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             The nature and measure of charity a sermon preach'd before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, and the Court of Aldermen, at the parish-church of St. Bridget, on Tuesday in Easter-week, April 6, 1697 / by William Sherlock ...
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           Charity -- Sermons.
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             Clarke
             Mayor
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Martis
                 xiij
                 .
                 die
                 Aprilis
              
               1697.
               
               
                 Annoque
                 Regni
                 Regis
                 Willhelmi
                 Tertij
                 ,
                 Angliae
                 ,
                 &c.
                 Nono
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           THis
           Court
           doth
           Desire
           Mr.
           Dean
           of
           St.
           
           Paul's
           to
           Print
           his
           Sermon
           ,
           Preached
           at
           the
           Parish-Church
           of
           St.
           Bridget
           ,
           on
           Tuesday
           in
           Easter-Week
           last
           ,
           before
           the
           Lord-Mayor
           ,
           Aldermen
           ,
           and
           Governors
           of
           the
           several
           Hospitals
           of
           this
           City
           .
        
         
           
             GOODFELLOW
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             The
             Nature
             and
             Measure
             of
             Charity
             .
          
        
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           LORD
           MAYOR
           ,
           AND
           THE
           
             Court
             of
             Aldermen
          
           ,
           AT
           THE
           Parish-Church
           of
           St.
           BRIDGET
           ,
           ON
           Tuesday
           in
           
           Easter-Week
           ,
           April
           6.
           
           MDCXCVII
           .
        
         
           By
           WILLIAM
           SHERLOCK
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Dean
           of
           St.
           
           Paul's
           ,
           Master
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           His
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
        
         
           Printed
           for
           
             W.
             Rogers
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Sun
           against
           St.
           
           Dunstan's
           Church
           in
           Fleetstreet
           .
           MDCXCVII
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           DEAN
           of
           St.
           
           PAUL's
           SERMON
           Before
           the
           LORD
           MAYOR
           ,
           At
           St.
           
           Bridget's-Church
           on
           Easter-Tuesday
           .
           1697.
           
        
         
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             2
             COR.
             viii
             .
             12.
             
          
           
             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
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           Occasion
           of
           these
           Words
           was
           this
           .
           The
           Christians
           of
           Judaea
           were
           at
           this
           time
           in
           great
           Want
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           a
           general
           Dearth
           ,
           which
           was
           foretold
           by
           Agabus
           at
           
             Antioch
             ,
             Acts
          
           11.
           28.
           
           
             And
             there
             stood
             up
             one
             of
             them
             named
             Agabus
             ,
             and
             signified
             by
             the
             spirit
             ,
             That
             there
             should
             be
             great
             dearth
             throughout
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             which
             came
             to
             pass
             in
             the
             days
             of
             Claudius
             Caesar.
          
           Upon
           this
           Notice
           ,
           
             the
             Disciples
             ,
             every
             man
             according
             to
             his
             ability
             ,
             determined
             to
             send
             relief
             unto
             the
             Brethrem
             which
             dwelt
             in
             Judaea
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           that
           Contribution
           for
           the
           Saints
           which
           St.
           Paul
           directs
           them
           about
           ,
           at
           the
           Conclusion
           of
           his
           first
           Epistle
           to
           them
           ,
           Ch.
           16.
           and
           this
           is
           what
           he
           inculcates
           on
           them
           in
           this
           and
           the
           following
           
           Chapter
           ,
           but
           with
           so
           much
           Art
           and
           Insinuation
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           uses
           the
           most
           powerful
           Arguments
           ,
           yet
           he
           would
           not
           seem
           to
           persuade
           ,
           nor
           to
           think
           that
           they
           needed
           any
           Persuasion
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           not
           Honourable
           for
           Christians
           ,
           whose
           Religion
           is
           Charity
           ,
           to
           need
           such
           Persuasions
           and
           Importunities
           .
           They
           may
           be
           directed
           in
           their
           Charity
           ,
           and
           put
           in
           Mind
           of
           such
           particular
           Charities
           ,
           as
           are
           of
           the
           greatest
           Necessity
           ,
           or
           the
           most
           present
           use
           ,
           or
           have
           the
           most
           general
           Influence
           ,
           or
           do
           the
           greatest
           Reputation
           and
           Service
           to
           Religion
           ;
           or
           their
           Charity
           may
           be
           heightened
           ,
           inflamed
           ,
           and
           enlarged
           ,
           by
           the
           Proper
           Arguments
           and
           Motives
           of
           Liberality
           ;
           but
           their
           Religion
           teaches
           them
           to
           be
           Charitable
           ,
           and
           the
           Name
           and
           Profession
           of
           a
           Christian
           is
           a
           Reproach
           to
           them
           without
           it
           :
           And
           this
           is
           all
           the
           Apostle
           aims
           at
           even
           in
           his
           soft
           and
           tender
           way
           of
           Persuasion
           ;
           not
           merely
           to
           persuade
           them
           to
           contribute
           to
           the
           Necessities
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           which
           he
           knew
           they
           were
           willing
           to
           do
           ;
           but
           that
           they
           should
           contribute
           liberally
           ,
           with
           a
           free
           and
           chearful
           Heart
           ,
           and
           open
           Hand
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           sum
           of
           all
           his
           Arguments
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           shew
           you
           in
           the
           Conclusion
           ,
           if
           Time
           permit
           .
        
