to
           be
           despised
           and
           contemned
           for
           their
           Poverty
           in
           their
           old
           Age
           !
           How
           many
           are
           unwilling
           to
           make
           known
           their
           condition
           for
           fear
           of
           a
           repulse
           and
           being
           thought
           Liars
           ,
           or
           impudent
           and
           common
           Beggars
           !
           How
           hardly
           will
           some
           pinch
           themselves
           and
           Families
           ,
           before
           they
           will
           make
           known
           their
           necessities
           !
           and
           some
           have
           been
           known
           to
           have
           brought
           themselves
           so
           low
           ,
           that
           when
           their
           sad
           condition
           hath
           been
           discovered
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           past
           all
           possibility
           of
           recovery
           .
           I
           hope
           such
           Instances
           are
           not
           frequent
           among
           us
           .
           And
           yet
           we
           are
           lately
           told
           in
           Print
           by
           a
           Member
           of
           this
           City
           ,
           
           
             That
             he
             hath
             reason
             to
             believe
             many
             hundreds
             have
             perished
             through
             want
             of
             late
             years
             .
          
           If
           this
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           their
           case
           was
           known
           ;
           what
           a
           shame
           and
           dishonour
           is
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           so
           much
           plenty
           and
           luxury
           ,
           to
           suffer
           such
           a
           reproach
           to
           Christianity
           to
           be
           among
           us
           ?
           But
           if
           their
           case
           were
           not
           known
           in
           time
           ;
           the
           stain
           is
           not
           quite
           wiped
           off
           ,
           because
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           in
           so
           great
           ,
           so
           rich
           ,
           so
           well-governed
           a
           City
           ,
           a
           due
           care
           taken
           to
           find
           out
           as
           well
           as
           to
           relieve
           the
           truly
           necessitous
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           The
           obligations
           of
           Charity
           reach
           much
           farther
           than
           the
           force
           of
           our
           Laws
           doth
           .
           For
           how
           small
           a
           matter
           within
           this
           City
           doth
           answer
           the
           letter
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           where
           Persons
           
           enjoy
           very
           great
           and
           plentifull
           Estates
           ?
           And
           is
           that
           all
           which
           their
           thankfulness
           to
           God
           ,
           their
           love
           to
           their
           Brethren
           ,
           and
           the
           regard
           to
           our
           Saviour's
           Commands
           will
           draw
           from
           them
           ?
           
           Is
           this
           
             being
             mercifull
             as
             our
             heavenly
             Father
             is
             mercifull
             ?
          
           
           Is
           this
           
             giving
             our
             Alms
             in
             secret
             ,
             that
             thy
             Father
             which
             seeth
             in
             secret
             may
             reward
             thee
             openly
             ?
          
           
           Is
           this
           
             making
             to
             our selves
             friends
             of
             the
             Mammon
             of
             unrighteousness
             ?
          
           Is
           this
           
             being
             rich
             towards
             God
          
           ;
           
           
             being
             rich
             in
             good
             works
             ,
             being
             ready
             to
             distribute
             ,
             willing
             to
             communicate
             ?
          
           
           Is
           this
           
             doing
             good
             to
             all
             men
             as
             we
             have
             opportunity
             ?
          
           
           Is
           this
           
             feeding
             the
             hungry
             ,
             cloathing
             the
             naked
             ,
             visiting
             the
             sick
             and
             imprison'd
             ?
          
           Can
           we
           imagine
           that
           will
           be
           a
           good
           answer
           at
           the
           great
           day
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           paid
           our
           Rates
           to
           the
           Poor
           ?
           If
           the
           Christian
           Charity
           had
           extended
           no
           farther
           ,
           Iulian
           needed
           not
           have
           been
           so
           solicitous
           to
           have
           the
           Heathens
           equal
           them
           ?
        
         
           The
           true
           Charity
           of
           Christians
           is
           a
           free
           and
           voluntary
           thing
           ,
           not
           what
           men
           are
           forced
           to
           doe
           by
           the
           Laws
           ;
           It
           is
           a
           largeness
           of
           mind
           ,
           that
           disposeth
           men
           to
           doe
           good
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           embraceth
           every
           opportunity
           for
           that
           purpose
           ;
           It
           is
           the
           flowing
           of
           a
           Fountain
           which
           runs
           freely
           ,
           easily
           and
           constantly
           ;
           and
           not
           like
           the
           pouring
           water
           out
           of
           a
           narrow
           mouthed
           Vessel
           ,
           where
           but
           little
           comes
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           noise
           .
           
           Charity
           spreads
           it self
           like
           the
           beams
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           warms
           and
           enlivens
           the
           colder
           parts
           of
           the
           Earth
           ;
           it
           pierceth
           into
           the
           bowels
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           makes
           it self
           a
           passage
           to
           those
           secret
           and
           hidden
           objects
           which
           are
           out
           of
           the
           view
           of
           the
           World.
           True
           Christian
           Charity
           hath
           arms
           so
           large
           to
           comprehend
           the
           whole
           World
           within
           them
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           the
           Life
           and
           Spirit
           of
           that
           Body
           whereof
           Christ
           is
           the
           Head
           ;
           it
           passeth
           from
           one
           member
           to
           another
           ,
           emptying
           it self
           from
           the
           larger
           vessels
           into
           the
           less
           ,
           and
           so
           by
           a
           constant
           motion
           and
           course
           through
           the
           Body
           it
           keeps
           heat
           and
           union
           in
           all
           the
           Parts
           .
           To
           doe
           good
           because
           one
           cannot
           help
           it
           ,
           is
           to
           obey
           the
           Law
           of
           Necessity
           and
           not
           of
           Charity
           .
           He
           that
           resolves
           to
           go
           no
           farther
           in
           Charity
           than
           the
           Law
           requires
           him
           ,
           declares
           he
           would
           not
           have
           gone
           so
           far
           unless
           the
           Law
           had
           forced
           him
           ;
           which
           is
           in
           effect
           to
           tell
           the
           World
           ,
           he
           hath
           not
           so
           much
           as
           an
           inclination
           to
           Charity
           .
        
         
           (
           4.
           )
           Our
           Laws
           give
           great
           encouragement
           to
           the
           best
           ,
           
           the
           noblest
           ,
           the
           most
           lasting
           Works
           of
           Charity
           ;
           such
           as
           erecting
           Work-houses
           for
           the
           Poor
           that
           are
           able
           to
           work
           ,
           endowing
           Hospitals
           and
           Alms-houses
           for
           the
           impotent
           ,
           distemper'd
           and
           aged
           Poor
           ;
           setting
           up
           Free-Schools
           for
           the
           Education
           of
           Youth
           .
           And
           I
           never
           yet
           met
           with
           any
           Objection
           against
           these
           
           that
           will
           not
           hold
           against
           the
           best
           designs
           in
           the
           World.
           For
           it
           is
           possible
           they
           may
           be
           abused
           ,
           and
           may
           accidentally
           prove
           an
           occasion
           of
           Idleness
           to
           some
           Persons
           ,
           and
           they
           may
           exceed
           the
           due
           proportion
           of
           Persons
           fit
           for
           them
           ,
           (
           Although
           we
           yet
           see
           no
           great
           danger
           of
           that
           .
           )
           Yet
           what
           design
           can
           the
           wit
           of
           Man
           pitch
           upon
           in
           a
           captious
           and
           suspicious
           Age
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           meet
           with
           Objections
           from
           those
           that
           have
           a
           mind
           to
           cavil
           ?
           The
           best
           Religion
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           best
           Church
           ,
           the
           best
           Government
           ,
           the
           best
           Laws
           ,
           the
           best
           Men
           cannot
           escape
           the
           censures
           of
           ill-minded
           Men
           ;
           and
           why
           should
           we
           think
           the
           best
           designs
           of
           Charity
           should
           ?
           But
           some
           men
           whose
           minds
           are
           set
           upon
           one
           particular
           way
           of
           Charity
           ,
           are
           apt
           to
           disparage
           all
           other
           ways
           to
           advance
           their
           own
           :
           which
           is
           the
           common
           Errour
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           to
           think
           sufficient
           Right
           is
           not
           done
           to
           the
           thing
           they
           admire
           ,
           unless
           they
           undervalue
           all
           other
           things
           in
           comparison
           with
           it
           .
           But
           it
           is
           a
           part
           of
           Charity
           to
           allow
           ,
           approve
           and
           incourage
           all
           true
           ways
           of
           Charity
           ;
           not
           to
           set
           up
           bodily
           Labour
           against
           the
           improvement
           of
           the
           Mind
           ;
           nor
           the
           learning
           of
           Arts
           and
           Sciences
           to
           the
           disparagement
           of
           breeding
           men
           up
           for
           Trade
           and
           Business
           ;
           nor
           to
           cry
           down
           Hospitals
           and
           Infirmaries
           for
           the
           Lame
           and
           Sick
           and
           Aged
           in
           comparison
           of
           Work-houses
           
           for
           the
           Young
           and
           Strong
           and
           Healthfull
           .
           For
           all
           these
           are
           excellent
           and
           most
           commendable
           ways
           of
           Charity
           ,
           and
           have
           nothing
           of
           contradiction
           or
           inconsistency
           with
           one
           another
           ,
           if
           they
           do
           answer
           the
           ends
           of
           their
           Institution
           .
           I
           do
           not
           go
           about
           to
           lessen
           the
           esteem
           of
           casual
           and
           occasional
           Acts
           of
           Charity
           done
           to
           particular
           Persons
           in
           present
           Want
           ;
           when
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           all
           his
           Poverty
           took
           care
           of
           the
           Poor
           ,
           for
           when
           he
           spake
           to
           Iudas
           at
           the
           Table
           ,
           the
           Disciples
           supposed
           it
           was
           
             that
             he
             should
             give
             something
             to
             the
             Poor
             .
          
