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             Profitable charity a sermon preached before the right honourable Sir Thomas Lane, Lord Mayor of London, and the honourable Court of Aldermen, &c. at the parish-church of St. Brides, on Easter-Monday, 1695 / by Robert Lord Bishop of Chichester.
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             Profitable
             Charity
          
           :
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           Sir
           
             THOMAS
             LANE
          
           ,
           Lord
           Mayor
           of
           LONDON
           ,
           AND
           THE
           
             Honourable
             Court
             of
             ALDERMEN
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           AT
           THE
           Parish-Church
           of
           St.
           BRIDES
           ,
           ON
           EASTER-MONDAY
           ,
           1695.
           
        
         
           BY
           ROBERT
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           CHICHESTER
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Walter
             Kettilby
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
           Bishop's
           -
           Head
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           ,
           1695.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           Lane
           ,
           Mayor
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Martis
                 secundo
                 Die
                 Aprilis
              
               ,
               1695.
               
               
                 Annoque
                 Regni
                 Regis
              
               Willielmi
               
                 Tertii
                 ,
                 Angliae
                 ,
                 &c.
                 septimo
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           THIS
           Court
           doth
           Desire
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           Robert
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Chichester
           ,
           to
           Print
           his
           Sermon
           preached
           at
           the
           Parish
           Church
           of
           St.
           Brides
           on
           Easter-Monday
           last
           ,
           before
           the
           
             Lord
             Mayor
             ,
             Aldermen
          
           and
           Governours
           of
           the
           several
           Hospitals
           of
           this
           City
           .
        
         
           
             Goodfellow
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           ON
           
             1
             COR.
             xiii
             .
             3.
             
          
        
         
           
             Though
             I
             bestow
             all
             my
             goods
             to
             feed
             the
             poor
             ,
             and
             though
             I
             give
             my
             body
             to
             be
             burned
             ,
             and
             have
             not
             charity
             ,
             it
             profiteth
             me
             nothing
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           Apostle
           having
           declared
           that
           all
           the
           extraordinary
           Gifts
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           God
           was
           pleased
           to
           bestow
           upon
           his
           Church
           in
           the
           first
           Ages
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           were
           of
           very
           little
           or
           no
           Consideration
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           not
           joined
           with
           Charity
           ;
           he
           describes
           that
           ,
           which
           only
           was
           able
           to
           give
           any
           real
           Value
           to
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           by
           some
           of
           the
           most
           genuine
           and
           proper
           Effects
           of
           it
           :
           As
           that
           it
           
             Suffereth
             long
          
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           Kind
           ,
           that
           it
           
             Envieth
             not
          
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           He
           then
           commends
           it
           from
           its
           Duration
           ,
           
           because
           that
           all
           the
           other
           Gifts
           and
           Abilities
           ,
           how
           necessary
           soever
           they
           might
           be
           for
           the
           propagation
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           should
           yet
           
             fail
             ,
             cease
          
           and
           
             vanish
             away
          
           ,
           as
           things
           that
           should
           be
           of
           no
           further
           use
           in
           the
           other
           World.
           But
           this
           alone
           should
           
             never
             fail
          
           ,
           but
           continue
           with
           us
           for
           ever
           in
           that
           blessed
           State
           of
           Happiness
           and
           Perfection
           .
           He
           then
           mentions
           the
           three
           most
           eminent
           Graces
           ,
           
             Faith
             ,
             Hope
          
           and
           Charity
           ;
           but
           gives
           the
           preference
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           and
           concludes
           positively
           ,
           
             The
             greatest
             of
             these
             is
             Charity
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           beginning
           he
           had
           affirmed
           ,
           that
           without
           this
           ,
           
             the
             speaking
             with
             the
             tongues
             of
             Men
             and
             of
             Angels
             ,
          
           was
           no
           better
           than
           a
           loud
           and
           insignificant
           Noise
           :
           And
           that
           Prophecy
           ,
           and
           the
           deepest
           Knowledge
           in
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           glorious
           Power
           of
           working
           Miracles
           ,
           were
           in
           themselves
           of
           no
           more
           Account
           than
           the
           other
           .
           He
           then
           proceeds
           to
           assert
           the
           same
           concerning
           the
           greatest
           Liberality
           to
           the
           Poor
           ,
           and
           the
           laying
           down
           our
           very
           Lives
           ,
           which
           seems
           to
           be
           the
           utmost
           that
           can
           possibly
           be
           required
           of
           us
           ,
           upon
           any
           Occasion
           .
           But
           yet
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             Though
             I
             bestow
             all
             my
             goods
             to
             feed
             the
             poor
             ,
             and
             though
             I
             give
             my
             body
             to
             be
             burned
             ,
             and
             have
             not
             charity
             ,
             it
             profiteth
             me
             nothing
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           here
           manifestly
           implyed
           ,
           that
           a
           Man
           may
           part
           with
           his
           whole
           Estate
           ,
           and
           his
           Life
           too
           ,
           and
           yet
           that
           he
           may
           want
           Charity
           .
           This
           may
           seem
           a
           very
           strange
           and
           surprizing
           Supposition
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           can
           see
           no
           further
           than
           the
           bare
           outside
           and
           appearances
           of
           things
           ;
           but
           God
           ,
           
           that
           is
           intimately
           acquainted
           with
           all
           the
           secret
           motions
           and
           imaginations
           of
           our
           Hearts
           ,
           knows
           that
           too
           often
           the
           most
           specious
           external
           Acts
           may
           proceed
           from
           a
           false
           or
           corrupt
           Principle
           .
           And
           then
           ,
           tho'
           they
           may
           be
           highly
           esteemed
           and
           magnified
           in
           the
           Opinion
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           they
           cannot
           be
           acceptable
           to
           Him
           that
           is
           pleased
           with
           nothing
           that
           does
           not
           flow
           from
           a
           sincere
           and
           truly
           pious
           Disposition
           of
           the
           Soul.
           
        
         
           I
           shall
           confine
           my
           Discourse
           to
           the
           former
           part
           of
           the
           Words
           ;
           and
           here
           I
           shall
           shew
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           What
           is
           that
           Charity
           that
           will
           make
           our
           Alms
           any
           way
           profitable
           to
           our
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           without
           this
           ,
           whatsoever
           we
           give
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           of
           no
           Advantage
           at
           all
           ,
           as
           to
           our
           Eternal
           Concerns
           .
        
         
           And
           Thirdly
           ,
           What
           are
           the
           Reasons
           that
           whatever
           we
           bestow
           on
           the
           Necessities
           of
           our
           poor
           Brethren
           upon
           the
           Principle
           of
           true
           Charity
           ,
           shall
           through
           God's
           gracious
           acceptance
           ,
           be
           Profitable
           to
           us
           in
           the
           great
           Day
           of
           Accounts
           .
        
         
           I.
           What
           is
           that
           Charity
           that
           will
           make
           our
           Alms
           any
           way
           profitable
           to
           our
           Salvation
           :
           For
           in
           this
           Sense
           we
           must
           understand
           the
           Apostie
           ,
           who
           was
           perfectly
           crucified
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           therefore
           could
           esteem
           nothing
           
           really
           Profitable
           ,
           that
           had
           not
           some
           tendency
           towards
           the
           procurement
           of
           a
           better
           Life
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           only
           thing
           that
           he
           valued
           .
           And
           when
           it
           is
           said
           here
           ,
           that
           without
           Charity
           all
           that
           we
           can
           bestow
           is
           not
           Profitable
           ,
           or
           Conducive
           to
           the
           promoting
           of
           that
           great
           End
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           implyed
           that
           with
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           Charity
           that
           produces
           this
           excellent
           Effect
           ,
           is
           a
           Charity
           that
           arises
           from
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           ;
           that
           loves
           him
           as
           the
           supream
           and
           original
           Good
           ,
           and
           every
           thing
           else
           for
           his
           sake
           ;
           that
           admires
           and
           adores
           his
           infinite
           Fulness
           ,
           and
           esteems
           other
           things
           as
           the
           Streams
           and
           Emanations
           from
           that
           inexhaustible
           Fountain
           .
        
         
           When
           we
           have
           not
           a
           due
           regard
           to
           this
           heavenly
           Standard
           of
           our
           Affections
           ,
           our
           Love
           will
           quickly
           degenerate
           into
           a
           silly
           Fondness
           ,
           or
           a
           covetous
           Desire
           ,
           or
           some
           turbulent
           ,
           uneasy
           and
           exorbitant
           Passion
           .
           But
           when
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           rules
           in
           our
           Hearts
           ,
           when
           it
           presides
           over
           our
           very
           Thoughts
           ,
           and
           governs
           the
           most
           secret
           and
           inward
           Motions
           of
           our
           Spirits
           ,
           it
           will
           keep
           all
           steddy
           and
           even
           ;
           in
           a
           due
           composure
           ,
           without
           any
           excess
           or
           irregularity
           .
        
         
           The
           Love
           of
           other
           Things
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           of
           Pleasure
           ,
           or
           Profit
           ,
           or
           Honour
           ,
           or
           if
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           else
           that
           vain
           Men
           are
           wont
           to
           set
           their
           Hearts
           upon
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           universal
           Grievance
           of
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           unhappy
           Occasion
           of
           all
           the
           Miseries
           that
           Mankind
           has
           groaned
           under
           ever
           since
           the
           Fall
           of
           our
           first
           Parents
           .
           All
           the
           Fraud
           and
           Treachery
           ,
           all
           the
           Violence
           and
           Injustice
           ,
           all
           the
           
           Rapes
           and
           Murders
           ,
           all
           the
           Cruelties
           and
           Barbarities
           that
           ever
           were
           committed
           ,
           are
           owing
           to
           nothing
           but
           the
           excessive
           Love
           of
           some
           earthly
           Enjoyment
           .
        