         
         
           But
           the
           great
           Difficulty
           concerns
           the
           proper
           Measures
           of
           a
           liberal
           and
           overflowing
           Charity
           .
           Our
           Saviour
           has
           prescribed
           no
           set
           Bounds
           and
           Proportions
           to
           our
           Charity
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           thought
           as
           possible
           to
           be
           imprudent
           and
           excessive
           ,
           as
           too
           frugal
           and
           sparing
           :
           We
           have
           many
           other
           Obligations
           upon
           us
           besides
           CHARITY
           ;
           to
           provide
           for
           our
           own
           comfortable
           Subsistence
           ,
           to
           take
           Care
           of
           our
           Wives
           and
           Children
           ,
           and
           to
           discharge
           all
           other
           Duties
           and
           Offices
           according
           to
           our
           Station
           and
           Character
           in
           the
           World
           :
           All
           which
           ought
           to
           set
           Bounds
           to
           our
           Charity
           .
           But
           what
           these
           Bounds
           are
           ,
           is
           thought
           the
           great
           Question
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           easily
           answered
           :
           This
           is
           true
           ;
           nor
           can
           any
           certain
           Measures
           be
           prescribed
           ;
           nor
           does
           the
           Apostle
           pretend
           to
           it
           :
           But
           though
           there
           is
           a
           great
           Latitude
           in
           true
           Christian
           Charity
           ,
           which
           does
           not
           consist
           in
           a
           Point
           ,
           but
           admits
           of
           different
           Degrees
           and
           Proportions
           ;
           yet
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           directs
           us
           to
           such
           a
           Principle
           ,
           as
           is
           much
           better
           and
           safer
           than
           any
           stated
           Rules
           ,
           because
           it
           will
           be
           sure
           never
           to
           sink
           below
           the
           just
           Proportions
           of
           Charity
           ;
           and
           will
           render
           all
           we
           do
           ,
           be
           it
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           very
           acceptable
           to
           
           God.
           
             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
             .
          
        
         
           In
           which
           Words
           ,
           I
           shall
           observe
           Three
           Things
           ,
           which
           are
           expressed
           ,
           or
           necessarily
           implied
           in
           them
           .
           First
           ,
           That
           a
           great
           Readiness
           and
           Forwardness
           of
           Mind
           ,
           to
           do
           Good
           ,
           is
           the
           true
           Spirit
           of
           Charity
           ;
           which
           gives
           Value
           and
           Acceptation
           to
           all
           we
           do
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           this
           Readiness
           of
           Mind
           to
           do
           Good
           ,
           to
           Relieve
           the
           Necessities
           of
           those
           who
           want
           ,
           will
           observe
           the
           just
           Proportions
           of
           Giving
           ,
           will
           give
           
             according
             to
             what
             a
             man
             hath
             :
          
           as
           is
           necessarily
           implied
           in
           the
           Words
           ;
           for
           if
           a
           willing
           Mind
           be
           accepted
           ,
           according
           to
           what
           a
           man
           hath
           ,
           it
           is
           ,
           because
           it
           gives
           according
           to
           what
           a
           man
           hath
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           where
           there
           is
           this
           Willing
           Mind
           ,
           with
           a
           fitting
           Proportion
           according
           to
           our
           Abilities
           ;
           whether
           it
           be
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           which
           we
           give
           ,
           it
           is
           equally
           acceptable
           to
           God.
           Such
           a
           Man
           
             is
             accepted
             according
             to
             what
             he
             hath
             ,
             not
             according
             to
             what
             he
             hath
             not
             .
          