           
           What
           admirable
           Charity
           was
           this
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           not
           whereon
           to
           lay
           his
           head
           ,
           and
           was
           at
           the
           expence
           of
           a
           Miracle
           to
           give
           an
           entertainment
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           yet
           he
           had
           an
           Officer
           ,
           one
           of
           his
           own
           Apostles
           ,
           to
           take
           care
           of
           the
           Poor
           !
           And
           when
           he
           pronounceth
           such
           Blessedness
           to
           those
           who
           doe
           acts
           of
           Charity
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           accounts
           them
           
             as
             done
             unto
             himself
          
           ;
           
           which
           is
           the
           highest
           expression
           of
           his
           gracious
           acceptance
           of
           such
           Acts
           from
           us
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           great
           obligation
           that
           lies
           upon
           us
           to
           doe
           them
           ;
           since
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           think
           much
           of
           any
           thing
           we
           doe
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           our
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           ,
           who
           did
           and
           suffer'd
           so
           much
           for
           our
           sakes
           :
           Yet
           when
           we
           compare
           these
           with
           the
           publick
           Works
           of
           Charity
           before
           mention'd
           ,
           being
           done
           for
           the
           
           same
           end
           ;
           we
           shall
           find
           these
           to
           exceed
           the
           other
           in
           some
           material
           circumstances
           ,
           which
           add
           much
           to
           the
           excellency
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           In
           the
           Largeness
           and
           Extensiveness
           of
           their
           design
           .
           Other
           Charities
           are
           for
           the
           present
           relief
           of
           some
           poor
           and
           indigent
           persons
           ,
           whose
           bowels
           are
           refreshed
           ,
           and
           backs
           are
           clothed
           ,
           and
           hearts
           are
           eased
           ,
           by
           the
           kindness
           of
           others
           to
           them
           ;
           but
           these
           are
           soon
           gone
           ,
           and
           mens
           Charity
           cannot
           follow
           them
           beyond
           the
           Grave
           .
           But
           publick
           endowments
           of
           Charity
           are
           to
           last
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           doe
           good
           to
           the
           Poor
           of
           many
           Generations
           .
           The
           Ages
           to
           come
           will
           rise
           up
           and
           bless
           their
           Memory
           who
           took
           care
           to
           doe
           good
           to
           those
           whom
           they
           never
           saw
           ;
           and
           to
           provide
           for
           such
           ,
           yea
           very
           many
           such
           ,
           whom
           it
           was
           impossible
           for
           them
           to
           know
           .
           When
           a
           man
           sees
           a
           great
           object
           of
           Charity
           ,
           as
           the
           Widow
           and
           Fatherless
           under
           extreme
           necessities
           ,
           the
           Mother
           weeping
           and
           bemoaning
           her
           Children
           not
           having
           bread
           to
           put
           into
           their
           Mouths
           ,
           and
           the
           poor
           Children
           looking
           ghastly
           and
           frightfully
           crying
           for
           want
           of
           bread
           ,
           but
           not
           knowing
           where
           to
           get
           it
           ,
           the
           very
           uneasiness
           of
           a
           man
           's
           own
           mind
           at
           the
           sense
           of
           so
           much
           misery
           in
           others
           ,
           will
           extort
           some
           present
           relief
           to
           still
           their
           cries
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           such
           an
           unpleasing
           Idea
           out
           of
           his
           Fancy
           .
           But
           if
           the
           Object
           it
           
           self
           do
           not
           move
           ,
           yet
           importunity
           may
           :
           if
           that
           doth
           not
           ,
           yet
           custom
           ,
           reputation
           ,
           natural
           humanity
           ,
           recommendation
           of
           Friends
           may
           prevail
           on
           men
           to
           be
           sometimes
           liberal
           to
           persons
           whom
           they
           see
           under
           present
           Wants
           .
           But
           how
           much
           doth
           all
           this
           fall
           short
           of
           a
           fixed
           ,
           certain
           ,
           perpetual
           provision
           for
           the
           necessities
           of
           those
           ,
           whom
           none
           of
           those
           Arguments
           could
           excite
           men
           to
           shew
           kindness
           to
           ?
           The
           other
           is
           a
           more
           sensible
           ,
           natural
           ,
           private
           Charity
           ;
           this
           is
           a
           more
           rational
           ,
           generous
           Christian
           Charity
           ;
           being
           built
           upon
           more
           free
           ,
           and
           noble
           ,
           and
           lasting
           considerations
           ,
           most
           agreeable
           to
           the
           design
           and
           honour
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           which
           puts
           men
           upon
           doing
           the
           best
           things
           and
           which
           tend
           to
           the
           greatest
           benefit
           and
           advantage
           of
           mankind
           .
           And
           in
           the
           comparison
           of
           things
           that
           are
           good
           ,
           the
           largest
           ,
           the
           most
           publick
           ,
           the
           most
           lasting
           ought
           to
           have
           the
           preeminence
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           In
           their
           Consequence
           and
           Usefulness
           ;
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           especially
           regarded
           in
           Acts
           of
           Charity
           .
           For
           true
           Charity
           must
           be
           accompanied
           with
           Wisedom
           and
           Discretion
           .
           It
           is
           not
           a
           man's
           profuse
           liberality
           to
           every
           one
           that
           asks
           ;
           nor
           making
           himself
           poor
           to
           make
           others
           rich
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           squandering
           away
           an
           Estate
           among
           idle
           and
           indigent
           Persons
           ,
           that
           makes
           him
           a
           charitable
           man
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           a
           
           wise
           dispensing
           the
           Gifts
           God
           hath
           bestowed
           upon
           him
           for
           the
           benefit
           and
           advantage
           of
           others
           .
           And
           the
           greater
           the
           Good
           is
           that
           is
           received
           the
           greater
           is
           the
           Charity
           in
           bestowing
           it
           .
           The
           Schoolmen
           reckon
           up
           seven
           sorts
           of
           Corporal
           Alms
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           of
           Spiritual
           ;
           
             to
             visit
             the
             sick
          
           ,
           
           
             to
             feed
             the
             hungry
             ,
             to
             satisfie
             the
             thirsty
             ,
             to
             cloath
             the
             naked
             ,
             to
             redeem
             the
             captive
             ,
          
           
           
             to
             entertain
             the
             stranger
             ,
             to
             bury
             the
             dead
          
           ;
           are
           the
           former
           :
           
             to
             teach
             the
             ignorant
             ,
             to
             advise
             the
             doubtfull
             ,
          
           
           
             to
             comfort
             the
             sorrowfull
             ,
             to
             correct
             the
             wicked
             ,
             to
             forgive
             the
             injurious
             ,
             to
             bear
             the
             troublesome
             ,
             to
             pray
             for
             all
          
           ;
           are
           the
           Instances
           of
           spiritual
           Charity
           .
           But
           this
           is
           rather
           a
           distribution
           of
           the
           different
           sorts
           of
           Charity
           ,
           than
           any
           just
           Rule
           and
           Measure
           of
           our
           obligation
           to
           the
           Acts
           of
           it
           .
           For
           although
           in
           the
           general
           ,
           spiritual
           Acts
           of
           Charity
           to
           mens
           Souls
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           preferred
           before
           what
           refers
           onely
           to
           their
           Bodies
           ;
           yet
           in
           particular
           cases
           a
           man
           may
           be
           more
           obliged
           to
           relieve
           their
           outward
           necessities
           than
           to
           give
           them
           good
           counsel
           for
           their
           Souls
           ;
           
             i.
             e.
          
           when
           those
           necessities
           are
           urgent
           and
           pressing
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           present
           supply
           they
           may
           have
           longer
           time
           and
           be
           in
           better
           disposition
           to
           receive
           spiritual
           Advice
           .
           Some
           dispute
           if
           a
           bad
           man
           be
           in
           greater
           want
           and
           a
           good
           man
           in
           less
           want
           ,
           which
           of
           these
           two
           is
           to
           be
           preferred
           ?
           And
           the
           Casuists
           say
           ,
           