         
           The
           Divine
           Love
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           placed
           on
           a
           different
           Object
           ,
           so
           it
           has
           very
           different
           Effects
           ;
           it
           rejoyces
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           fills
           the
           World
           with
           a
           settled
           Calmness
           and
           Serenity
           ;
           it
           puts
           an
           end
           to
           all
           Strife
           and
           Contention
           ,
           all
           deceitful
           and
           undjust
           Dealing
           ;
           it
           considers
           that
           whatever
           it
           possesses
           ,
           is
           all
           received
           from
           the
           good
           Providence
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           in
           gratitude
           to
           him
           ,
           it
           makes
           some
           returns
           to
           any
           of
           his
           poor
           Creatures
           that
           it
           sees
           in
           a
           worse
           Condition
           than
           it self
           .
           It
           has
           a
           tender
           and
           compassionate
           Sense
           of
           all
           Mens
           Calamities
           ;
           and
           is
           ready
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           its
           Power
           ,
           to
           assist
           their
           Infirmities
           ,
           support
           their
           Weakness
           and
           relieve
           their
           Necessities
           ;
           and
           where
           it
           can
           do
           no
           more
           ,
           it
           will
           comfort
           them
           at
           least
           with
           its
           good
           Wishes
           and
           hearty
           Prayers
           .
           It
           is
           like
           the
           Sun
           in
           the
           Firmament
           that
           enlivens
           all
           things
           that
           come
           near
           it
           ,
           and
           casts
           a
           chearful
           and
           pleasant
           Smile
           on
           those
           frozen
           Regions
           that
           lye
           beyond
           the
           influence
           of
           its
           Heat
           .
           This
           excessive
           and
           universal
           Charity
           is
           the
           very
           Temper
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           the
           Image
           of
           the
           Divinity
           ,
           
             the
             Wisdom
             that
             is
             from
             above
             ,
          
           which
           is
           so
           gloriously
           described
           ,
           James
           iii.
           17.
           
           
             It
             is
             first
             pure
             ,
             then
             peaceable
             ,
             gentle
             and
             easy
             to
             be
             intreated
             ,
             full
             of
             mercy
             and
             good
             fruits
             ,
             without
             partiality
             ,
             and
             without
             hypocrisy
             .
          
        
         
         
           The
           Philosopher
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           Prudence
           is
           the
           common
           tie
           and
           ligament
           by
           which
           all
           the
           Vertues
           are
           united
           ;
           and
           the
           Apostle
           says
           the
           same
           of
           Charity
           ,
           that
           
             it
             is
             the
             bond
             of
             perfectness
             .
          
           Col.
           iii.
           14.
           
           Without
           the
           one
           there
           can
           be
           no
           moral
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           no
           Christian
           Grace
           without
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           
             Owe
             no
             man
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             to
             love
             one
             another
             .
             For
             he
             that
             loveth
             another
             hath
             fulfilled
             the
             Law.
             For
             this
             thou
             shalt
             not
             commit
             adultery
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             not
             kill
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             not
             steal
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             not
             bear
             false
             witness
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             not
             covet
             ,
             and
             if
             there
             be
             any
             other
             commandment
             it
             is
             briefly
             comprehended
             in
             this
             saying
             ,
             namely
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             love
             thy
             neighbour
             as
             thy self
             .
             Love
             worketh
             no
             ill
             to
             his
             neighbour
             :
             therefore
             love
             is
             the
             fulfilling
             of
             the
             Law.
          
           Rom.
           xiii
           .
           8
           ,
           9
           ,
           10.
           
           This
           is
           a
           Duty
           of
           so
           wide
           and
           comprehensive
           a
           Nature
           ,
           that
           there
           must
           be
           a
           mixture
           of
           it
           in
           all
           our
           good
           Actions
           ,
           and
           in
           our
           Alms
           in
           an
           especial
           manner
           .
           And
           it
           is
           this
           that
           gives
           them
           the
           only
           Value
           and
           Esteem
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God.
           It
           was
           this
           that
           inhanced
           the
           Price
           of
           the
           Widow's
           Mite
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           outweigh
           all
           the
           abundance
           of
           the
           Rich.
           When
           it
           is
           given
           with
           a
           good
           inclination
           ,
           a
           Cup
           of
           cold
           Water
           shall
           not
           go
           without
           its
           reward
           .
           For
           
             if
             there
             be
             first
             a
             willing
             mind
             ,
             it
             is
             accepted
             according
             to
             that
             a
             man
             hath
             ,
             and
             not
             according
             to
             that
             he
             hath
             not
             .
          
           And
           whatsoever
           we
           thus
           do
           with
           a
           sincere
           and
           honest
           Heart
           shall
           turn
           to
           our
           eternal
           Advantage
           in
           the
           great
           and
           terrible
           Day
           .
           The
           Proceedings
           then
           shall
           be
           determined
           by
           Acts
           of
           Kindness
           and
           Benificence
           ;
           and
           whatever
           
           we
           shall
           do
           for
           any
           of
           his
           poor
           distressed
           Members
           ,
           shall
           be
           rewarded
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           done
           to
           our
           Blessed
           Lord
           himself
           .
           For
           so
           it
           shall
           be
           declared
           before
           that
           general
           Assembly
           of
           Men
           and
           Angels
           :
           
             Verily
             I
             say
             unto
             you
             ,
             in
             as
             much
             as
             ye
             have
             done
             it
             unto
             one
             of
             the
             least
             of
             these
             my
             brethren
             ,
             ye
             have
             done
             it
             unto
             me
             .
          
        
         
           II.
           But
           if
           this
           Charity
           be
           the
           only
           thing
           that
           makes
           our
           Alms
           profitable
           to
           us
           ,
           then
           Secondly
           ,
           without
           this
           whatever
           we
           give
           shall
           be
           of
           no
           Advantage
           at
           all
           ,
           as
           to
           our
           eternal
           Concerns
           .
        
         
           In
           all
           Matters
           of
           a
           Moral
           Nature
           the
           End
           and
           Motive
           upon
           which
           they
           are
           done
           ,
           is
           always
           the
           thing
           that
           is
           to
           be
           principally
           considered
           .
           It
           is
           that
           which
           specifies
           the
           Action
           ,
           and
           makes
           it
           Good
           or
           Evil
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           before
           in
           it self
           indifferent
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           tho'
           a
           good
           End
           can
           by
           no
           means
           justify
           a
           bad
           Action
           ,
           yet
           a
           bad
           End
           does
           certainly
           spoil
           a
           good
           one
           .
           It
           will
           not
           sanctify
           a
           Murder
           ,
           if
           a
           Man
           should
           imagine
           he
           committed
           it
           for
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ;
           but
           it
           will
           turn
           our
           Charity
           into
           Malice
           and
           Revenge
           ,
           if
           we
           relieve
           one
           poor
           Man
           ,
           with
           a
           design
           to
           inable
           him
           to
           ruin
           another
           .
           It
           must
           be
           Compassion
           to
           our
           Neighbour
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           that
           can
           make
           our
           Liberality
           to
           the
           indigent
           and
           necessitous
           any
           way
           acceptable
           .
           When
           a
           thing
           is
           discovered
           to
           be
           bestowed
           with
           an
           ill
           will
           ,
           or
           a
           sinister
           intent
           ,
           it
           does
           not
           oblige
           even
           him
           that
           receives
           it
           :
           The
           poor
           Man
           may
           be
           glad
           of
           the
           Dole
           ,
           but
           he
           cannot
           have
           a
           good
           Opinion
           of
           him
           that
           gave
           it
           .
        
         
         
           But
           taking
           it
           for
           granted
           in
           the
           general
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           kind
           and
           charitable
           Intention
           of
           the
           Donor
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           bare
           distribution
           of
           our
           Goods
           ,
           that
           makes
           our
           Bounty
           really
           valuable
           in
           the
           Eyes
           of
           God
           and
           Men
           ;
           I
           shall
           lay
           down
           a
           few
           particular
           Instances
           of
           some
           of
           the
           false
           Ends
           ,
           which
           Men
           may
           sometimes
           propose
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           which
           are
           too
           often
           the
           chief
           inducement
           they
           have
           to
           be
           Liberal
           to
           the
           Poor
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           And
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           be
           the
           most
           common
           of
           these
           ,
           is
           Vain-Glory
           .
        
         
           This
           may
           incline
           Men
           to
           give
           freely
           enough
           to
           the
           Necessities
           of
           those
           that
           are
           in
           Distress
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           only
           to
           purchase
           a
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           gain
           the
           good
           Opinion
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           admired
           and
           applauded
           for
           Persons
           of
           noble
           and
           generous
           Minds
           .
           This
           was
           that
           which
           oppened
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           proud
           Pharisees
           ;
           they
           were
           griping
           and
           rapacious
           to
           the
           highest
           Degree
           ,
           but
           their
           Ambition
           and
           Thirst
           after
           Praise
           ,
           was
           stronger
           than
           their
           Covetousness
           .
           They
           would
           therefore
           give
           Alms
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           
             that
             they
             might
             be
             seen
             of
             men
             .
          
           They
           would
           have
           their
           good
           Deeds
           proclaimed
           and
           published
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           by
           the
           sound
           of
           a
           Trumpet
           .
           If
           they
           happened
           to
           find
           an
           object
           of
           Pity
           in
           the
           Street
           ,
           or
           the
           Market-place
           ,
           or
           the
           Synagogue
           ,
           where
           the
           People
           might
           crowd
           about
           them
           ,
           to
           observe
           what
           they
           did
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           fail
           to
           relieve
           him
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           had
           met
           the
           same
           Person
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           where
           there
           had
           been
           no
           Witness
           of
           their
           Actions
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           suffered
           him
           to
           perish
           
           without
           any
           remorse
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Charity
           of
           the
           Pharisaical
           Hypocrite
           .
        