           I
           shall
           speak
           as
           briefly
           as
           I
           can
           to
           each
           of
           these
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           not
           be
           prevented
           in
           such
           an
           Application
           ,
           as
           is
           proper
           to
           this
           Solemnity
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           That
           a
           great
           Readiness
           and
           Forwardness
           of
           Mind
           (
           for
           so
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           signifies
           )
           to
           do
           Good
           ,
           to
           relieve
           the
           Necessities
           of
           those
           in
           Want
           ,
           is
           the
           true
           Spirit
           of
           Charity
           ,
           and
           gives
           Value
           and
           Acceptation
           to
           all
           we
           do
           .
           Such
           a
           Willingness
           of
           Mind
           ,
           when
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           Principle
           and
           first
           Mover
           in
           all
           our
           Charitable
           Actions
           ,
           is
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           very
           acceptable
           to
           God.
           
        
         
           This
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           I
           may
           take
           for
           granted
           ;
           for
           what
           is
           the
           Grace
           and
           Vertue
           of
           Charity
           ,
           but
           a
           Charitable
           Inclination
           ,
           Disposition
           ,
           Temper
           ,
           Habit
           of
           Mind
           ?
           And
           what
           is
           this
           but
           a
           Readiness
           and
           Forwardness
           to
           do
           Good
           ?
           Our
           Inclinations
           and
           Passions
           are
           the
           Principles
           of
           Action
           ,
           and
           therefore
           have
           a
           natural
           Tendency
           towards
           their
           proper
           Acts
           and
           Objects
           ,
           and
           will
           act
           when
           they
           have
           the
           Power
           and
           Opportunity
           of
           Action
           :
           Charity
           is
           Love
           ,
           the
           Love
           of
           Pity
           and
           Compassion
           to
           the
           Miseries
           and
           Sufferings
           ,
           and
           Wants
           of
           our
           Brethren
           ;
           and
           Love
           in
           all
           other
           Instances
           is
           a
           very
           restless
           active
           Principle
           ;
           and
           so
           will
           our
           Love
           to
           the
           Poor
           and
           Miserable
           be
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           Inclination
           and
           Habit.
           
        
         
         
           There
           is
           no
           man
           but
           will
           pretend
           to
           be
           very
           ready
           and
           willing
           to
           do
           Good
           ,
           though
           he
           never
           does
           any
           :
           For
           to
           have
           no
           Inclination
           to
           do
           Good
           ,
           is
           so
           Infamous
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           do
           no
           good
           ,
           are
           ashamed
           to
           own
           it
           ;
           but
           to
           do
           no
           good
           ,
           is
           a
           Plain
           Evidence
           against
           them
           ,
           when
           nothing
           can
           hinder
           them
           from
           doing
           Good
           ,
           but
           the
           want
           of
           Will
           and
           Inclination
           to
           do
           it
           ;
           when
           God
           has
           furnished
           them
           with
           the
           means
           of
           doing
           Good
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           thousands
           of
           Objects
           to
           exercise
           their
           Charity
           ,
           and
           to
           move
           their
           Pity
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           any
           .
           The
           Will
           is
           accepted
           for
           the
           Deed
           ,
           both
           by
           God
           and
           Men
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           not
           in
           our
           Power
           to
           do
           that
           Good
           which
           we
           sincerely
           desire
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           which
           we
           would
           certainly
           do
           ,
           were
           it
           in
           our
           Power
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           to
           mock
           both
           God
           and
           Men
           ,
           to
           pretend
           a
           Willingness
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           visible
           to
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           That
           a
           Will
           to
           do
           Good
           is
           the
           only
           thing
           we
           want
           .
           But
           such
           a
           Readiness
           and
           Willingness
           of
           Mind
           as
           is
           Active
           and
           Vigorous
           ,
           as
           contrives
           and
           lays
           Designs
           of
           Charity
           ,
           or
           embraces
           such
           as
           are
           offered
           ,
           and
           takes
           all
           wise
           Opportunities
           of
           doing
           Good
           ,
           this
           is
           very
           acceptable
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           most
           Divine
           and
           God-like
           Temper
           ,
           the
           Image
           of
           his
           own
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           the
           noblest
           Exercise
           of
           
           our
           Love
           to
           Men
           ,
           inspired
           with
           the
           Love
           of
           God.
           Now
           in
           Moral
           Actions
           it
           is
           the
           Principle
           that
           gives
           the
           Value
           ;
           not
           so
           much
           the
           Gift
           ,
           as
           the
           Mind
           of
           the
           Giver
           ;
           and
           therefore
           St.
           Paul
           tells
           us
           ,
           That
           though
           
             we
             give
             all
             our
             goods
             to
             feed
             the
             poor
             ,
             and
             have
             not
             charity
             ,
             we
             are
             nothing
             .
          