           
             The
             Work
             of
             Mercy
          
           is
           greater
           in
           the
           former
           Case
           ;
           but
           
             the
             Work
             of
             Charity
          
           in
           the
           latter
           .
           For
           Mercy
           onely
           relates
           to
           another's
           misery
           ;
           
           but
           Charity
           takes
           in
           other
           Considerations
           .
           So
           I
           say
           ,
           when
           the
           competition
           lies
           between
           the
           present
           supply
           of
           some
           in
           great
           want
           ,
           and
           making
           a
           lasting
           provision
           for
           more
           persons
           in
           less
           want
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           more
           Mercy
           in
           the
           former
           case
           ,
           but
           there
           may
           be
           greater
           Charity
           in
           the
           latter
           :
           because
           the
           more
           publick
           ,
           the
           more
           common
           ,
           the
           more
           usefull
           the
           Good
           is
           ,
           the
           greater
           the
           Charity
           is
           in
           doing
           of
           it
           .
           I
           will
           not
           dispute
           ,
           whether
           the
           breeding
           up
           of
           youth
           to
           Learning
           ,
           or
           Labour
           ,
           be
           among
           us
           the
           greater
           Charity
           ?
           I
           know
           no
           reason
           why
           two
           such
           excellent
           ways
           of
           Charity
           should
           be
           set
           at
           variance
           with
           each
           other
           .
           But
           certainly
           we
           are
           not
           to
           judge
           of
           mens
           usefulness
           to
           the
           publick
           meerly
           by
           the
           strength
           of
           their
           limbs
           ,
           or
           the
           hardness
           of
           their
           hands
           ,
           or
           the
           nimbleness
           of
           their
           fingers
           .
           Is
           it
           not
           possible
           that
           by
           the
           charitable
           education
           of
           Children
           in
           the
           ways
           of
           Learning
           and
           Knowledge
           some
           may
           arrive
           at
           a
           greater
           capacity
           of
           serving
           God
           and
           their
           Country
           ,
           than
           if
           they
           had
           been
           grinding
           in
           a
           Mill
           ,
           or
           tugging
           at
           an
           Oar
           all
           that
           while
           ?
           It
           is
           not
           onely
           keeping
           People
           to
           hard
           labour
           ,
           or
           to
           continual
           working
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           design
           of
           Charity
           ;
           but
           the
           most
           excellent
           way
           
           of
           Charity
           is
           ,
           to
           improve
           all
           Persons
           according
           to
           their
           several
           Capacities
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           make
           them
           more
           usefull
           and
           serviceable
           to
           the
           Publick
           .
           This
           is
           not
           onely
           
             doing
             Good
          
           to
           the
           particular
           persons
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ;
           and
           Charity
           is
           not
           barely
           to
           be
           measured
           by
           the
           quality
           of
           its
           Acts
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           largeness
           of
           the
           circumference
           it
           fills
           .
           The
           breeding
           up
           some
           few
           great
           and
           usefull
           Persons
           to
           a
           Nation
           is
           a
           Work
           of
           Charity
           the
           publick
           Good
           is
           more
           concerned
           in
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           manual
           labours
           of
           many
           industrious
           Artificers
           :
           who
           do
           serve
           the
           Publick
           too
           in
           their
           way
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           a
           difference
           between
           those
           lesser
           Stars
           in
           the
           Firmament
           ,
           that
           wanted
           a
           Telescope
           to
           discover
           them
           ,
           and
           those
           great
           and
           splendid
           Bodies
           which
           influence
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           direct
           mens
           passage
           in
           the
           deep
           Waters
           .
           That
           is
           therefore
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           usefull
           Charity
           ,
           which
           tends
           to
           the
           improving
           mankind
           according
           to
           their
           different
           Capacities
           ;
           some
           for
           Labour
           ,
           others
           for
           Trade
           ,
           others
           to
           be
           usefull
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           mankind
           with
           a
           respect
           either
           to
           their
           Country
           or
           to
           their
           Estates
           ,
           their
           Bodies
           or
           their
           Souls
           :
           And
           which
           takes
           all
           possible
           care
           to
           prevent
           the
           unspeakable
           and
           innumerable
           mischiefs
           which
           idleness
           and
           debauchery
           do
           bring
           upon
           mankind
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           In
           the
           Honour
           they
           bring
           to
           Religion
           .
           
           There
           are
           some
           cases
           ,
           wherein
           our
           Charity
           must
           be
           so
           secret
           ,
           
           that
           
             our
             left
             hand
             must
             not
             know
             what
             our
             right
             hand
             doth
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           when
           there
           is
           danger
           of
           vanity
           and
           ostentation
           in
           the
           doing
           of
           our
           Alms
           ;
           but
           when
           the
           honour
           of
           God
           and
           Religion
           is
           concerned
           ,
           
           then
           
             Let
             your
             light
             so
             shine
             before
             men
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             see
             your
             good
             Works
             ,
             and
             glorifie
             your
             Father
             which
             is
             in
             heaven
             .
          
           But
           how
           can
           men
           see
           those
           Acts
           of
           Charity
           which
           are
           done
           in
           secret
           ,
           and
           are
           industriously
           concealed
           from
           the
           knowledge
           of
           men
           ?
           And
           if
           that
           were
           to
           be
           taken
           as
           a
           strict
           command
           in
           all
           cases
           ,
           then
           all
           the
           publick
           Works
           of
           Charity
           ,
           which
           are
           most
           considerable
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           God
           and
           Religion
           would
           be
           forbidden
           by
           the
           Gospel
           .
           But
           where
           men
           do
           excellent
           and
           praise
           worthy
           things
           for
           great
           and
           good
           ends
           ,
           without
           Pharisaical
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           general
           concernment
           of
           Religion
           and
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           not
           to
           have
           such
           things
           kept
           from
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           World.
           
           
             For
             herein
          
           ,
           saith
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
             is
             my
             Father
             glorified
             that
             ye
             bear
             much
             fruit
             ,
             so
             shall
             ye
             be
             my
             Disciples
             .
          
           So
           shall
           ye
           appear
           to
           be
           my
           Disciples
           ,
           for
           Christ
           had
           owned
           them
           for
           his
           Disciples
           before
           ,
           but
           this
           would
           manifest
           their
           being
           so
           to
           the
           World
           ;
           which
           would
           bring
           the
           greatest
           honour
           to
           God
           and
           to
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           .
           And
           it
           is
           certain
           
           nothing
           did
           more
           advance
           the
           reputation
           of
           it
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           than
           their
           singular
           and
           extraordinary
           care
           of
           the
           Poor
           .
           For
           they
           not
           onely
           relieved
           in
           the
           first
           place
           those
           that
           were
           Christians
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Apostle's
           Rule
           in
           the
           next
           Verse
           ;
           
             especially
             to
             those
             of
             the
             Household
             of
             Faith
          
           ;
           but
           their
           Charity
           extended
           to
           the
           very
           Heathens
           :
           which
           Iulian
           takes
           notice
           of
           with
           great
           Indignation
           :
           
           
             Is
             it
             not
             a
             shame
             for
             us
             not
             to
             relieve
             our
             own
             poor
             ,
             when
             the
             Christians
             not
             onely
             take
             care
             of
             their
             own
             but
             of
             ours
             too
             ?
          
           And
           by
           the
           case
           of
           
           Lucian's
           Peregrinus
           ,
           it
           appears
           ,
           that
           some
           pretended
           to
           be
           Christians
           on
           purpose
           that
           they
           might
           be
           partakers
           of
           the
           great
           bounty
           and
           kindness
           which
           the
           Christians
           shewed
           to
           their
           Brethren
           .
           But
           such
           Instances
           as
           these
           did
           not
           make
           
             them
             weary
             in
             well-doing
          
           ;
           but
           still
           as
           the
           Church
           increased
           in
           Riches
           by
           the
           free
           and
           large
           oblations
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           so
           greater
           care
           was
           taken
           for
           the
           erecting
           Hospitals
           for
           the
           reception
           of
           the
           Poor
           ,
           who
           could
           provide
           no
           habitation
           for
           themselves
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           then
           always
           looked
           on
           as
           a
           particular
           concernment
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           not
           as
           a
           meer
           political
           Constitution
           .
        
         
           Thus
           the
           matters
           of
           Charity
           stood
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           till
           men
           came
           to
           be
           perswaded
           that
           by
           the
           Priest's
           saying
           so
           many
           Prayers
           for
           the
           dead
           ,
           their
           Souls
           might
           be
           removed
           
           out
           of
           Purgatory
           and
           translated
           to
           Heaven
           .
           And
           when
           this
           notorious
           Cheat
           prevailed
           ,
           the
           stream
           of
           mens
           Charity
           was
           diverted
           from
           the
           Poor
           ,
           to
           the
           making
           good
           bargains
           for
           their
           Souls
           .
           And
           who
           could
           blame
           men
           who
           had
           spent
           all
           their
           days
           in
           Wickedness
           ,
           or
           raised
           an
           Estate
           by
           Fraud
           and
           Oppression
           ,
           if
           at
           their
           death
           they
           took
           care
           to
           leave
           enough
           to
           have
           so
           many
           Masses
           said
           for
           their
           Souls
           ,
           as
           might
           by
           a
           reasonable
           computation
           serve
           for
           their
           Redemption
           out
           of
           Purgatory
           at
           a
           marketable
           Price
           .
           When
           the
           laying
           open
           these
           Cheats
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           gave
           the
           first
           occasion
           to
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           a
           mighty
           out-cry
           was
           every
           where
           made
           ,
           that
           the
           Foundation
           of
           all
           good
           Works
           was
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           Reformation
           prevailed
           there
           would
           be
           no
           want
           of
           Faith
           ,
           when
           every
           one
           might
           choose
           what
           he
           pleased
           ,
           but
           nothing
           like
           Charity
           was
           to
           be
           expected
           .
           To
           remove
           the
           former
           Calumny
           ,
           our
           Reformers
           published
           the
           Articles
           of
           our
           Religion
           ;
           and
           to
           take
           away
           the
           latter
           ,
           they
           put
           that
           admirable
           Prince
           Edward
           the
           Sixth
           upon
           the
           new
           founding
           the
           famous
           Hospitals
           of
           this
           City
           ,
           (
           for
           although
           there
           were
           some
           Hospitals
           before
           ,
           such
           as
           Saint
           