         
           But
           he
           that
           is
           sincerely
           Charitable
           ,
           rejoyces
           at
           all
           opportunities
           of
           doing
           Good
           ,
           and
           rather
           prefers
           that
           which
           is
           the
           most
           Secret
           ,
           and
           is
           best
           pleased
           when
           he
           has
           no
           other
           Witnesses
           of
           his
           Bounty
           ,
           but
           only
           God
           and
           his
           own
           Conscience
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           it
           is
           our
           Saviour's
           Command
           ,
           Mat.
           v.
           16.
           
           
             Let
             your
             light
             so
             shine
             before
             men
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             see
             your
             good
             works
             and
             glorify
             ,
          
           not
           you
           ,
           but
           
             your
             Father
             which
             is
             in
             Heaven
             .
          
           We
           must
           not
           altogether
           decline
           the
           being
           seen
           when
           we
           do
           Good
           ,
           but
           we
           must
           not
           do
           it
           only
           to
           be
           seen
           .
           It
           must
           be
           for
           Example
           and
           not
           for
           Ostentation
           ;
           that
           others
           may
           be
           excited
           and
           encouraged
           to
           do
           the
           like
           ;
           to
           benefit
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           bring
           praise
           unto
           God
           ;
           and
           not
           to
           gratify
           a
           foolish
           itch
           of
           popular
           Applause
           .
           Otherwise
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           expresly
           told
           ,
           Mat.
           vi
           .
           17.
           
           
             We
             have
             no
             reward
             of
             our
             Father
             which
             is
             in
             Heaven
             .
          
           For
           he
           that
           seeks
           Honour
           to
           himself
           by
           an
           external
           shew
           of
           Charity
           or
           Piety
           ,
           or
           whatever
           it
           be
           ,
           makes
           himself
           his
           own
           Idol
           .
           He
           serves
           not
           God
           ,
           but
           an
           idle
           vain-glorious
           Humor
           ,
           and
           he
           may
           possibly
           gain
           what
           he
           so
           earnestly
           desires
           ;
           he
           may
           be
           admired
           and
           magnified
           here
           ,
           but
           he
           shall
           get
           nothing
           hereafter
           ,
           but
           
             shame
             and
             everlasting
             contempt
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           A
           Second
           false
           End
           that
           Men
           may
           have
           is
           an
           opinion
           of
           Merit
           .
        
         
           This
           mistake
           we
           know
           is
           mightily
           favoured
           ,
           and
           industriously
           nourished
           by
           those
           of
           the
           Romish
           Communion
           .
           
           They
           perswade
           their
           Votaries
           to
           be
           liberal
           to
           the
           Poor
           ,
           (
           and
           so
           far
           it
           is
           very
           well
           done
           )
           especially
           ,
           they
           encourage
           them
           to
           be
           very
           bountiful
           to
           the
           Mendicants
           and
           other
           Religious
           Orders
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           call
           them
           )
           who
           pretend
           to
           have
           renounced
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           make
           profession
           of
           a
           kind
           of
           voluntary
           Poverty
           :
           And
           in
           this
           ,
           what
           Design
           they
           may
           have
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           ignorant
           ;
           but
           whatever
           it
           be
           ,
           their
           Doctrine
           of
           Merit
           is
           a
           very
           high
           Presumption
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           will
           loose
           them
           the
           Fruit
           of
           their
           Labours
           they
           might
           otherwise
           have
           expected
           .
           For
           
             when
             we
             have
             done
          
           ,
           if
           we
           could
           do
           ,
           
             all
             those
             things
             which
             are
             commanded
             us
             ,
             we
             must
          
           yet
           acknowledge
           and
           
             say
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             unprofitable
             servants
             .
          
           For
           tho'
           God
           has
           been
           pleased
           of
           his
           mere
           Goodness
           and
           special
           Favour
           ,
           to
           accept
           of
           the
           little
           Services
           he
           inables
           us
           to
           do
           him
           ,
           and
           has
           incouraged
           them
           with
           the
           promise
           of
           eternal
           Life
           ;
           yet
           we
           cannot
           claim
           it
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           is
           in
           strictness
           due
           to
           our
           weak
           and
           imperfect
           performances
           .
           
             The
             Reward
             is
             of
             Grace
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             Debt
             .
             The
             Wages
             of
             Sin
             is
             Death
             :
          
           indeed
           ,
           it
           is
           that
           which
           it
           has
           earned
           and
           most
           justly
           deserved
           ;
           
             but
             the
             Gift
             of
             God
             is
             eternal
             Life
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             :
          
           This
           is
           a
           Gift
           ,
           a
           Thing
           freely
           bestowed
           ,
           not
           purchased
           with
           Alms
           or
           any
           Works
           of
           ours
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           precious
           Blood
           of
           our
           blessed
           Redeemer
           .
           And
           he
           that
           should
           exact
           it
           as
           in
           Justice
           due
           to
           any
           thing
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           would
           set-up
           a
           wrong
           Title
           ,
           and
           let
           fall
           that
           by
           which
           he
           held
           before
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Case
           is
           much
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           if
           a
           Sovereign
           should
           not
           only
           Pardon
           one
           of
           his
           rebellious
           Subjects
           ,
           but
           besides
           that
           ,
           settle
           an
           Inheritance
           upon
           him
           of
           an
           inestimable
           Value
           ,
           and
           only
           require
           him
           to
           be
           kind
           to
           his
           Fellow
           Traytors
           ,
           and
           dispose
           of
           some
           small
           matter
           of
           what
           he
           had
           given
           him
           among
           them
           for
           his
           sake
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           hundredth
           part
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           of
           what
           he
           owed
           him
           neither
           :
           Now
           if
           this
           insolent
           wretch
           ,
           upon
           the
           laying
           down
           such
           a
           pitiful
           trifle
           ,
           should
           imagine
           that
           he
           had
           made
           a
           real
           purchase
           and
           refuse
           to
           accept
           the
           Estate
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           conveyed
           to
           him
           by
           an
           act
           of
           mere
           Grace
           ,
           but
           insist
           upon
           it
           as
           his
           undoubted
           Right
           ;
           he
           would
           by
           that
           Plea
           totally
           quit
           his
           proper
           Claim
           ,
           and
           forfeit
           all
           ,
           and
           incur
           the
           highest
           displeasure
           of
           his
           Lord
           ,
           for
           the
           unsufferable
           arrogance
           of
           such
           a
           proud
           and
           groundless
           Demand
           .
           It
           is
           dangerous
           pleading
           of
           Merit
           ,
           when
           the
           matter
           in
           question
           is
           a
           pure
           Favour
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           third
           false
           End
           is
           near
           a
           kin
           to
           this
           ,
           and
           maintained
           in
           the
           same
           Church
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           Conceit
           that
           Men
           by
           their
           Alms
           may
           make
           Satisfaction
           for
           their
           Sins
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Guilt
           that
           has
           been
           contracted
           lies
           as
           a
           heavy
           Burden
           upon
           the
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           Men
           are
           frighted
           with
           the
           dreadful
           apprehensions
           of
           what
           must
           be
           the
           necessary
           consequence
           of
           a
           lewd
           and
           vicious
           Life
           ;
           they
           will
           think
           nothing
           too
           dear
           to
           procure
           a
           Pardon
           .
           The
           miserable
           Worlding
           will
           then
           be
           willing
           to
           part
           with
           some
           of
           his
           ill-gotten
           Goods
           ,
           to
           escape
           the
           Punishment
           he
           knows
           to
           be
           due
           to
           his
           Rapine
           and
           Injustice
           ;
           especially
           when
           the
           
           Terrors
           of
           Death
           are
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           cannot
           retain
           the
           Treasures
           of
           Unrighteousness
           any
           longer
           ;
           he
           will
           then
           gladly
           throw
           any
           thing
           ,
           or
           all
           that
           he
           has
           into
           the
           imaginary
           Bank
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           for
           the
           hopes
           of
           an
           Indemnity
           .
           This
           Fancy
           has
           erected
           many
           stately
           Monuments
           ,
           and
           given
           large
           Endowments
           to
           many
           rich
           Foundations
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           must
           be
           confessed
           that
           when
           such
           things
           as
           these
           are
           done
           ,
           with
           an
           humble
           sense
           of
           our
           own
           unworthiness
           ,
           they
           are
           very
           good
           ,
           if
           not
           some
           of
           the
           best
           expressions
           of
           our
           Love
           to
           the
           Brethren
           ,
           and
           our
           Gratitude
           to
           the
           Almighty
           .
           But
           then
           we
           must
           beware
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           polluted
           with
           a
           fond
           Opinion
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           able
           to
           take
           away
           the
           gilt
           of
           a
           Sin.
           We
           must
           not
           to
           think
           expiate
           a
           Murder
           ,
           by
           building
           a
           Monastery
           ;
           nor
           to
           make
           an
           atonement
           for
           the
           wickedness
           of
           our
           whole
           Life
           ,
           by
           founding
           an
           Hospital
           when
           we
           are
           dead
           :
           No
           ;
           
             We
             were
             not
             redeemed
             with
             corruptible
             things
             .
          