           1
           Cor.
           13.
           3.
           
           God
           can
           feed
           the
           poor
           without
           us
           ,
           if
           he
           so
           pleases
           ;
           but
           as
           for
           several
           other
           wise
           ends
           of
           Providence
           ,
           so
           he
           has
           ordered
           ,
           That
           
             the
             poor
             shall
             be
             always
             with
             us
          
           for
           the
           trial
           and
           exercise
           of
           our
           Virtue
           ,
           but
           the
           Virtue
           is
           not
           the
           Gift
           ,
           but
           the
           Charity
           .
           And
           could
           we
           perform
           all
           the
           Acts
           of
           Charity
           without
           a
           charitable
           Mind
           ,
           the
           World
           might
           be
           better
           for
           it
           ,
           but
           not
           we
           our selves
           .
        
         
           2dly
           .
           This
           readiness
           and
           forwardness
           of
           Mind
           to
           do
           good
           will
           observe
           the
           just
           proportions
           of
           Charity
           ,
           will
           give
           
             according
             to
             what
             a
             man
             hath
             .
          
           I
           observed
           before
           ,
           That
           our
           Saviour
           in
           his
           Gospel
           hath
           prescribed
           no
           fixt
           Measures
           nor
           Proportions
           of
           Charity
           :
           Nor
           could
           he
           reasonably
           do
           this
           ,
           considering
           the
           nature
           of
           Charity
           ;
           which
           though
           it
           be
           not
           so
           absolutely
           free
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           chuse
           whether
           we
           will
           be
           charitable
           or
           no
           (
           for
           charitable
           we
           must
           be
           at
           the
           peril
           of
           our
           Souls
           )
           ;
           yet
           the
           proportions
           must
           be
           free
           ,
           or
           it
           is
           not
           Charity
           ,
           but
           a
           Poors
           rate
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           positive
           Laws
           ,
           which
           God
           
           gave
           the
           Jews
           for
           the
           relief
           of
           the
           Poor
           ,
           were
           no
           better
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           by
           the
           wiser
           Jews
           ,
           were
           never
           placed
           to
           the
           account
           of
           Charity
           ,
           but
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           a
           Legal
           Righteousness
           :
           Which
           is
           the
           very
           distinction
           St.
           Paul
           makes
           between
           a
           righteous
           and
           a
           
             good
             man
          
           ,
           Rom.
           5.
           7.
           
           
             But
             scarcely
             for
             a
             righteous
             man
             will
             one
             die
             ,
             yet
             peradventure
             for
             a
             good
             man
             one
             would
             even
             dare
             to
             die
             .
             A
             Righteous
             man
          
           is
           one
           ,
           who
           is
           legally
           Righteous
           ,
           and
           observes
           what
           the
           Law
           requires
           ;
           but
           a
           Good
           man
           is
           one
           who
           is
           acted
           by
           a
           free
           ,
           unconfined
           and
           generous
           Goodness
           .
        
         
           Now
           upon
           this
           pretence
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           no
           proportion
           assigned
           to
           Charity
           ,
           there
           are
           to●
           many
           ,
           who
           content
           themselves
           with
           very
           little
           ▪
           indeed
           with
           nothing
           which
           can
           properly
           b●
           called
           Charity
           .
           But
           I
           wonder
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           what
           these
           men
           make
           of
           all
           those
           Command●
           and
           Exhortations
           which
           we
           find
           in
           the
           Gosp●●
           to
           Charity
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           many
           ,
           so
           pressing
           an●
           importunate
           ,
           and
           bound
           on
           us
           by
           so
           many
           pr●mises
           of
           present
           and
           future
           Rewards
           ,
           and
           wit●
           so
           many
           terrible
           Threatnings
           denounced
           again●●
           the
           uncharitable
           ,
           that
           surely
           they
           must
           mea●
           something
           ;
           and
           as
           willing
           as
           men
           are
           in
           the●●
           Cases
           ,
           to
           pretend
           Ignorance
           ,
           I
           believe
           there
           a●●
           