             Mary
             Bethlehem
             ,
             Elsying
             Spittal
          
           ,
           Saint
           
           Bartholomew's
           ,
           yet
           they
           were
           inconsiderable
           in
           comparison
           of
           what
           they
           have
           been
           since
           )
           For
           by
           the
           care
           
           and
           Charity
           of
           the
           Governours
           and
           other
           Members
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           they
           have
           yielded
           a
           wonderfull
           support
           to
           a
           mighty
           number
           of
           poor
           Children
           ,
           and
           wounded
           and
           diseased
           Persons
           both
           in
           Body
           and
           Mind
           ;
           which
           being
           joyned
           with
           another
           Foundation
           of
           
             one
             single
             Person
          
           ,
           this
           City
           may
           justly
           vye
           with
           any
           other
           in
           the
           Christian
           World
           as
           to
           so
           many
           and
           so
           great
           Foundations
           ,
           for
           the
           best
           kind
           of
           Christian
           Charity
           ,
           in
           the
           Education
           of
           Youth
           and
           the
           Care
           of
           the
           Impotent
           and
           Diseased
           .
        
         
           Our
           Religion
           teacheth
           us
           better
           ,
           than
           to
           have
           so
           vain
           and
           fond
           an
           opinion
           of
           our
           good
           Works
           as
           to
           think
           we
           merit
           Heaven
           by
           them
           ;
           but
           surely
           our
           Charity
           is
           so
           much
           the
           greater
           ,
           if
           we
           doe
           these
           things
           out
           of
           a
           sense
           of
           Gratitude
           to
           God
           ,
           than
           if
           we
           think
           to
           drive
           a
           bargain
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           put
           our
           imperfect
           Works
           in
           the
           Ballance
           with
           an
           infinite
           and
           eternal
           Reward
           .
           Those
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           may
           think
           they
           carry
           on
           a
           better
           Trade
           with
           Heaven
           than
           we
           doe
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           have
           a
           mighty
           advantage
           in
           the
           overballance
           of
           what
           they
           hope
           for
           in
           exchange
           for
           what
           they
           part
           with
           ;
           but
           they
           had
           best
           look
           well
           to
           the
           stating
           their
           Accounts
           ,
           the
           due
           value
           of
           their
           Works
           ,
           and
           the
           reason
           of
           expecting
           such
           a
           disproportionable
           return
           ;
           lest
           at
           last
           they
           deceive
           themselves
           ,
           and
           totally
           fail
           of
           their
           expectations
           :
           
           For
           in
           the
           great
           day
           of
           Account
           ,
           all
           things
           will
           be
           most
           exactly
           weighed
           ;
           and
           although
           the
           greatest
           Benefactours
           rejoyce
           in
           the
           highest
           Acts
           of
           Kindness
           ,
           yet
           when
           any
           thing
           is
           challenged
           in
           a
           way
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           men
           do
           not
           love
           to
           be
           imposed
           upon
           or
           over-reached
           in
           a
           Bargain
           .
           What
           madness
           then
           is
           it
           ,
           for
           any
           sinfull
           Creatures
           to
           hope
           that
           any
           Acts
           of
           theirs
           ,
           being
           weighed
           by
           Divine
           Justice
           ,
           can
           bear
           any
           proportion
           in
           a
           way
           of
           Merit
           ,
           with
           no
           less
           than
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           ?
           This
           we
           utterly
           disclaim
           ,
           and
           owe
           all
           our
           hopes
           of
           Heaven
           meerly
           to
           the
           infinite
           Goodness
           and
           Mercy
           of
           God
           through
           his
           Son
           Christ
           Jesus
           :
           and
           yet
           we
           think
           our selves
           never
           the
           less
           bound
           
             to
             be
             fruitfull
             in
             good
             Works
          
           ;
           because
           we
           hereby
           testifie
           our
           obedience
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           Christ
           ;
           our
           sincere
           love
           to
           God
           and
           our
           Brethren
           ;
           our
           readiness
           to
           doe
           good
           to
           others
           by
           the
           mercies
           which
           God
           hath
           bestowed
           upon
           us
           ;
           our
           sense
           of
           the
           obligation
           we
           have
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           as
           partaking
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           ,
           and
           liable
           to
           the
           same
           infirmities
           ,
           and
           exposed
           to
           the
           same
           calamities
           ;
           our
           expectation
           of
           a
           blessed
           reward
           ,
           though
           not
           due
           to
           the
           merit
           of
           our
           Works
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           infinite
           Grace
           and
           Mercy
           of
           God.
           And
           I
           do
           not
           see
           ,
           but
           where
           men
           have
           a
           due
           regard
           to
           God
           and
           Religion
           ,
           such
           considerations
           as
           these
           do
           more
           
           effectually
           stir
           men
           up
           to
           true
           Acts
           of
           Charity
           ,
           than
           those
           mercenary
           and
           corrupt
           Doctrines
           in
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ;
           which
           look
           rather
           like
           cunning
           devices
           to
           pick
           the
           Peoples
           Pockets
           than
           any
           real
           Arguments
           for
           Charity
           .
           And
           upon
           a
           carefull
           examination
           ,
           it
           hath
           been
           found
           ,
           that
           our
           
             Protestant
             Doctrine
          
           was
           so
           far
           from
           stopping
           up
           the
           Channel
           that
           ran
           so
           freely
           before
           ,
           that
           within
           sixty
           years
           after
           the
           Reformation
           more
           great
           and
           noble
           Works
           of
           Charity
           were
           done
           in
           founding
           of
           Schools
           and
           Hospitals
           ,
           than
           for
           some
           hundreds
           of
           years
           before
           ;
           and
           some
           say
           from
           the
           Conquest
           till
           that
           time
           of
           the
           Reformation
           .
           But
           this
           I
           have
           formerly
           insisted
           more
           upon
           ,
           on
           the
           like
           Occasion
           .
        
         
           The
           summe
           of
           what
           I
           have
           said
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           be
           
             weary
             in
             well-doing
          
           ;
           on
           the
           account
           of
           our
           Laws
           for
           the
           common
           relief
           of
           the
           Poor
           ;
           because
           those
           Laws
           cannot
           provide
           for
           all
           cases
           of
           Charity
           ;
           and
           because
           they
           do
           suppose
           the
           greatest
           Works
           of
           Charity
           to
           depend
           upon
           the
           largeness
           and
           freeness
           of
           those
           mens
           minds
           to
           whom
           God
           gives
           a
           heart
           to
           doe
           great
           and
           worthy
           things
           with
           the
           Estates
           he
           hath
           given
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           But
           there
           is
           another
           plausible
           pretence
           yet
           behind
           ,
           viz.
           from
           the
           consideration
           of
           our
           own
           Times
           .
           
             Were
             the
             times
             calm
             and
             
             fixed
             ;
             had
             we
             a
             fair
             prospect
             of
             things
             before
             us
             ,
             that
             were
             a
             great
             encouragement
             to
             Charity
             ;
             but
             we
             live
             in
             perplexed
             and
             doubtfull
             times
             ,
             and
             know
             not
             what
             may
             become
             of
             us
             all
             ;
             mens
             minds
             are
             strangely
             discomposed
             and
             full
             of
             Fears
             ;
             and
             therefore
             this
             is
             a
             very
             unseasonable
             Time
             to
             perswade
             them
             to
             Charity
             ,
             when
             they
             ought
             rather
             to
             lay
             up
             and
             secure
             something
             against
             an
             evil
             day
             .
          
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           answer
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           What
           times
           were
           those
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           lived
           in
           ,
           who
           so
           much
           abounded
           in
           Charity
           ?
           