           There
           is
           no
           such
           commuting
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           bribing
           of
           Justice
           there
           ,
           nor
           buying
           off
           the
           Sentence
           with
           Money
           .
           God
           will
           be
           merciful
           unto
           us
           ,
           and
           accept
           our
           Alms
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           given
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Acknowledgement
           and
           not
           of
           Satisfaction
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           There
           is
           one
           false
           End
           more
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           name
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           Men
           will
           give
           only
           for
           the
           support
           of
           a
           particular
           Party
           .
        
         
           All
           mankind
           is
           the
           complete
           and
           adequate
           Object
           of
           our
           Charity
           ;
           common
           Humanity
           gives
           every
           one
           an
           Interest
           in
           our
           Affections
           ,
           and
           intitles
           him
           to
           a
           share
           of
           our
           
           Bounty
           .
           It
           is
           the
           Apostle's
           command
           ;
           
             As
             we
             have
             opportunity
             ,
             let
             us
             do
             good
             unto
             all
             men
             .
          
           Gal.
           vi
           .
           10.
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           he
           immediately
           adds
           ;
           
             Especially
             to
             them
             who
             are
             of
             the
             houshold
             of
             faith
             .
          
           And
           it
           will
           be
           readily
           granted
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           and
           ought
           to
           have
           a
           more
           peculiar
           regard
           to
           these
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           the
           total
           exclusion
           of
           others
           .
           We
           should
           be
           more
           liberal
           where
           the
           Obligations
           of
           the
           same
           Religion
           are
           superadded
           to
           those
           of
           the
           same
           humane
           Nature
           ;
           or
           where
           it
           is
           not
           in
           our
           Power
           to
           Relieve
           both
           ;
           we
           may
           lawfully
           prefer
           a
           Relation
           before
           a
           Stranger
           ;
           a
           Christian
           before
           an
           Infidel
           ;
           one
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           before
           one
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           .
           But
           no
           Christian
           of
           any
           denomination
           whatsoever
           ,
           no
           Jew
           ,
           no
           Turk
           ,
           no
           Heathen
           ,
           no
           Man
           whatever
           he
           be
           ,
           but
           should
           have
           some
           small
           Portion
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           of
           the
           good
           Things
           we
           possess
           ,
           if
           his
           Necessities
           require
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           true
           Christian
           Charity
           that
           extends
           it self
           over
           the
           whole
           World
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           nothing
           but
           peevish
           Bigotry
           to
           be
           kind
           to
           none
           but
           our
           own
           perswasion
           .
           Like
           the
           Jews
           that
           could
           be
           Bountiful
           enough
           to
           their
           own
           Nation
           ,
           but
           had
           no
           manner
           of
           Bowels
           or
           Pity
           for
           a
           poor
           Samaritan
           .
           This
           is
           a
           bitter
           Zeal
           ,
           that
           quickly
           runs
           out
           into
           down-right
           Cruelty
           ;
           as
           when
           some
           shall
           be
           content
           to
           give
           profusely
           to
           the
           good
           Catholicks
           (
           as
           they
           call
           them
           )
           only
           to
           animate
           and
           abet
           them
           in
           the
           extirpation
           of
           Hereticks
           .
           This
           is
           a
           Love
           that
           is
           begotten
           of
           Hatred
           ;
           this
           is
           to
           be
           Charitable
           in
           Spight
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           some
           kind
           of
           Good
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           a
           greater
           Mischief
           .
           At
           best
           ,
           he
           
           that
           restrains
           his
           kindness
           to
           a
           Party
           ,
           has
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           no
           kindness
           for
           any
           but
           his
           own
           dear
           self
           :
           for
           he
           loves
           others
           only
           because
           they
           Act
           and
           Think
           as
           he
           does
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           things
           that
           will
           make
           our
           Alms-to
           profit
           us
           nothing
           :
           When
           they
           are
           corrupted
           with
           Vain
           Glory
           ,
           or
           an
           Opinion
           of
           Merit
           or
           Satisfaction
           ,
           or
           when
           they
           are
           too
           much
           confined
           to
           one
           particular
           sort
           of
           Men.
           
        
         
           III.
           I
           proceed
           now
           to
           the
           third
           Thing
           ,
           to
           shew
           ,
           what
           are
           the
           Reasons
           that
           whatever
           we
           bestow
           upon
           the
           Necessities
           of
           our
           poor
           Brethren
           ,
           upon
           the
           Principle
           of
           true
           Charity
           ,
           shall
           through
           God's
           gracious
           acceptance
           be
           Profitable
           to
           us
           in
           the
           great
           Day
           of
           Accounts
           .
           And
           that
           it
           shall
           be
           :
           
             
               1.
               
               Because
               Acts
               of
               Beneficence
               are
               necessary
               to
               preserve
               the
               Principle
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Because
               they
               are
               the
               surest
               Evidence
               of
               our
               Love
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               Because
               they
               are
               the
               plainest
               demonstration
               of
               our
               Faith
               and
               Trust
               in
               Him.
               
            
             
               4.
               
               And
               because
               they
               do
               in
               a
               peculiar
               manner
               incline
               Him
               to
               be
               merciful
               unto
               us
               ,
               when
               we
               are
               thus
               merciful
               unto
               others
               .
               These
               are
               the
               Reasons
               for
               which
               our
               Alms
               are
               profitable
               to
               us
               ,
               and
               pleasing
               to
               God.
               
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           First
           ,
           Because
           Acts
           of
           Beneficence
           are
           necessary
           to
           preserve
           the
           Principle
           .
           The
           Principle
           by
           which
           these
           are
           to
           be
           produced
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           the
           only
           thing
           that
           can
           make
           them
           accepted
           ,
           is
           Charity
           ;
           the
           true
           inward
           Charity
           
           of
           the
           Heart
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           shewed
           ,
           and
           which
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           describe
           unto
           you
           ,
           tho'
           very
           imperfectly
           .
           Now
           where
           this
           Principle
           has
           no
           other
           opportunity
           of
           exerting
           it self
           ,
           a
           sincere
           desire
           only
           of
           doing
           Good
           may
           be
           sufficient
           to
           keep
           it
           alive
           .
           The
           kind
           wishes
           of
           the
           Poor
           and
           Impotent
           shall
           be
           enough
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           not
           Ability
           to
           afford
           any
           further
           Assistance
           .
        
         
           But
           those
           whom
           God
           has
           been
           pleased
           to
           bless
           with
           a
           plentiful
           or
           but
           a
           competent
           measure
           of
           worldly
           Goods
           ,
           if
           they
           do
           not
           communicate
           something
           of
           what
           they
           enjoy
           ,
           to
           those
           that
           are
           in
           want
           and
           necessity
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           undeniable
           Proof
           that
           they
           have
           no
           real
           Affection
           for
           them
           .
           For
           if
           a
           Man
           doth
           not
           do
           that
           which
           lies
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           his
           Power
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           plain
           indication
           that
           he
           has
           not
           any
           desire
           or
           intention
           to
           do
           it
           ;
           or
           if
           he
           had
           ,
           yet
           if
           he
           frequently
           suppress
           it
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           suffer
           it
           to
           discover
           it self
           in
           some
           Overt
           Acts
           ;
           this
           will
           by
           degrees
           stifle
           and
           extinguish
           that
           very
           Desire
           .
           A
           Fire
           may
           be
           kindled
           and
           begin
           to
           burn
           ,
           but
           if
           it
           be
           stopt
           up
           in
           a
           close
           place
           ,
           it
           will
           soon
           be
           smothered
           and
           go
           out
           in
           its
           own
           Smoak
           ;
           But
           when
           it
           has
           room
           to
           dilate
           it self
           ,
           and
           is
           ventilated
           by
           the
           open
           Air
           ,
           this
           increases
           and
           spreads
           the
           Flame
           ,
           and
           it
           grows
           stronger
           ,
           and
           enlightens
           and
           warms
           all
           that
           is
           about
           it
           .
           In
           like
           manner
           ,
           Charity
           shut
           up
           within
           our
           own
           Breasts
           ,
           languishes
           and
           decays
           and
           comes
           to
           nothing
           ;
           but
           when
           we
           give
           it
           Vent
           by
           frequent
           exercise
           ,
           it
           feeds
           it self
           by
           being
           spent
           ,
           and
           one
           good
           Deed
           fits
           and
           disposes
           us
           for
           another
           .
           Like
           the
           Widow's
           Oyl
           ,
           
           the
           more
           Vessels
           it
           fills
           ,
           the
           more
           it
           multiplies
           .
           It
           is
           produced
           and
           confirmed
           like
           other
           Habits
           by
           the
           same
           repeated
           Acts
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           weakened
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           quite
           destroyed
           by
           a
           long
           intermission
           .
        
         
           And
           from
           hence
           we
           may
           gather
           ,
           that
           Almighty
           God
           is
           very
           well
           pleased
           with
           those
           Expressions
           of
           Kindness
           which
           do
           maintain
           and
           coroborate
           that
           excellent
           Principle
           of
           Charity
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           faint
           resemblance
           and
           some
           kind
           of
           imitation
           of
           his
           own
           essential
           infinite
           Goodness
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Secondly
           ,
           Such
           Acts
           as
           these
           are
           the
           surest
           Evidence
           of
           our
           Love
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           We
           may
           indeed
           ,
           deal
           our
           Bread
           to
           the
           Hungry
           ,
           and
           cast
           our
           Money
           among
           the
           Poor
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           may
           be
           nothing
           but
           an
           hypocritical
           Pretence
           of
           Kindness
           .
           We
           may
           do
           it
           upon
           wrong
           Motives
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           shewed
           ;
           and
           this
           notwithstanding
           ,
           we
           may
           have
           no
           true
           Love
           neither
           for
           God
           nor
           our
           Neighbour
           .
           But
           of
           this
           he
           is
           the
           only
           Judge
           ;
           we
           must
           have
           a
           charitable
           Opinion
           of
           every
           thing
           that
           is
           Good
           ,
           tho'
           it
           should
           be
           but
           in
           appearance
           .
        