           few
           men
           living
           ,
           but
           know
           in
           some
           measure
           what
           Charity
           means
           :
           And
           though
           they
           may
           dispute
           how
           much
           they
           ought
           to
           give
           ,
           yet
           certainly
           know
           ,
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           give
           ;
           and
           that
           to
           give
           nothing
           ,
           or
           what
           is
           next
           to
           nothing
           ,
           all
           Circumstances
           considered
           ,
           is
           not
           Charity
           .
        
         
           A
           Charitable
           Temper
           and
           Disposition
           of
           Mind
           is
           an
           indispensible
           Duty
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Essential
           Part
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           .
           This
           our
           Saviour
           commands
           ;
           and
           he
           need
           command
           no
           more
           ,
           for
           Charity
           is
           and
           will
           be
           a
           Rule
           and
           Measure
           to
           it self
           .
           Where
           this
           Divine
           Principle
           is
           ,
           it
           will
           teach
           us
           when
           ,
           and
           how
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           Proportion
           to
           give
           :
           The
           Sun
           needs
           no
           Rules
           and
           Directions
           how
           to
           communicate
           its
           Light
           and
           Heat
           .
           Nature
           is
           the
           surest
           and
           most
           infallible
           Rule
           ,
           and
           Law
           to
           it self
           ;
           and
           thus
           it
           is
           proportionably
           in
           Moral
           as
           well
           as
           in
           Natural
           Agents
           .
           For
           what
           is
           the
           immediate
           effect
           of
           Nature
           and
           Life
           ,
           can
           never
           be
           taught
           without
           its
           Principle
           ;
           cannot
           exceed
           its
           Principle
           ,
           and
           cannot
           fall
           below
           it
           .
           All
           the
           Rules
           in
           the
           World
           can
           never
           teach
           that
           man
           Charity
           ,
           who
           wants
           the
           Principle
           ;
           a
           Charitable
           Mind
           needs
           no
           Rules
           ,
           but
           turns
           naturally
           on
           its
           own
           Byas
           ;
           which
           will
           direct
           its
           Motions
           right
           .
        
         
         
           There
           is
           a
           great
           difference
           indeed
           between
           Natural
           and
           Moral
           Agents
           .
           Natural
           Agents
           are
           necessarily
           determined
           to
           some
           one
           End
           ,
           and
           therefore
           have
           but
           one
           Principle
           ,
           which
           uniformly
           and
           steddily
           pursues
           the
           Ends
           of
           Nature
           ;
           but
           Moral
           Agents
           ,
           as
           they
           act
           freely
           ,
           so
           they
           have
           many
           different
           Principles
           ,
           Inclinations
           ,
           and
           Passions
           ,
           which
           stint
           and
           limit
           each
           other
           ;
           that
           none
           of
           them
           can
           act
           to
           their
           utmost
           Vigour
           ,
           but
           as
           they
           are
           mutually
           poized
           and
           ballanced
           :
           And
           this
           is
           the
           Work
           of
           Reason
           and
           Religion
           ,
           to
           put
           them
           into
           their
           Natural
           Order
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           just
           Bounds
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           proportions
           the
           degrees
           of
           their
           Activity
           and
           Strength
           ;
           but
           yet
           every
           Principle
           ,
           unless
           violently
           oppressed
           ,
           will
           act
           according
           to
           its
           Nature
           ,
           as
           it
           more
           or
           less
           prevails
           .
           And
           this
           gives
           Measures
           and
           Proportions
           to
           all
           our
           Actions
           ;
           as
           to
           shew
           you
           this
           in
           our
           present
           Case
           .
        