           Saint
           Paul
           tells
           us
           of
           himself
           and
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           
             they
             were
             hungry
             and
             thirsty
             ,
             naked
             and
             buffetted
             ,
             having
             no
             certain
             dwelling-place
             ;
             labouring
             ,
             working
             with
             their
             own
             hands
             ,
             reviled
             ,
             persecuted
             ,
             defamed
          
           ;
           and
           yet
           nothing
           relating
           to
           this
           World
           was
           so
           much
           their
           care
           and
           concernment
           as
           providing
           for
           the
           Poor
           .
           For
           when
           he
           went
           up
           to
           Ierusalem
           ,
           and
           there
           conferred
           with
           Iames
           ,
           
           Cephas
           and
           Iohn
           ,
           at
           his
           departure
           they
           had
           nothing
           to
           desire
           of
           him
           and
           
             Barnabas
             ,
             but
             to
             remember
             the
             Poor
             ,
             the
             same
             which
             I
             also
             was
             forward
             to
             doe
          
           ;
           as
           Saint
           Paul
           relates
           it
           .
           And
           you
           may
           see
           how
           earnest
           he
           was
           in
           it
           ,
           
           by
           his
           dealing
           with
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           when
           he
           perswades
           them
           to
           a
           liberal
           contribution
           to
           the
           poor
           Christians
           in
           Iudea
           ,
           
           who
           then
           suffer'd
           much
           either
           through
           Famine
           or
           Persecution
           or
           both
           .
           Saint
           Paul
           had
           undertaken
           for
           the
           Churches
           of
           Achaia
           ,
           (
           of
           which
           Corinth
           ,
           being
           a
           populous
           and
           trading
           City
           ,
           was
           the
           chief
           )
           but
           the
           Collection
           not
           being
           yet
           made
           among
           them
           ,
           he
           sends
           some
           on
           purpose
           to
           Corinth
           to
           make
           all
           ready
           against
           his
           coming
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           perswades
           them
           to
           great
           liberality
           in
           their
           giving
           :
           for
           which
           end
           he
           makes
           use
           of
           the
           most
           powerfull
           and
           prevailing
           arguments
           and
           great
           arts
           of
           insinuation
           .
           (
           1.
           )
           He
           sets
           before
           them
           the
           Example
           of
           the
           Churches
           of
           Macedonia
           ;
           
           which
           is
           truly
           a
           very
           extraordinary
           instance
           of
           Christian
           Charity
           .
           They
           were
           under
           great
           trouble
           and
           deep
           poverty
           at
           that
           time
           themselves
           ,
           yet
           understanding
           by
           Saint
           Paul
           this
           occasion
           of
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Charity
           ,
           they
           not
           onely
           strained
           themselves
           even
           beyond
           their
           abilities
           ,
           but
           did
           it
           with
           that
           cheerfulness
           and
           satisfaction
           of
           mind
           ,
           that
           they
           intreated
           the
           Apostle
           to
           accept
           of
           what
           they
           had
           given
           ,
           and
           to
           undertake
           the
           managing
           of
           so
           good
           a
           Work.
           And
           Saint
           Paul
           seems
           to
           speak
           of
           it
           with
           a
           kind
           of
           transport
           ,
           
             Moreover
             ,
             Brethren
             ,
             we
             do
             you
             to
             wit
             of
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             bestowed
             on
             the
             Churches
             of
             Macedonia
             ;
             how
             that
             in
             a
             great
             trial
             of
             affliction
             ,
             the
             abundance
             of
             their
             joy
             and
             their
             deep
             poverty
             abounded
             to
             the
             riches
             of
             their
             liberality
             ;
             
             for
             to
             their
             power
             I
             bear
             record
             ,
             yea
             and
             beyond
             their
             power
             they
             were
             willing
             of
             themselves
             ;
             praying
             us
             with
             much
             intreaty
             that
             we
             would
             receive
             the
             gift
             ,
             and
             take
             upon
             us
             the
             fellowship
             of
             the
             ministring
             to
             the
             Saints
             .
          
           Nothing
           can
           be
           added
           to
           the
           weight
           of
           these
           words
           and
           the
           Emphasis
           wherewith
           they
           are
           penned
           .
           (
           2.
           )
           He
           lets
           them
           know
           what
           a
           shame
           and
           reproach
           it
           would
           be
           to
           so
           famous
           a
           Church
           for
           other
           
             Divine
             Gifts
          
           to
           come
           behind
           others
           in
           Charity
           .
           
             Therefore
             as
             ye
             abound
             in
             every
             thing
             ,
          
           
           
             in
             faith
             ,
             in
             utterance
             ,
             in
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             diligence
             ,
             and
             in
             your
             love
             to
             us
             ,
          
           (
           what
           artificial
           insinuations
           are
           these
           !
           )
           
             see
             that
             ye
             abound
             in
             this
             Grace
             also
             .
          
           (
           3.
           )
           But
           lest
           he
           should
           seem
           to
           press
           too
           hard
           upon
           them
           ,
           
           he
           draws
           off
           again
           ;
           
             I
             speak
             not
             by
             commandment
             ,
             but
             by
             occasion
             of
             the
             forwardness
             of
             others
             ,
             and
             to
             prove
             the
             sincerity
             of
             your
             love
             .
          
           (
           4.
           )
           Yet
           he
           hath
           no
           sooner
           said
           this
           ,
           but
           he
           comes
           on
           again
           with
           the
           most
           prevailing
           Argument
           taken
           from
           the
           Example
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           :
           
           
             For
             ye
             know
             the
             Grace
             of
             our
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
             that
             though
             he
             was
             rich
             ,
             yet
             for
             your
             sakes
             he
             became
             poor
             that
             ye
             through
             his
             poverty
             might
             be
             rich
             .
          
           Can
           any
           thing
           be
           more
           moving
           to
           Christians
           than
           this
           ?
           (
           5.
           )
           His
           design
           was
           not
           to
           lay
           a
           burthen
           upon
           them
           ,
           but
           to
           excite
           mutual
           compassion
           in
           Christians
           to
           one
           another
           .
           
           (
           6.
           )
           This
           would
           be
           a
           demonstration
           
           to
           the
           World
           of
           their
           kindness
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           had
           not
           spoken
           great
           things
           of
           them
           without
           cause
           .
           
           (
           7.
           )
           They
           might
           justly
           expect
           a
           retribution
           sutable
           to
           their
           Bounty
           ;
           
             But
             this
             I
             say
          
           ,
           
           
             He
             which
             soweth
             sparingly
             shall
             reap
             sparingly
             ;
             but
             he
             which
             soweth
             bountifully
             shall
             reap
             also
             bountifully
             .
          
           (
           8.
           )
           This
           would
           be
           the
           occasion
           of
           many
           thanksgivings
           and
           prayers
           to
           God
           for
           them
           .
           
           
             For
             the
             administration
             of
             this
             service
             ,
             not
             onely
             supplieth
             the
             want
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             but
             is
             abundant
             also
             by
             many
             thanksgivings
             unto
             God.
          
           
           (
           
             Whilst
             by
             the
             experiment
             of
             this
             ministration
             they
             glorifie
             God
             for
             your
             professed
             subjection
             unto
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             for
             your
             liberal
             distribution
             unto
             them
             ,
             and
             unto
             all
             men
             .
             )
          
           
           
             And
             by
             their
             prayer
             for
             you
             ,
             which
             long
             after
             you
             for
             the
             exceeding
             Grace
             of
             God
             in
             you
             .
             Thanks
             be
             unto
             God
             for
             his
             unspeakable
             gift
             .
          
           
           Wherein
           he
           supposes
           the
           thing
           as
           already
           done
           ,
           as
           believing
           it
           impossible
           for
           them
           to
           resist
           the
           force
           of
           so
           many
           Arguments
           .
           And
           yet
           all
           this
           while
           Saint
           Paul
           supposes
           their
           condition
           to
           be
           such
           as
           in
           a
           little
           time
           they
           might
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           relief
           from
           others
           ;
           which
           he
           thought
           was
           so
           far
           from
           being
           an
           Argument
           against
           present
           Charity
           ,
           that
           he
           useth
           it
           the
           other
           way
           ;
           
             that
             now
             at
             this
             time
             your
             abundance
             may
             be
             a
             supply
             for
             their
             want
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             their
             abundance
             may
             also
             be
             a
             supply
             for
             your
             want
             .
             i.
             e.
          
           Do
           not
           consider
           
           what
           times
           may
           come
           upon
           your selves
           so
           as
           to
           hinder
           
             doing
             Good
          
           while
           it
           is
           in
           your
           power
           to
           doe
           it
           ;
           leave
           those
           things
           to
           the
           wise
           Providence
           of
           God
           ;
           if
           he
           think
           fit
           to
           reduce
           you
           to
           want
           ,
           he
           that
           now
           excites
           your
           hearts
           to
           doe
           good
           to
           them
           ,
           will
           stir
           up
           others
           to
           make
           up
           the
           same
           measure
           to
           you
           .
           So
           that
           while
           the
           Christians
           were
           either
           under
           great
           persecutions
           ,
           or
           in
           expectation
           of
           them
           ,
           through
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           ,
           or
           the
           Rage
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           yet
           the
           Apostles
           pressed
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           great
           success
           ,
           to
           a
           free
           ,
           cheerfull
           ,
           liberal
           contribution
           to
           relieve
           those
           who
           labour
           under
           greater
           wants
           than
           others
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           This
           very
           consideration
           is
           used
           as
           an
           Argument
           in
           Scripture
           to
           perswade
           men
           to
           
             Charity
             ,
             viz.
          
           That
           we
           do
           not
           know
           what
           times
           may
           come
           upon
           us
           .
           
           
             Give
             thy
             portion
             to
             seven
             and
             also
             to
             eight
             ;
             for
             thou
             knowest
             not
             what
             evil
             shall
             be
             upon
             the
             earth
             .
          
           This
           seems
           to
           the
           men
           of
           this
           World
           a
           strange
           way
           of
           reasoning
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           be
           they
           suspect
           from
           hence
           that
           Solomon
           was
           not
           so
           wise
           a
           man
           as
           they
           took
           him
           to
           be
           .
           