         
           But
           tho'
           we
           cannot
           tell
           whether
           he
           that
           gives
           has
           therefore
           any
           real
           Love
           of
           God
           ,
           yet
           we
           may
           know
           that
           he
           that
           refuses
           to
           give
           ,
           has
           certainly
           none
           .
           For
           he
           that
           will
           not
           part
           with
           any
           thing
           for
           God's
           sake
           ,
           is
           that
           covetous
           Idolater
           that
           loves
           his
           Money
           better
           than
           God
           ,
           or
           rather
           ,
           he
           makes
           a
           God
           of
           his
           Money
           .
           
             Who
             so
             hath
             this
             hath
             this
             world's
             good
             ,
          
           says
           St.
           
             John
             ,
             and
             seeth
             his
             brother
             have
          
           
           
             need
             ,
             and
             shutteth
             up
             his
             bowels
             of
             compassion
             from
             him
             ,
             how
             dwelleth
             the
             love
             of
             God
             in
             him
             ?
          
           It
           cannot
           be
           :
           for
           as
           the
           same
           Apostle
           observes
           in
           another
           place
           ,
           
             He
             that
             loveth
             not
             his
             brother
             whom
             he
             hath
             seen
             ,
             how
             can
             he
             love
             God
             whom
             he
             hath
             not
             seen
             ?
          
           It
           is
           a
           vain
           thing
           to
           talk
           of
           Raptures
           and
           Extasies
           ,
           and
           being
           wonderfully
           affected
           with
           invisible
           Things
           ;
           and
           not
           to
           be
           at
           all
           moved
           or
           concerned
           at
           that
           which
           lies
           before
           our
           Eyes
           .
        
         
           The
           best
           way
           to
           shew
           our
           Regard
           to
           our
           Creator
           ,
           is
           by
           our
           Tenderness
           to
           his
           poor
           Creatures
           .
           
             If
             we
             love
             one
             another
             ,
             God
             dwelleth
             in
             us
             ,
             and
             his
             love
             is
             perfected
             in
             us
             .
          
           1
           John
           iv
           .
           12.
           
           The
           Love
           of
           God
           and
           our
           Neighbour
           ,
           are
           so
           intimately
           united
           ,
           and
           so
           closely
           joined
           together
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           be
           separated
           .
           And
           the
           most
           convincing
           and
           sensible
           Argument
           that
           we
           unfeignedly
           love
           the
           one
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           really
           kind
           to
           the
           other
           .
           And
           with
           this
           God
           is
           highly
           pleased
           and
           honoured
           :
           For
           every
           Ray
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           every
           Beam
           of
           good
           Will
           ,
           that
           falls
           directly
           upon
           our
           poor
           Brethren
           ,
           is
           by
           consequence
           ,
           reflected
           upon
           Him.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           These
           Acts
           are
           the
           plainest
           demonstration
           of
           our
           Faith
           and
           Trust
           in
           God.
           
        
         
           That
           in
           which
           the
           Men
           of
           the
           World
           are
           wont
           to
           put
           their
           greatest
           Confidence
           ,
           is
           ,
           their
           plentiful
           Estates
           ,
           the
           abundance
           of
           their
           Riches
           ,
           and
           the
           largeness
           of
           their
           Possessions
           .
           But
           he
           that
           is
           willing
           to
           resign
           up
           these
           or
           any
           considerable
           Portion
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           cast
           himself
           upon
           the
           Providence
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           to
           make
           what
           Returns
           it
           shall
           seem
           good
           to
           the
           wise
           Disposer
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           does
           thereby
           
           declare
           ,
           that
           his
           Chief
           Dependance
           is
           upon
           God
           ,
           and
           not
           upon
           his
           Wealth
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           Trust
           in
           God
           is
           that
           which
           gives
           us
           the
           surest
           Title
           to
           his
           Favour
           and
           Protection
           ;
           and
           that
           which
           brings
           Him
           the
           greatest
           Honour
           .
           For
           it
           is
           that
           by
           which
           we
           do
           effectually
           shew
           ,
           that
           we
           do
           esteem
           him
           the
           Supreme
           and
           Sovereign
           Goodness
           and
           Truth
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           are
           verily
           perswaded
           ,
           
             that
             he
             will
             never
             leave
             us
             nor
             forsake
             us
             .
          
           This
           was
           the
           Touchstone
           by
           which
           our
           Blessed
           Lord
           did
           sometimes
           try
           the
           sincerity
           of
           those
           that
           offered
           themselves
           to
           become
           his
           Disciples
           .
           
             Go
             sell
             that
             thou
             hast
             and
             give
             to
             the
             poor
             ,
             and
             thou
             shalt
             have
             treasure
             in
             heaven
             :
             and
             come
             and
             follow
             me
             .
          
           He
           that
           was
           afraid
           to
           accept
           the
           Condition
           ,
           went
           away
           sorrowful
           ;
           and
           we
           never
           hear
           that
           he
           made
           a
           second
           Application
           .
           But
           they
           that
           durst
           believe
           him
           ,
           and
           forsook
           All
           ,
           tho'
           that
           All
           were
           but
           a
           little
           ,
           were
           immediatly
           comforted
           with
           the
           Promise
           ,
           and
           are
           long
           since
           entered
           into
           the
           Possession
           of
           everlasting
           Bliss
           and
           Immortality
           .
           This
           was
           the
           Reward
           of
           their
           Faith
           ;
           For
           he
           that
           quits
           a
           Treasure
           in
           Hand
           ,
           for
           a
           Treasure
           in
           Reversion
           ;
           he
           that
           leaves
           what
           he
           has
           upon
           Earth
           for
           the
           Promise
           of
           what
           he
           expects
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           gives
           the
           best
           assurance
           that
           it
           is
           possible
           ,
           that
           he
           does
           really
           believe
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Promise
           .
        
         
           But
           he
           that
           will
           not
           be
           perswaded
           to
           give
           something
           liberally
           to
           the
           relief
           of
           the
           indigent
           and
           necessitous
           ,
           by
           all
           the
           great
           and
           glorious
           Encouragements
           that
           are
           proposed
           to
           induce
           him
           unto
           it
           ,
           does
           not
           heartily
           believe
           the
           Scriptures
           .
           But
           he
           is
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           a
           sort
           of
           an
           Infidel
           ,
           that
           accounts
           Bonds
           ,
           and
           Mortgages
           ,
           and
           ready
           Money
           a
           better
           Security
           than
           the
           Word
           of
           God.
           
        
         
         
           4.
           
           Fourthly
           ,
           Acts
           of
           Charity
           are
           Profitable
           ,
           because
           they
           do
           in
           a
           peculiar
           manner
           incline
           God
           to
           be
           merciful
           unto
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           thus
           merciful
           unto
           others
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Beatitudes
           pronounced
           by
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           Mat.
           v.
           7.
           
           
             Blessed
             are
             the
             merciful
             ,
             for
             they
             shall
             obtain
             mercy
             .
          
           This
           seems
           extremely
           congruous
           and
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Nature
           of
           God
           and
           to
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           Thing
           .
           God
           is
           always
           inclineable
           to
           Mercy
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           reasonable
           to
           think
           that
           he
           will
           extend
           it
           to
           none
           more
           readily
           ,
           than
           to
           those
           in
           whom
           there
           appear
           some
           little
           resemblances
           of
           that
           his
           most
           lovely
           and
           adorable
           Attribute
           .
        
         
           He
           is
           sometimes
           set
           forth
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           did
           temper
           and
           accommodate
           himself
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           to
           the
           different
           dispositions
           and
           various
           qualifications
           of
           the
           several
           Subjects
           .
           Psal
           .
           xviii
           25
           ,
           26.
           
           
             With
             the
             merciful
             thou
             wilt
             shew
             thy self
             merciful
             .
             With
             the
             upright
             man
             thou
             wilt
             shew
             thy self
             upright
             :
             With
             the
             pure
             thou
             wilt
             shew
             thy self
             pure
             ;
             and
             with
             froward
             ,
             thou
             wilt
             shew
             thy self
             froward
             .
          
           This
           is
           but
           just
           and
           equitable
           ,
           that
           Men
           should
           be
           proceeded
           with
           by
           the
           Rules
           and
           Measures
           they
           have
           practised
           themselves
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           hard-hearted
           and
           remorsless
           wretch
           cannot
           complain
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           used
           with
           rigour
           and
           extremity
           ,
           nor
           repine
           when
           he
           sees
           the
           kind
           and
           compassionate
           Soul
           treated
           with
           the
           greatest
           Clemency
           and
           Sweetness
           .
           This
           is
           a
           way
           of
           dealing
           that
           is
           but
           suited
           to
           every
           one's
           Actions
           .
           The
           cruel
           and
           revengeful
           shall
           be
           severely
           punished
           ,
           but
           the
           pious
           and
           charitable
           shall
           be
           graciously
           pardoned
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           ,
           
             To
             do
             good
             and
             to
             communicate
             forget
             not
             ;
             for
             with
             such
             sacrifices
             God
             is
             well
             pleased
             .
          
           Heb.
           xiii
           .
           16.
           