         
           Charity
           is
           that
           Love
           to
           Mankind
           which
           makes
           us
           pity
           all
           their
           Wants
           and
           Sufferings
           ,
           and
           inspires
           us
           with
           a
           great
           Zeal
           and
           Concernment
           to
           Help
           and
           Relieve
           them
           .
           If
           you
           enquire
           ,
           What
           the
           Natural
           Measure
           of
           this
           Charity
           is
           ?
           I
           know
           no
           other
           Natual
           Measure
           ,
           but
           its
           Natural
           End
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           To
           relieve
           all
           that
           suffer
           and
           are
           in
           want
           ;
           for
           that
           is
           what
           Charity
           
           would
           do
           ,
           and
           what
           all
           Charitable
           Men
           heartily
           wish
           that
           they
           could
           do
           .
           Well!
           but
           this
           is
           impossible
           ,
           for
           there
           are
           too
           many
           miserable
           People
           for
           any
           man
           to
           Relieve
           them
           all
           .
           This
           is
           true
           ,
           and
           Want
           of
           Power
           must
           of
           Necessity
           set
           Bounds
           to
           our
           Charity
           ;
           but
           since
           we
           cannot
           Relieve
           all
           ,
           we
           must
           relieve
           such
           as
           we
           can
           ;
           and
           wisely
           consider
           where
           the
           greatest
           Necessities
           ,
           and
           greatest
           Obligations
           are
           :
           Which
           will
           give
           the
           Preference
           to
           Christians
           before
           Infidels
           ;
           to
           Good
           Men
           before
           the
           Wicked
           ;
           to
           God's
           Poor
           ,
           whom
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           has
           made
           Poor
           ,
           to
           the
           Poor
           of
           their
           own
           Making
           ,
           whom
           Idleness
           ,
           Luxury
           ,
           and
           Vice
           have
           made
           Poor
           and
           Miserable
           .
           Well!
           But
           how
           far
           must
           we
           Relieve
           these
           Poor
           ?
           Must
           we
           give
           as
           long
           as
           we
           have
           any
           thing
           to
           give
           ,
           and
           make
           our selves
           the
           Objects
           of
           Charity
           ?
           By
           no
           means
           !
           There
           are
           other
           as
           Natural
           Principles
           as
           Charity
           ,
           which
           must
           set
           Bounds
           to
           it
           .
           Self-Love
           is
           a
           Natural
           and
           Necessary
           Principle
           ;
           no
           man
           is
           bound
           to
           love
           any
           man
           better
           than
           himself
           :
           To
           love
           our
           Neighbour
           as
           our selves
           ,
           is
           all
           that
           the
           Gospel
           it self
           makes
           our
           necessary
           Duty
           ;
           though
           some
           Great
           and
           Generous
           Friendships
           ,
           and
           Divine
           Charities
           ,
           may
           go
           further
           ,
           
           as
           far
           as
           concerns
           this
           Life
           .
           Next
           to
           Self-Love
           ,
           our
           Natural
           Affection
           for
           our
           Wives
           and
           Children
           must
           take
           place
           ,
           as
           ingrafted
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           thought
           the
           Best
           and
           the
           Dearest
           Part
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           being
           nearest
           to
           our selves
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           best
           men
           are
           the
           most
           tenderly
           concerned
           for
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           chief
           thing
           ,
           which
           among
           men
           of
           any
           Principles
           ,
           disputes
           the
           Bounds
           of
           Charity
           :
           For
           as
           for
           those
           stupid
           Brutes
           ,
           who
           love
           Money
           only
           to
           look
           on
           ,
           or
           to
           count
           their
           Bags
           and
           Securities
           ,
           without
           suffering
           themselves
           ,
           or
           any
           Body
           else
           ,
           to
           use
           it
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           named
           :
           For
           I
           can
           hardly
           reckon
           them
           among
           reasonable
           Creatures
           .
           But
           men's
           Care
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           (
           not
           to
           descend
           at
           present
           to
           other
           Relations
           ,
           which
           may
           come
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           Charity
           ,
           though
           of
           a
           nearer
           and
           more
           sacred
           Obligation
           )
           is
           thought
           a
           very
           Prudent
           and
           Reasonable
           Consideration
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           and
           indeed
           is
           so
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           a
           great
           deal
           o●
           Truth
           and
           Reason
           in
           that
           common
           Saying
           rightly
           understood
           ,
           That
           
             Charity
             begins
             at
             Home
          
        
         
           The
           great
           Controversy
           then
           is
           between
           ou●
           Love
           to
           our Selves
           ,
           our
           Wives
           and
           Children
           ▪
           and
           Charity
           to
           the
           Poor
           .
           Now
           there
           is
           no
           Dispute
           ,
           but
           the
           first
           must
           have
           the
           Preference
           ;
           but
           yet
           Charity
           to
           the
           Poor
           must
           have
           its
           Place
           also
           