             What!
             give
             away
             what
             one
             hath
             because
             one
             knows
             not
             what
             times
             may
             come
             .
             No
             certainly
             ,
             say
             they
             ,
             we
             ought
             to
             get
             what
             we
             can
             ,
             and
             to
             save
             what
             we
             have
             ,
             for
             that
             reason
             .
          
           The
           difference
           of
           reasoning
           in
           this
           case
           proceeds
           upon
           the
           
           different
           Principles
           on
           both
           sides
           .
           Solomon
           believed
           a
           Divine
           Providence
           and
           they
           do
           not
           .
           And
           he
           thought
           that
           would
           be
           particularly
           concerned
           for
           the
           good
           of
           those
           ,
           whom
           no
           sad
           prospect
           of
           Affairs
           could
           discourage
           from
           well-doing
           according
           to
           their
           Ability
           and
           Opportunity
           .
        
         
           II.
           And
           so
           I
           come
           to
           the
           Incouragement
           here
           given
           to
           patient
           continuance
           in
           
             well-doing
             ;
             for
             ,
             in
             due
             season
             we
             shall
             reap
             if
             we
             faint
             not
             .
          
           Wherein
           are
           three
           things
           considerable
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           certainty
           of
           a
           future
           recompence
           for
           well-doing
           .
           
             We
             shall
             reap
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           time
           of
           receiving
           it
           ,
           not
           immediately
           ,
           but
           
             in
             due
             season
          
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           condition
           supposed
           on
           our
           parts
           ,
           which
           is
           continuance
           in
           well-doing
           .
           
             If
             we
             faint
             not
          
           .
           Some
           understand
           it
           as
           relating
           to
           the
           reward
           ,
           that
           we
           shall
           receive
           it
           
             without
             fainting
          
           ;
           reaping
           and
           harvest
           being
           a
           time
           of
           labour
           and
           sickness
           ;
           but
           the
           more
           natural
           meaning
           of
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           seems
           to
           be
           the
           taking
           the
           participle
           ,
           as
           implying
           the
           condition
           on
           our
           parts
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           certainty
           of
           a
           future
           recompence
           for
           well-doing
           .
           
           
             God
             is
             not
             unrighteous
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             to
             forget
             your
             work
             and
             labour
             of
             love
             ,
             which
             ye
             have
             shewed
             towards
             his
             name
             ;
             in
             that
             
             ye
             have
             ministred
             to
             the
             Saints
             and
             do
             minister
             .
          
           Though
           it
           be
           a
           
             work
             and
             labour
          
           ,
           though
           it
           may
           seem
           uneasie
           and
           troublesome
           for
           a
           while
           ;
           yet
           being
           
             a
             work
             and
             labour
             of
             love
          
           ;
           it
           is
           but
           the
           work
           and
           labour
           of
           sowing
           ,
           which
           a
           man
           goes
           through
           the
           more
           cheerfully
           because
           he
           expects
           a
           plentifull
           increase
           .
           He
           doth
           not
           reap
           presently
           the
           very
           same
           which
           he
           sowed
           ,
           but
           a
           wonderfull
           improvement
           of
           it
           ,
           when
           the
           seed
           being
           cast
           into
           a
           fruitfull
           soil
           brings
           forth
           
             some
             thirty
             ,
             some
             sixty
             ,
             some
             an
             hundred
             fold
             .
          
           And
           this
           Harvest
           doth
           not
           depend
           upon
           the
           uncertainty
           of
           the
           Weather
           ;
           here
           are
           no
           fears
           of
           blasting
           and
           mildew
           ,
           or
           locust
           to
           prevent
           the
           joyfull
           expectation
           of
           it
           ;
           no
           danger
           of
           the
           seed
           rotting
           in
           the
           ground
           ,
           or
           being
           pickt
           up
           by
           the
           fowls
           of
           the
           air
           ;
           but
           
             he
             that
             ministreth
             seed
             to
             the
             sower
             ,
          
           
           
             will
             multiply
             the
             seed
             sown
             ,
             and
             increase
             the
             fruits
             of
             their
             righteousness
             .
          
           His
           Word
           is
           engaged
           that
           they
           which
           sow
           shall
           reap
           a
           plentifull
           increase
           ;
           and
           therefore
           God
           will
           not
           be
           unrighteous
           in
           not
           performing
           his
           Promise
           .
           This
           men
           may
           as
           certainly
           depend
           upon
           as
           that
           Night
           and
           Day
           shall
           follow
           each
           other
           ;
           for
           
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             may
             pass
             away
             ,
             but
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             endureth
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           time
           of
           this
           retribution
           ,
           
             in
             due
             season
          
           .
           Most
           men
           are
           unwilling
           to
           trust
           God
           
           too
           long
           upon
           his
           bare
           Word
           ;
           they
           would
           have
           something
           in
           hand
           ,
           and
           the
           remainder
           hereafter
           .
           And
           God
           by
           the
           course
           of
           his
           wise
           Providence
           ,
           doth
           very
           often
           order
           things
           so
           in
           this
           World
           that
           the
           most
           charitable
           men
           ,
           although
           they
           may
           not
           abound
           with
           the
           greatest
           riches
           ,
           yet
           generally
           meet
           with
           the
           fewest
           difficulties
           ;
           and
           in
           their
           straights
           find
           more
           unexpected
           assistance
           than
           other
           men
           .
           David
           made
           it
           the
           observation
           of
           his
           own
           time
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           his
           days
           though
           he
           was
           then
           grown
           old
           ,
           he
           
             never
             saw
             the
             righteous
          
           ,
           
           
             i.
             e.
          
           the
           charitable
           man
           ,
           
             forsaken
             ,
             nor
             his
             seed
             begging
             bread
             .
          
           And
           they
           have
           far
           more
           reason
           than
           other
           men
           to
           hope
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           do
           fall
           into
           trouble
           and
           sickness
           ,
           God
           will
           have
           a
           particular
           regard
           to
           them
           ;
           
           and
           besides
           this
           ,
           they
           have
           the
           natural
           or
           rather
           spiritual
           contentment
           that
           follows
           
             doing
             Good
          
           ;
           and
           they
           have
           more
           satisfaction
           and
           ease
           in
           it
           ,
           than
           others
           have
           in
           hoarding
           up
           Wealth
           for
           they
           know
           not
           whom
           .
           But
           none
           of
           all
           these
           are
           the
           reaping
           here
           mention'd
           ;
           
           They
           are
           like
           
             Ruth's
             gleaning
             of
             handfulls
             in
             the
             field
             of
             Boaz
             ,
          
           which
           shewed
           a
           more
           than
           ordinary
           kindness
           ;
           notwithstanding
           which
           he
           said
           ,
           
           
             The
             Lord
             recompense
             thy
             work
             ,
             and
             a
             full
             reward
             be
             given
             thee
             of
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             Israel
             ,
             under
             whose
             wings
             thou
             art
             come
             to
             trust
             .
          
           So
           it
           is
           here
           ,
           they
           may
           have
           better
           
           gleanings
           and
           fuller
           handfulls
           sometimes
           in
           the
           common
           Field
           of
           Providence
           ,
           but
           this
           is
           not
           the
           full
           recompence
           which
           the
           God
           of
           Mercy
           will
           give
           to
           those
           that
           trust
           in
           his
           Word
           .
           That
           is
           onely
           to
           be
           expected
           at
           the
           great
           Day
           when
           the
           Lord
           the
           righteous
           Judge
           shall
           say
           ,
           
             Come
             ye
             blessed
             of
             my
             Father
             ,
          
           
           
             inherit
             the
             Kingdom
             prepared
             for
             you
             from
             the
             Foundation
             of
             the
             World.
             For
             I
             was
             an
             hungred
             and
             ye
             gave
             me
             meat
             ;
             I
             was
             thirsty
             and
             ye
             gave
             me
             drink
             ;
             I
             was
             a
             stranger
             and
             ye
             took
             me
             in
             ;
             naked
             and
             ye
             clothed
             me
             ;
             I
             was
             sick
             and
             ye
             visited
             me
             ;
             I
             was
             in
             prison
             and
             ye
             came
             unto
             me
             :
          
           
           
             For
             inasmuch
             as
             ye
             have
             done
             it
             to
             one
             of
             the
             least
             of
             these
             my
             Brethren
             ye
             have
             done
             it
             unto
             me
             .
          