           Our
           
           Almes
           are
           called
           Sacrifices
           here
           ,
           not
           that
           they
           have
           any
           proper
           expiatory
           Power
           to
           take
           away
           sins
           .
           For
           the
           Sacrifices
           that
           were
           offered
           under
           the
           Mosaical
           Oeconomy
           ,
           had
           not
           that
           ;
           but
           they
           were
           accepted
           as
           they
           were
           Types
           of
           the
           Grand
           Propitiation
           to
           be
           made
           by
           Christ
           .
           And
           through
           Him
           ,
           whatever
           Vertue
           the
           Legal
           Sacrifices
           had
           ,
           the
           Sacrifices
           of
           the
           Gospel
           shall
           be
           much
           more
           Effectual
           .
           For
           even
           while
           the
           first
           Tabernacle
           was
           standing
           ,
           God
           had
           frequently
           professed
           that
           the
           blood
           of
           Bulls
           and
           of
           Goats
           ,
           and
           the
           fat
           of
           Rams
           ;
           that
           Incense
           and
           Oblations
           ,
           and
           whatever
           he
           had
           commanded
           them
           to
           bring
           to
           his
           Altar
           ,
           was
           nothing
           at
           all
           regarded
           by
           Him
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           Mercy
           .
        
         
           Mercy
           is
           the
           thing
           which
           shall
           principally
           regulate
           the
           Proceedings
           at
           the
           great
           day
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           already
           mentioned
           .
           When
           the
           Dead
           shall
           be
           raised
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           innumerable
           Myriads
           that
           ever
           were
           born
           ,
           shall
           stand
           before
           the
           dreadful
           Tribunal
           ;
           then
           shall
           those
           that
           have
           been
           relieved
           by
           the
           Merciful
           Man
           appear
           as
           so
           many
           Intercessours
           for
           him
           :
           As
           if
           they
           should
           say
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           This
           is
           the
           Man
           that
           refreshed
           our
           Bowels
           when
           we
           were
           pinched
           with
           Hunger
           ,
           that
           came
           in
           seasonably
           to
           support
           us
           when
           we
           were
           ready
           to
           perish
           ,
           that
           delivered
           us
           from
           the
           hand
           of
           our
           cruel
           Oppressour
           ,
           that
           had
           pity
           on
           our
           Children
           ,
           and
           gave
           them
           good
           Education
           when
           they
           were
           left
           poor
           distressed
           fatherless
           Infants
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           other
           side
           those
           that
           have
           been
           forsaken
           ,
           or
           undone
           by
           the
           Covetous
           Miser
           ,
           shall
           look
           upon
           him
           as
           if
           they
           would
           thus
           implead
           him
           at
           that
           impartial
           Bar
           :
           Lord
           ,
           
           this
           is
           He
           that
           suffered
           us
           to
           languish
           ,
           and
           pine
           away
           for
           want
           ,
           when
           a
           very
           little
           of
           that
           he
           never
           made
           any
           use
           of
           would
           have
           rejoiced
           our
           Hearts
           ;
           this
           is
           He
           that
           let
           us
           be
           exposed
           to
           Cold
           and
           Nakedness
           ,
           when
           the
           Moth
           consumed
           his
           unnecessary
           changes
           of
           Apparel
           :
           nay
           ,
           this
           is
           He
           that
           has
           griped
           and
           oppressed
           us
           ,
           that
           has
           made
           himself
           drunk
           with
           our
           Tears
           ,
           that
           has
           wearied
           us
           out
           at
           Law
           ,
           and
           born
           down
           our
           righteous
           Cause
           by
           Wealth
           and
           Power
           ,
           and
           robbed
           us
           of
           the
           little
           that
           we
           had
           ,
           by
           Violence
           and
           Injustice
           .
           Thus
           might
           they
           justly
           plead
           against
           him
           ,
           if
           his
           own
           Conscience
           did
           not
           prevent
           all
           other
           Accusers
           ,
           and
           pass
           the
           first
           Sentence
           upon
           him
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           quickly
           followed
           by
           that
           of
           the
           great
           Judge
           ,
           who
           shall
           render
           to
           every
           Man
           according
           to
           his
           Works
           .
           Then
           shall
           the
           Good
           and
           Merciful
           be
           taken
           up
           into
           the
           Regions
           of
           everlasting
           Joy
           ;
           but
           
             they
             shall
             have
             Judgment
             without
             Mercy
             ,
             that
             have
             shewed
             no
             Mercy
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           have
           I
           shewed
           what
           is
           that
           Charity
           that
           will
           make
           our
           Alms
           some
           way
           Profitable
           to
           our
           Salvation
           ,
           but
           that
           without
           it
           they
           are
           not
           so
           in
           themselves
           :
           and
           now
           lastly
           ,
           I
           have
           laid
           down
           some
           Reasons
           that
           make
           them
           acceptable
           and
           advantageous
           ,
           when
           they
           proceed
           from
           such
           a
           Principle
           of
           true
           Charity
           ;
           It
           is
           because
           they
           nourish
           and
           preserve
           that
           Principle
           ;
           they
           are
           a
           Proof
           of
           our
           Love
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           our
           Trust
           and
           Dependance
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           they
           do
           particularly
           incline
           him
           to
           be
           merciful
           to
           Us.
           
        
         
           The
           Design
           of
           all
           that
           has
           been
           said
           ,
           is
           to
           excite
           you
           to
           Give
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           it
           so
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           tend
           to
           the
           real
           Benefit
           of
           him
           that
           Gives
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           him
           that
           Receives
           ;
           
           or
           in
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             I
             seek
             fruit
             that
             may
             redound
             to
             your
             account
             .
          
        
         
           To
           this
           purpose
           I
           shall
           lay
           before
           you
           what
           Expences
           have
           been
           lately
           made
           in
           this
           way
           ,
           and
           what
           necessity
           there
           still
           is
           of
           further
           Expence
           ;
           what
           has
           been
           done
           already
           ,
           and
           what
           yet
           remains
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           that
           is
           fit
           Matter
           for
           the
           Charitable
           Benevolence
           of
           this
           great
           and
           honourable
           City
           :
           And
           this
           I
           cannot
           do
           better
           ,
           than
           by
           Reading
           to
           you
           ,
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   A
                   true
                   REPORT
                   of
                   the
                   great
                   Number
                   of
                   Poor
                   Children
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Poor
                   People
                   ,
                   Maintained
                   in
                   the
                   several
                
                 Hospitals
                 ,
                 
                   under
                   the
                   Pious
                   Care
                   of
                   the
                
                 Lord
                 Mayor
                 ,
                 Commonalty
                 ,
                 and
                 Citizens
                 
                   of
                   the
                   City
                   of
                
                 London
                 ,
                 
                   the
                   Year
                   last
                   past
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Christ's-HOSPITAL
                   .
                
                 
                   CHildren
                   put
                   forth
                   Apprentices
                   ,
                   and
                   discharged
                   out
                   of
                   
                     Christ's
                     Hospital
                  
                   ,
                   the
                   Year
                   last
                   past
                   104
                   ;
                   eight
                   whereof
                   being
                   instructed
                   in
                   the
                   Mathematicks
                   and
                   Navigation
                   ,
                   are
                   already
                   placed
                   out
                   .
                   And
                   two
                   others
                   well
                   qualified
                   to
                   be
                   placed
                   out
                   with
                   the
                   first
                   convenience
                   ,
                   to
                   Commanders
                   of
                   Ships
                   ,
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Mathematical
                     School
                  
                   ,
                   Founded
                   by
                   His
                   late
                   Majesty
                   King
                   Charles
                   the
                   Second
                   ,
                   of
                   Blessed
                   Memory
                   —
                   —
                   104
                
                 
                   Children
                   Buried
                   the
                   Year
                   last
                   past
                   —
                   —
                   25
                
                 
                   Children
                   now
                   remaining
                   under
                   the
                   Care
                   and
                   Charge
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Hospital
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   kept
                   in
                   the
                   House
                   and
                   at
                   Nurse
                   elsewhere
                   —
                   ●18
                
                 
                   The
                   Names
                   of
                   all
                   which
                   ,
                   are
                   Register'd
                   in
                   the
                   Books
                   kept
                   in
                   the
                   said
                   Hospital
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   seen
                   ,
                   as
                   also
                   when
                   and
                   whence
                   they
                   were
                   admitted
                   .
                
                 
                   Which
                   being
                   so
                   many
                   in
                   Number
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Charge
                   of
                   keeping
                   them
                   very
                   great
                   ,
                   (
                   and
                   being
                   still
                   depressed
                   by
                   the
                   very
                   great
                   Loss
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   sustain'd
                   by
                   the
                   late
                   dreadful
                   Fire
                   )
                   't
                   is
                   not
                   doubted
                   ,
                   but
                   many
                   worthy
                   and
                   good
                   Christians
                   will
                   liberally
                   assist
                   towards
                   so
                   useful
                   and
                   beneficial
                   a
                   Charity
                   :
                   The
                   stated
                   and
                   certain
                   Revenue
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Hospital
                   ,
                   amounting
                   to
                   very
                   little
                   more
                   ,
                   than
                   a
                   Moiety
                   of
                   their
                   necessary
                   and
                   unavoidable
                   Charge
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   St.
                   