           O
           the
           infinite
           Goodness
           and
           unexpressible
           Kindness
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           day
           of
           Judgment
           will
           interpret
           all
           Acts
           of
           Charity
           so
           much
           to
           the
           advantage
           of
           those
           that
           doe
           them
           !
           Who
           would
           deny
           any
           thing
           to
           a
           Servant
           of
           that
           Lord
           who
           takes
           all
           kindnesses
           to
           them
           as
           done
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           rewards
           them
           accordingly
           ?
           What
           other
           apprehensions
           will
           covetous
           and
           hard-hearted
           Wretches
           then
           have
           of
           their
           sordid
           penuriousness
           in
           heaping
           up
           riches
           ,
           without
           any
           tenderness
           or
           compassion
           to
           the
           necessities
           of
           their
           Brethren
           and
           Christ's
           Representatives
           ?
           How
           will
           they
           wish
           ten
           thousand
           times
           ,
           when
           it
           will
           be
           to
           no
           purpose
           to
           wish
           ,
           
           that
           they
           had
           rather
           laid
           out
           their
           money
           in
           
             doing
             good
          
           ,
           than
           laid
           it
           up
           for
           those
           ,
           who
           may
           go
           to
           Hell
           the
           faster
           for
           the
           great
           Temptations
           they
           leave
           behind
           them
           .
           Neither
           let
           the
           prodigal
           Fools
           think
           they
           shall
           escape
           better
           ,
           for
           being
           so
           contrary
           to
           the
           griping
           and
           stingy
           humour
           of
           the
           Covetous
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           not
           the
           vain
           and
           careless
           squandring
           an
           Estate
           away
           in
           riotous
           courses
           will
           make
           a
           man's
           condition
           more
           tolerable
           at
           that
           day
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           the
           provident
           ,
           seasonable
           ,
           carefull
           distribution
           of
           our
           Charity
           for
           wise
           and
           good
           ends
           ,
           which
           shall
           meet
           with
           so
           glorious
           a
           reward
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Especially
           ,
           in
           the
           last
           place
           ,
           
             if
             we
             faint
             not
          
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           repent
           of
           what
           good
           we
           have
           done
           ,
           but
           continue
           so
           doing
           to
           the
           end
           of
           our
           Lives
           .
           For
           this
           reason
           I
           presume
           it
           is
           that
           many
           reserve
           their
           greatest
           Acts
           of
           Charity
           to
           their
           Deaths
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           dangerous
           putting
           off
           their
           Repenting
           and
           doing
           Good
           till
           they
           come
           to
           die
           ,
           for
           fear
           their
           hearts
           ,
           or
           those
           whom
           they
           trust
           deceive
           them
           .
           But
           if
           men
           begin
           to
           doe
           well
           in
           their
           health
           and
           strength
           ,
           let
           them
           
             not
             faint
          
           when
           they
           come
           to
           die
           ;
           but
           continue
           charitable
           as
           well
           as
           
             faithfull
             unto
             death
             ,
             and
             God
             will
             give
             them
             a
             crown
             of
             life
             .
          
        
         
           And
           now
           my
           business
           is
           to
           make
           particular
           Application
           to
           this
           great
           Assembly
           
             not
             to
             be
             
             weary
             in
             well-doing
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           repeat
           to
           You
           ,
           
             A
             true
             Report
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           You
           perceive
           by
           this
           Relation
           ,
           how
           much
           Good
           hath
           been
           already
           done
           in
           the
           care
           of
           the
           Education
           of
           poor
           Children
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           cure
           of
           and
           provision
           for
           the
           Maimed
           and
           Distracted
           ,
           all
           which
           are
           very
           commendable
           ways
           of
           well-doing
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           a
           great
           advantage
           to
           me
           this
           Day
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           onely
           to
           perswade
           you
           
             not
             to
             be
             weary
             in
             this
             well-doing
             ,
             for
             in
             due
             season
             You
             shall
             reap
             if
             ye
             faint
             not
             .
          
           You
           have
           already
           broke
           through
           many
           discouragements
           ,
           and
           since
           the
           sad
           calamities
           of
           Plague
           and
           Fire
           ,
           which
           made
           such
           desolations
           among
           us
           ,
           You
           have
           done
           even
           as
           to
           these
           charitable
           Foundations
           ,
           what
           hath
           been
           to
           the
           Admiration
           and
           Astonishment
           of
           beholders
           .
           Which
           of
           us
           all
           who
           saw
           the
           City
           in
           its
           Ruines
           ,
           with
           so
           many
           Churches
           and
           Halls
           and
           Hospitals
           buried
           in
           its
           rubbish
           ,
           could
           ever
           hope
           to
           have
           lived
           to
           see
           them
           rise
           again
           with
           a
           much
           greater
           Glory
           ;
           and
           our
           new-built
           Hospitals
           to
           appear
           with
           that
           Magnificence
           ,
           that
           strangers
           may
           easily
           mistake
           them
           for
           Palaces
           ?
           We
           have
           lived
           in
           an
           Age
           that
           hath
           beheld
           strange
           Revolutions
           ,
           astonishing
           Judgments
           ,
           and
           wonderfull
           Deliverances
           ;
           what
           all
           the
           Fermentations
           that
           are
           still
           among
           us
           may
           end
           in
           ,
           God
           alone
           knows
           ;
           our
           unanswerable
           returns
           to
           
           God
           for
           his
           great
           Mercies
           may
           justly
           make
           us
           fear
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           greater
           scourges
           provided
           for
           us
           ;
           the
           best
           thing
           we
           can
           doe
           for
           our selves
           ,
           is
           to
           amend
           our
           ways
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           forth
           fruits
           worthy
           of
           amendment
           of
           life
           ;
           not
           barely
           to
           own
           and
           profess
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           but
           to
           adorn
           it
           ,
           by
           holy
           and
           exemplary
           lives
           ,
           and
           doing
           all
           the
           Good
           we
           can
           while
           we
           have
           opportunity
           .
           And
           to
           that
           end
           I
           shall
           offer
           these
           Considerations
           ,
           and
           so
           conclude
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           more
           Good
           ye
           doe
           ,
           the
           more
           Comfort
           you
           will
           find
           in
           the
           doing
           it
           .
           
             Therefore
             be
             not
             weary
             in
             well-doing
             .
          
           There
           is
           a
           certain
           secret
           pleasure
           and
           inward
           satisfaction
           that
           follows
           
             doing
             Good
          
           ;
           which
           increases
           by
           exercise
           and
           continuance
           .
           This
           is
           so
           far
           above
           the
           pleasure
           of
           the
           Covetous
           and
           Voluptuous
           in
           pursuit
           of
           their
           ends
           ,
           that
           it
           approaches
           nearest
           of
           any
           thing
           we
           can
           conceive
           ,
           to
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           who
           delighteth
           in
           doing
           Good.
           It
           was
           a
           remarkable
           saying
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           which
           Saint
           Paul
           preserved
           ,
           
             It
             is
             more
             blessed
             to
             give
             than
             to
             receive
             .
          
           
           How
           happy
           do
           the
           Poor
           think
           themselves
           ,
           when
           those
           who
           are
           Rich
           are
           bountifull
           to
           them
           !
           But
           the
           advantage
           is
           on
           your
           side
           ;
           they
           are
           the
           receivers
           but
           you
           are
           the
           gainers
           .
           What
           you
           bestow
           on
           them
           
             you
             lay
             up
             in
             store
             for
             your selves
             :
          
           which
           will
           yield
           far
           greater
           
           comfort
           when
           you
           come
           to
           die
           than
           having
           raised
           a
           vast
           Estate
           :
           for
           that
           is
           onely
           carrying
           a
           greater
           account
           into
           another
           World
           ;
           but
           this
           is
           a
           great
           help
           to
           discharge
           it
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Doing
           Good
           is
           really
           one
           of
           the
           best
           parts
           of
           our
           Religion
           .
           
           
             True
             Religion
             and
             undefiled
             before
             God
             and
             the
             Father
             is
             this
             ,
             to
             visit
             the
             Widow
             and
             Fatherless
             in
             their
             Affliction
             ,
             and
             to
             keep
             himself
             unspotted
             from
             the
             World.
          
           It
           is
           not
           giving
           a
           cold
           formal
           visit
           to
           the
           Widow
           and
           Fatherless
           that
           makes
           any
           part
           of
           Religion
           ,
           but
           doing
           all
           the
           good
           we
           can
           to
           them
           ,
           by
           advice
           and
           counsel
           ,
           by
           supplying
           their
           wants
           and
           taking
           care
           of
           their
           affairs
           .
           No
           Duty
           takes
           in
           so
           much
           of
           the
           substance
           of
           Religion
           as
           true
           Charity
           .
           
           
             It
             is
             the
             fulfilling
             of
             the
             Law
          
           ;
           
           
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Commandment
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           
           
             the
             bond
             of
             perfectness
          
           .
           That
           ,
           without
           which
           ,
           all
           other
           pretence
           to
           Religion
           is
           but
           flattering
           of
           God
           and
           meer
           hypocrisie
           .
           For
           all
           our
           Prayers
           and
           Praises
           are
           but
           verbal
           acknowledgments
           ;
           that
           which
           he
           hath
           put
           the
           trial
           of
           our
           love
           to
           himself
           upon
           ,
           is
           our
           love
           to
           our
           Brethren
           .
           