                     Bartholomew's
                     HOSPITAL
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   THere
                   have
                   been
                   Cured
                   and
                   Discharged
                   from
                   the
                   Hospital
                   of
                   St.
                   Bartholomew
                   the
                   Year
                   last
                   past
                   ,
                   of
                   Wounded
                   ,
                   Sick
                   and
                   Maimed
                   Soldiers
                   and
                   Seamen
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Diseased
                   Persons
                   ,
                   from
                   several
                   Parts
                   of
                   the
                   Dominions
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   's
                   Most
                   Excellent
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   and
                   from
                   Foreign
                   Parts
                   ;
                   many
                   of
                   which
                   have
                   been
                   relieved
                   with
                   Moneys
                   and
                   other
                   Necessaries
                   at
                   their
                   departure
                   ,
                   tho'
                   (
                   as
                   it
                   hath
                   pleased
                   God
                   )
                   the
                   greatest
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Revenue
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Hospital
                   was
                   consumed
                   by
                   the
                   late
                   dreadful
                   Fire
                   —
                   1961
                
                 
                   Buried
                   this
                   Year
                   ,
                   after
                   much
                   Charges
                   on
                   them
                   —
                   199
                
                 
                   Persons
                   remaining
                   under
                   Cure
                   in
                   the
                   said
                   Hospital
                   —
                   312
                
              
               
                 
                   St.
                   
                     Thomas's
                     HOSPITAL
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   THere
                   have
                   been
                   Cured
                   and
                   Discharged
                   from
                   St.
                   
                   Thomas's-Hospital
                   in
                   Southwark
                   ,
                   this
                   last
                   Year
                   ,
                   of
                   Wounded
                   ,
                   Sick
                   and
                   Maimed
                   Soldiers
                   and
                   Seamen
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Diseased
                   Persons
                   ,
                   from
                   several
                   Parts
                   of
                   His
                   Majesty's
                   Dominions
                   ,
                   and
                   from
                   Foreign
                   Parts
                   ;
                   many
                   of
                   which
                   have
                   been
                   relieved
                   with
                   Money
                   and
                   other
                   Necessaries
                   at
                   their
                   departure
                   ,
                   tho'
                   much
                   of
                   the
                   Revenue
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Hospital
                   has
                   been
                   destroyed
                   by
                   several
                   dreadful
                   Fires
                   in
                   London
                   and
                   Southwark
                   :
                   And
                   most
                   of
                   the
                   Buildings
                   of
                   this
                   Hospital
                   being
                   very
                   old
                   ,
                   low
                   ,
                   damp
                   ,
                   and
                   incommodious
                   for
                   the
                   reception
                   of
                   Sick
                   and
                   Wounded
                   Persons
                   :
                   The
                   Governours
                   have
                   begun
                   to
                   rebuild
                   some
                   part
                   thereof
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   already
                   laid
                   out
                   of
                   their
                   own
                   Free
                   Gift
                   ,
                   some
                   Thousands
                   of
                   Pounds
                   ,
                   but
                   cannot
                   possibly
                   finish
                   what
                   is
                   further
                   intended
                   ,
                   and
                   absolutely
                   necessary
                   ,
                   without
                   the
                   Assistance
                   of
                   Good
                   and
                   Charitable
                   Persons
                   ;
                   the
                   yearly
                   Revenue
                   of
                   this
                   Hospital
                   ,
                   being
                   much
                   less
                   than
                   will
                   defray
                   the
                   constant
                   Charge
                   of
                   those
                   Persons
                   that
                   are
                   sent
                   thither
                   for
                   Cure
                   —
                   —
                   1969
                
                 
                   Buried
                   this
                   Year
                   after
                   much
                   Charge
                   in
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   their
                   Sickness
                   —
                   179
                
                 
                   Remaining
                   under
                   Cure
                   at
                   the
                   Charge
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Hospital
                   —
                   323
                
              
               
                 
                   Bridewel
                   HOSPITAL
                   .
                
                 
                   REceived
                   this
                   last
                   Year
                   into
                   the
                   Hospital
                   of
                   Bridewel
                   ,
                   vagrants
                   and
                   other
                   indigent
                   and
                   miserable
                   People
                   ,
                   many
                   whereof
                   had
                   both
                   Cloathing
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   other
                   Relief
                   as
                   their
                   Necessities
                   required
                   ,
                   being
                   in
                   great
                   Distress
                   ,
                   and
                   sent
                   by
                   Passes
                   into
                   their
                   Native
                   Countries
                   —
                   969
                
                 
                   Maintained
                   in
                   the
                   said
                   Hospital
                   ,
                   and
                   brought
                   up
                   in
                   divers
                   Arts
                   and
                   Trades
                   at
                   the
                   only
                   Charge
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Hospital
                   ,
                   Apprentices
                   ;
                   notwithstanding
                   it
                   pleased
                   God
                   ,
                   the
                   Hospital
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   Houses
                   within
                   the
                   Precinct
                   thereof
                   ,
                   (
                   which
                   was
                   the
                   greater
                   part
                   of
                   its
                   Revenue
                   )
                   were
                   wholly
                   consumed
                   by
                   the
                   late
                   dreadful
                   Fire
                   ;
                   besides
                   the
                   great
                   Loss
                   sustained
                   in
                   the
                   remains
                   of
                   its
                   Revenue
                   by
                   two
                   terrible
                   Fires
                   ,
                   the
                   one
                   in
                   June
                   1673.
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   in
                   November
                   1692
                   ,
                   which
                   happened
                   in
                   Wapping
                   —
                   103
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Bethlehem
                   HOSPITAL
                   .
                
                 
                   THE
                   Hospital
                   of
                   Bethlehem
                   is
                   of
                   great
                   Necessity
                   for
                   the
                   keeping
                   and
                   curing
                   distracted
                   Persons
                   ,
                   whose
                   Misery
                   ,
                   of
                   all
                   others
                   ,
                   is
                   the
                   more
                   deplorable
                   ,
                   because
                   they
                   do
                   not
                   apprehend
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                   it
                   disabling
                   the
                   Mind
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   the
                   Body
                   .
                
                 
                   Brought
                   into
                   the
                   said
                   Hospital
                   the
                   last
                   Year
                   ,
                   distracted
                   Men
                   and
                   Women
                   —
                   —
                   —
                   —
                   61
                
                 
                   Cured
                   of
                   their
                   Lunacy
                   and
                   discharged
                   thence
                   the
                   said
                   Year
                   —
                   52
                
                 
                   Distracted
                   Persons
                   buried
                   the
                   last
                   Year
                   —
                   —
                   16
                
                 
                   Now
                   remaining
                   there
                   under
                   Cure
                   ,
                   and
                   provided
                   for
                   with
                   Physick
                   ,
                   Diet
                   and
                   other
                   Relief
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Charge
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Hospital
                   —
                   112
                
                 
                   The
                   Charge
                   whereof
                   is
                   great
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Revenue
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Hospital
                   so
                   small
                   ,
                   as
                   not
                   to
                   amount
                   to
                   one
                   half
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Yearly
                   Expences
                   thereof
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Building
                   of
                   the
                   Old
                   Hospital
                   of
                   Bethlehem
                   being
                   Ruinous
                   and
                   not
                   Capacious
                   to
                   receive
                   and
                   contain
                   the
                   great
                   Number
                   of
                   distracted
                   Persons
                   ;
                   for
                   the
                   admission
                   of
                   whom
                   ,
                   daily
                   Applications
                   are
                   made
                   to
                   the
                   Governours
                   thereof
                   .
                
                 
                   Upon
                   a
                   Christian
                   and
                   charitable
                   Consideration
                   of
                   the
                   Premisses
                   ,
                   the
                   Lord
                   Mayor
                   ,
                   Aldermen
                   and
                   Common-Council
                   of
                   the
                   City
                   of
                   London
                   ,
                   did
                   lately
                   grant
                   sufficient
                   Ground
                   to
                   Erect
                   a
                   more
                   commodious
                   House
                   for
                   the
                   keeping
                   and
                   curing
                   the
                   said
                   Lunaticks
                   and
                   distracted
                   Persons
                   .
                   In
                   the
                   Building
                   and
                   Finishing
                   whereof
                   ,
                   the
                   Governours
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Hospital
                   have
                   laid
                   out
                   and
                   disbursed
                   about
                   Seventeen
                   Thousand
                   Pounds
                   ,
                   whereby
                   not
                   only
                   the
                   whole
                   Stock
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Hospital
                   is
                   expended
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   Governours
                   thereof
                   have
                   been
                   necessitated
                   to
                   take
                   up
                   great
                   Sums
                   of
                   Money
                   for
                   the
                   Finishing
                   the
                   same
                   ;
                   and
                   therefore
                   the
                   said
                   Hospital
                   is
                   a
                   very
                   fit
                   Object
                   of
                   all
                   good
                   Mens
                   Charity
                   ,
                   to
                   do
                   as
                   God
                   shall
                   enable
                   them
                   ,
                   toward
                   the
                   Relief
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   poor
                   Lunaticks
                   ,
                   and
                   payment
                   of
                   their
                   Debts
                   ;
                   there
                   having
                   been
                   ,
                   and
                   daily
                   are
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   Blessing
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Charge
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Hospital
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Care
                   of
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   intrusted
                   therewith
                   ,
                   divers
                   reduced
                   to
                   their
                   former
                   Senses
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           You
           see
           here
           how
           many
           indigent
           and
           calamitous
           Persons
           of
           several
           sorts
           ,
           have
           been
           plentifully
           Relieved
           by
           the
           standing
           Endowments
           ,
           and
           occasional
           Bounty
           of
           their
           pious
           Benefactors
           .
        
         
           How
           many
           poor
           helpless
           Orphans
           have
           been
           carefully
           provided
           for
           ,
           liberally
           Educated
           ,
           and
           put
           out
           to
           
           honest
           Employments
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           Credit
           and
           Advantage
           of
           the
           Publick
           !
        
         
           How
           many
           Thousands
           of
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           have
           been
           perfectly
           Cured
           ,
           chiefly
           of
           those
           that
           have
           bravely
           ventured
           their
           Lives
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           their
           King
           and
           Country
           ,
           and
           to
           defend
           Us
           from
           the
           Fury
           of
           an
           enraged
           and
           Potent
           Enemy
           !
        