           
             For
             he
             that
             loveth
             not
             his
             Brother
             whom
             he
             hath
             seen
             ,
             how
             can
             he
             love
             God
             whom
             he
             hath
             not
             seen
             ?
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Doing
           Good
           to
           others
           is
           taking
           the
           best
           care
           of
           our selves
           .
           We
           all
           seem
           very
           apprehensive
           of
           dangerous
           times
           ,
           and
           very
           fearfull
           
           what
           may
           become
           of
           us
           ;
           the
           best
           course
           every
           wise
           and
           good
           man
           can
           take
           in
           difficult
           and
           uncertain
           times
           ,
           is
           to
           doe
           his
           own
           duty
           and
           to
           leave
           events
           to
           God.
           And
           there
           is
           no
           duty
           more
           unquestionable
           ,
           more
           safe
           ,
           more
           advantagious
           ,
           to
           himself
           as
           well
           as
           to
           others
           ,
           than
           
             to
             doe
             good
             :
             i.
             e.
          
           to
           be
           kind
           and
           obliging
           to
           all
           ,
           to
           forgive
           injuries
           ,
           to
           reconcile
           enemies
           ,
           to
           redeem
           captives
           ,
           to
           visit
           the
           distressed
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           our
           abilities
           and
           opportunities
           to
           relieve
           those
           that
           are
           in
           wants
           and
           necessities
           .
           This
           is
           the
           way
           
             to
             dwell
             safely
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             quiet
             from
             the
             fear
             of
             evil
          
           ;
           for
           as
           long
           as
           God
           governs
           the
           World
           he
           will
           take
           care
           of
           those
           who
           commit
           themselves
           to
           him
           
             by
             patient
             continuance
             in
             well-doing
          
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Doing
           Good
           doth
           the
           most
           answer
           the
           obligations
           God
           hath
           laid
           upon
           you
           by
           the
           Mercies
           he
           hath
           vouchsafed
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           plead
           with
           you
           the
           Cause
           of
           the
           Poor
           and
           
             Fatherless
             Children
          
           ,
           the
           Cause
           of
           the
           Wounded
           and
           Maimed
           ,
           who
           cannot
           help
           themselves
           ,
           the
           Cause
           of
           those
           who
           deserve
           so
           much
           more
           pity
           because
           they
           cannot
           pity
           themselves
           ,
           being
           deprived
           of
           the
           use
           of
           their
           Understandings
           .
           If
           God
           hath
           provided
           well
           for
           you
           and
           for
           your
           Children
           ,
           wherein
           can
           you
           better
           express
           your
           thankfulness
           for
           such
           a
           mercy
           than
           by
           your
           kindness
           and
           charity
           
           to
           those
           who
           are
           destitute
           of
           the
           means
           to
           make
           them
           Men.
           If
           you
           have
           reason
           to
           bless
           God
           for
           your
           good
           Education
           ,
           shew
           it
           by
           taking
           care
           of
           theirs
           who
           may
           hereafter
           bless
           God
           for
           your
           kindness
           to
           them
           .
           If
           God
           hath
           blessed
           you
           with
           Riches
           and
           a
           plentifull
           Estate
           in
           this
           City
           ,
           and
           raised
           you
           beyond
           your
           hopes
           and
           expectations
           ,
           what
           can
           you
           doe
           more
           becoming
           the
           Members
           of
           this
           City
           than
           to
           be
           kind
           to
           the
           Children
           of
           those
           who
           have
           been
           such
           and
           reduced
           to
           Poverty
           ?
           Remember
           from
           what
           God
           hath
           raised
           you
           ;
           do
           not
           think
           much
           to
           consider
           what
           you
           have
           been
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           what
           you
           are
           .
           You
           can
           never
           take
           the
           just
           height
           of
           God's
           Mercies
           to
           you
           unless
           you
           begin
           at
           the
           bottom
           ;
           and
           let
           others
           measure
           your
           height
           now
           ,
           as
           some
           have
           done
           that
           of
           the
           
             Pyramid's
             ,
             by
             the
             length
             of
             your
             shadow
             ,
          
           by
           the
           refreshments
           they
           find
           under
           you
           .
           Think
           what
           God
           hath
           brought
           you
           to
           ,
           and
           for
           what
           end
           ;
           Was
           it
           for
           your
           own
           sakes
           ,
           that
           you
           might
           be
           full
           ,
           while
           others
           are
           empty
           ;
           that
           you
           might
           swim
           in
           abundance
           ,
           while
           others
           are
           pinched
           with
           necessities
           ?
           Was
           it
           not
           rather
           to
           make
           you
           his
           Conduit-Pipes
           to
           convey
           blessing
           and
           comforts
           to
           others
           through
           your
           means
           ?
           When
           you
           are
           in
           health
           and
           at
           ease
           ,
           then
           think
           of
           the
           miserable
           condition
           of
           those
           who
           lie
           in
           Hospitals
           
           under
           aches
           and
           pains
           and
           sores
           ,
           having
           nothing
           to
           comfort
           them
           ,
           but
           the
           Charity
           of
           good
           People
           to
           them
           .
           They
           cannot
           represent
           their
           own
           condition
           to
           you
           ,
           being
           unable
           to
           come
           abroad
           to
           do
           it
           .
           Be
           you
           
             good
             Samaritans
          
           to
           the
           wounded
           and
           hurt
           ,
           bind
           up
           their
           wounds
           with
           your
           kindness
           ,
           and
           help
           to
           defray
           the
           charges
           of
           their
           cures
           .
           This
           is
           
             loving
             our
             neighbour
             as
             our selves
          
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           
             fulfilling
             the
             Law
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             great
             design
             of
             the
             Gospel
          
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           when
           you
           think
           what
           a
           blessing
           it
           is
           that
           you
           do
           enjoy
           the
           use
           of
           
             your
             Reason
             and
             Vnderstanding
          
           ,
           pity
           the
           poor
           Creatures
           whom
           God
           hath
           deprived
           of
           it
           .
           How
           easily
           ,
           how
           justly
           ,
           how
           suddenly
           may
           God
           cast
           you
           into
           their
           Condition
           ?
           Shew
           the
           esteem
           that
           you
           have
           of
           this
           Mercy
           of
           God
           to
           your selves
           ,
           by
           the
           freeness
           of
           your
           Charity
           to
           those
           that
           want
           it
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           I
           conclude
           in
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             Let
             us
             not
             be
             weary
             in
          
           any
           of
           these
           ways
           of
           
             well-doing
             ,
             for
             in
             due
             season
             we
             shall
             reap
             if
             we
             faint
             not
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A61587-e180
           
             Dr.
             
             Willet's
             Synops
             .
             Papismi
             ,
             p.
             1219.
             1224.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A61587-e970
           
             Sozom.
             l.
             5.
             c.
             15.
             
          
           
             Hist.
             Trip.
             l.
             6.
             c.
             29.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             1.
             6.
             
          
           
             1.
             10.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             3
             ,
             4.
             part
             of
             5.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.
             14.
             
          
           
             15.
             
          
           
             20.
             
          
           
             21.
             
          
           
             24.
             
          
           
             26.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             6.
             1.
             
          
           
             6.
             2.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             6.
             7.
             
          
           
             8.
             
          
           
             Act.
             9.
             36.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             5.
             10.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             3.
             8.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             3.
             14.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             13.
             16.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             6.
             18.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             9.
             8.
             11.
             
          
           
             2
             Thess.
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             Jam.
             2.
             16.
             
          
           
             Proposals
             for
             Imployment
             of
             the
             Poor
             ,
             p.
             29.
             1681.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             6.
             36.
             
          
           
             Matt.
             6.
             4.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             16.
             9.
             22.
             21.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             6.
             18.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             6.
             10.
             
          
           
             Matt.
             25.
             35
             ,
             36.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             de
             39
             Eliz.
             c.
             5.
             
             &
             21
             Jac.
             c.
             1.
             14
             
             Car.
             2.
             c.
             9.
             
             
               Co.
               2.
               
               Instit
            
             .
             723.
             
          
           
             John
             13.
             29.
             
          
           
             Matt.
             25.
             34.
             40.
             
          
           
             Visito
             ,
             poto
             ,
             cibo
             ,
             redimo
             ,
             tego
             ,
             colligo
             ,
             condo
             .
          
           
             Consule
             ,
             castiga
             ,
             solare
             ,
             remitte
             ,
             fer
             ,
             ora
             .
          
           
             2.
             2.
             
             Q.
             32.
             art
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Cajet
             .
             in
             2.
             2.
             
             Q.
             32.
             art
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             Matt.
             6.
             3.
             
          
           
             Matt.
             5.
             16.
             
          
           
             John
             15.
             8.
             
          
           
             Jul.
             
               Ep.
               ad
            
             Arsac
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             4.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             2
             Gal.
             9.
             10.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             8
             ,
             9.
             ch
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             8.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             8.
             7.
             
          
           
             v.
             8.
             
          
           
             v.
             9.
             
          
           
             v.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             8.
             24.
             
          
           
             9.
             6.
             
          
           
             v.
             12.
             
          
           
             13.
             
          
           
             14.
             
          
           
             15.
             
          
           
             8.
             14.
             
          
           
             Eccles.
             11.
             2.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             6.
             10.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             9.
             10.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             37.
             25.
             
          
           
             41.
             1
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Ruth
             2.
             16.
             
          
           
             v.
             12.
             
          
           
             Matt.
             25.
             34
             ,
             35
             ,
             36.
             
          
           
             v.
             40.
             
          
           
             Act.
             20.
             35.
             
          
           
             Jam.
             1.
             27.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.
             14.
             
          
           
             Tim.
             1.
             5.
             
          
           
             Coloss.
             3.
             14.
             
          
           
             1
             John
             4.
             20.
             
          
        
      
    
  