         
           How
           many
           Vagrants
           ,
           whom
           pure
           Necessity
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           had
           driven
           from
           their
           Homes
           ,
           have
           been
           imployed
           and
           furnished
           with
           Conveniencies
           ,
           and
           returned
           to
           their
           respective
           Habitations
           ,
           in
           a
           far
           more
           comfortable
           Condition
           than
           they
           left
           them
           !
        
         
           How
           many
           Lunatick
           and
           Distracted
           Creatures
           ,
           the
           most
           pityable
           Objects
           of
           all
           ,
           have
           been
           recovered
           ,
           and
           are
           now
           able
           to
           Praise
           and
           Worship
           God
           again
           ,
           with
           those
           Senses
           and
           Understandings
           which
           he
           at
           first
           gave
           them
           ;
           and
           to
           which
           ,
           by
           his
           Blessing
           upon
           your
           Endeavours
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           happily
           restored
           !
        
         
           All
           these
           great
           ,
           these
           truly
           generous
           and
           Christian
           Things
           have
           been
           done
           .
           And
           what
           remains
           more
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           but
           only
           that
           you
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           take
           a
           due
           Care
           ,
           as
           I
           know
           you
           will
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           transmitted
           down
           to
           Posterity
           without
           interruption
           .
        
         
           The
           yearly
           Revenue
           of
           the
           several
           Foundations
           ,
           tho'
           very
           considerable
           ,
           is
           yet
           not
           any
           way
           answerable
           to
           the
           necessary
           Charge
           In
           some
           it
           scarce
           amounts
           to
           the
           Half.
           The
           rest
           has
           beenhitherto
           ,
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           constantly
           supplied
           by
           the
           voluntary
           Bounty
           of
           Eminent
           and
           Charitable
           Citizens
           .
           And
           it
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           to
           the
           Honour
           
           of
           this
           renowned
           Body
           ,
           that
           very
           great
           accessions
           have
           been
           made
           in
           this
           way
           ;
           but
           great
           as
           they
           have
           been
           ,
           the
           Necessities
           of
           the
           Poor
           have
           been
           greater
           .
           Their
           Rents
           have
           been
           exceedingly
           lessened
           by
           the
           dreadful
           Fire
           ;
           and
           the
           Expence
           of
           Building
           has
           lain
           so
           very
           Heavy
           ,
           that
           nothing
           but
           the
           Generosity
           would
           have
           undertaken
           it
           ;
           and
           nothing
           but
           the
           Wealth
           of
           sucha
           City
           as
           this
           could
           have
           born
           it
           so
           long
           .
           But
           by
           thesemeans
           the
           Hospitals
           are
           become
           so
           far
           indebted
           ,
           (
           notwthstanding
           the
           Prudent
           Management
           of
           those
           that
           have
           the
           Care
           of
           them
           )
           that
           one
           of
           them
           in
           particular
           ,
           that
           was
           wont
           to
           maintain
           about
           a
           Thousand
           Orphans
           ,
           or
           more
           ,
           will
           not
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           certainly
           informed
           ,
           be
           able
           totake
           in
           one
           poor
           Fatherless
           Child
           this
           ensuing
           Year
           ,
           unless
           it
           receive
           some
           very
           unexpected
           and
           liberal
           Assistance
           .
           What
           pity
           't
           is
           ,
           that
           those
           Streams
           that
           have
           flowed
           so
           plentifully
           for
           so
           many
           Ages
           ,
           should
           be
           in
           danger
           of
           being
           dried
           up
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           of
           receiving
           a
           stop
           in
           ours
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           cannot
           entertain
           any
           such
           Fear
           ,
           while
           you
           still
           retain
           the
           same
           pious
           Inclinations
           of
           doing
           Good
           ,
           which
           you
           have
           always
           expressed
           .
           I
           need
           not
           use
           any
           Arguments
           to
           urge
           you
           to
           it
           ;
           I
           need
           not
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           of
           your
           worthy
           Ancestors
           ;
           I
           shall
           but
           desire
           you
           to
           imitate
           your selves
           ;
           do
           but
           as
           you
           have
           been
           wont
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           perswasions
           will
           be
           wholly
           superfluous
           .
        
         
           Some
           there
           be
           ,
           that
           may
           be
           like
           enough
           to
           talk
           of
           the
           Charges
           of
           the
           War
           ,
           the
           Decay
           of
           Trade
           ,
           and
           their
           Losses
           at
           Sea
           ,
           and
           make
           this
           the
           Pretence
           for
           their
           not
           Giving
           .
           But
           I
           know
           that
           your
           Charity
           will
           disdain
           to
           make
           use
           
           of
           such
           frivolous
           Excuses
           .
           The
           more
           you
           have
           Lost
           ,
           the
           more
           you
           should
           Give
           of
           what
           remains
           ,
           that
           Providence
           may
           be
           engaged
           to
           preserve
           the
           Rest
           .
           I
           belive
           it
           is
           the
           forwardness
           that
           many
           of
           the
           Members
           of
           it
           have
           shewn
           to
           succour
           the
           distressed
           ,
           that
           God
           has
           seemed
           to
           make
           this
           City
           a
           part
           of
           his
           peculiar
           Care
           ;
           that
           the
           Fire
           has
           but
           built
           you
           more
           convenient
           and
           stately
           Houses
           ;
           that
           the
           War
           has
           served
           but
           to
           whet
           your
           Industry
           and
           declare
           your
           Resolution
           ;
           and
           that
           notwithstanding
           the
           many
           sad
           and
           amazing
           Accidents
           that
           have
           befallen
           this
           Place
           within
           our
           own
           Memories
           ,
           it
           still
           continues
           ,
           God
           be
           praised
           ,
           in
           a
           prosperous
           and
           flourishing
           Condition
           ;
           if
           we
           were
           but
           wise
           and
           grateful
           enough
           to
           know
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           it
           should
           not
           make
           us
           Rich
           ,
           Charity
           will
           certainly
           secure
           us
           from
           Want.
           For
           Truth
           it self
           has
           promised
           that
           ,
           
             He
             that
             giveth
             to
             the
             poor
             shall
             not
             lack
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           as
           much
           as
           any
           Man
           need
           to
           desire
           .
           And
           it
           is
           a
           far
           better
           assurance
           than
           the
           most
           plentiful
           Fortune
           is
           able
           to
           give
           us
           ;
           for
           that
           we
           know
           may
           be
           presently
           snatched
           away
           and
           leave
           us
           absolute
           Beggars
           within
           less
           than
           an
           hour
           .
        
         
           But
           why
           should
           I
           insist
           upon
           a
           Consideration
           that
           has
           respect
           only
           to
           this
           World
           ,
           when
           what
           we
           bestow
           on
           the
           Poor
           ,
           if
           it
           come
           from
           a
           hearty
           Charity
           ,
           shall
           be
           amply
           rewarded
           in
           that
           which
           is
           to
           come
           .
           According
           to
           that
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Lord.
           Luke
           vix
           .
           12
           ,
           13
           ,
           14.
           
           
             When
             thou
             makest
             a
             dinner
             or
             a
             supper
             ,
             call
             not
             thy
             friends
             ,
             nor
             thy
             brethren
             ,
             neither
             thy
             kinsmen
             ,
             nor
             thy
             rich
             neighbours
          
           ;
           do
           not
           spend
           all
           thy
           Kindness
           upon
           these
           ,
           
             lest
             they
             also
          
           
           
             bid
             thee
             thee
             again
             ,
             and
             a
             recompence
             be
             made
             thee
             .
             But
             when
             thou
             makest
             a
             feast
             ,
             call
             the
             poor
             ,
             the
             maimed
             ,
             the
             lame
             ,
             the
             blind
          
           ;
           the
           proper
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Hospital
           :
           Be
           kind
           to
           them
           ,
           
             and
             thou
             shalt
             be
             blessed
             ;
             for
             they
             cannot
             recompence
             thee
             ,
             for
             thou
             shalt
             be
             recompensed
             at
             the
             resurrection
             of
             the
             just
             .
          
           When
           we
           place
           our
           Kindnesses
           where
           we
           may
           reasonably
           expect
           to
           have
           returns
           made
           us
           ,
           God
           looks
           upon
           these
           but
           as
           mutual
           Civilities
           betwixt
           Man
           and
           Man
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           enough
           if
           they
           be
           repaid
           in
           kind
           .
           But
           when
           we
           do
           good
           without
           any
           hopes
           or
           prospect
           of
           secular
           Advantage
           ;
           when
           we
           give
           to
           the
           Poor
           who
           we
           know
           are
           never
           able
           to
           requite
           us
           ,
           this
           being
           done
           for
           his
           sake
           ,
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           undertake
           the
           Payment
           ;
           he
           makes
           himself
           the
           Debtor
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           see
           the
           Obligation
           satisfied
           to
           the
           utmost
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           as
           the
           thing
           it self
           does
           deserve
           ,
           but
           as
           becomes
           the
           Munificence
           of
           the
           Supreme
           Lord.
           He
           will
           give
           us
           Eternal
           for
           our
           Temporal
           Things
           ,
           and
           whatever
           we
           have
           thus
           done
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           he
           will
           Reward
           it
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           Of
           which
           ,
           God
           of
           his
           infinite
           Mercy
           make
           us
           all
           partakers
           ,
           through
           Jesus
           Christ
           our
           Lord.
           
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           
             PAge
             5.
             line
             20.
             for
          
           Excessive
           read
           Extensive
           .
           
             Pag.
             12.
             lin
             .
             13.
             for
          
           expiate
           read
           to
           expiate
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
  