           And
           then
           the
           only
           Question
           is
           ,
           In
           what
           Proportion
           this
           must
           be
           ?
           And
           that
           is
           a
           very
           hard
           Question
           ,
           if
           you
           put
           it
           in
           Arithmetick
           ,
           for
           I
           can
           name
           no
           Proportion
           ;
           nor
           has
           our
           Saviour
           thought
           fit
           to
           name
           any
           :
           But
           ,
           as
           I
           observed
           to
           you
           before
           ,
           True
           Charity
           will
           assign
           a
           just
           Proportion
           to
           it self
           :
           For
           a
           true
           Charitable
           Mind
           will
           spare
           what
           it
           reasonably
           can
           ,
           and
           never
           below
           the
           Proportion
           of
           Charity
           ;
           and
           will
           spare
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Degrees
           of
           its
           Charity
           .
           I
           must
           be
           forced
           to
           represent
           this
           in
           short
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           not
           be
           tedious
           .
        
         
           That
           Love
           we
           have
           for
           our selves
           ,
           and
           for
           our
           Natural
           Dependents
           ,
           will
           generally
           secure
           us
           against
           exceeding
           the
           Proportions
           of
           Charity
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           seldom
           any
           Danger
           on
           that
           side
           .
           On
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           if
           we
           have
           a
           true
           Charitable
           Mind
           and
           a
           sincere
           Compassion
           for
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           others
           ,
           we
           shall
           certainly
           do
           what
           we
           our selves
           ,
           considering
           our
           Circumstances
           ,
           and
           what
           all
           Charitable
           men
           who
           know
           our
           Circumstances
           ,
           will
           call
           Charity
           .
           But
           then
           ,
           the
           more
           Intense
           and
           Fervent
           our
           Charity
           is
           ,
           this
           will
           still
           increase
           the
           Proportion
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           to
           such
           Heights
           ,
           as
           can
           hardly
           escape
           the
           Censure
           of
           Affectation
           and
           Folly
           :
           And
           were
           it
           not
           for
           the
           Interposition
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           might
           sometimes
           prove
           very
           fatal
           to
           themselves
           
           and
           their
           Families
           .
           As
           to
           give
           you
           the
           Account
           of
           this
           in
           short
           ;
           There
           are
           Two
           things
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           dispose
           men
           to
           Give
           Liberally
           :
           A
           just
           Sense
           of
           the
           Miseries
           of
           others
           ;
           and
           a
           true
           Judgment
           of
           our
           own
           Abilities
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           First
           :
        
         
           A
           Charitable
           Mind
           is
           very
           easy
           to
           receive
           the
           impressions
           of
           Charity
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           charitably
           it
           is
           disposed
           ,
           still
           the
           more
           easy
           .
           Every
           pitiable
           Object
           moves
           and
           affects
           such
           men
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           no
           more
           able
           to
           resist
           the
           Silent
           Oratory
           of
           meager
           Looks
           ,
           naked
           Backs
           ,
           and
           hungry
           Bellies
           (
           were
           they
           not
           sometimes
           harden'd
           by
           Cheats
           and
           Vagabonds
           )
           than
           to
           deny
           themselves
           what
           is
           necessary
           to
           Life
           :
           Much
           less
           can
           they
           deny
           any
           known
           and
           unquestioned
           Charity
           ;
           for
           since
           Charitable
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           Acts
           of
           Charity
           they
           will
           do
           ,
           they
           are
           very
           glad
           to
           know
           how
           to
           dispose
           of
           their
           Charity
           ,
           to
           do
           that
           Good
           which
           they
           intend
           by
           it
           .
           A
           Soft
           and
           tender
           Mind
           ,
           which
           feels
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           suffers
           with
           them
           ,
           is
           the
           true
           Temper
           and
           Spirit
           of
           Charity
           ;
           and
           Nature
           prompts
           us
           to
           ease
           those
           Sufferings
           ,
           which
           we
           feel
           :
           This
           makes
           us
           so
           ready
           to
           supply
           our
           own
           Wants
           ,
           because
           we
           have
           a
           quick
           and
           smart
           Sense
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           the
           Christian
           Sympathy
           and
           fellow-feeling
           of
           Charity
           ,
           will
           proportionably
           incline
           us
           to
           relieve
           our
           suffering
           
           Brethren
           ,
           when
           we
           feel
           in
           our selves
           what
           it
           is
           they
           suffer
           .
           An
           inward
           Principle
           is
           more
           powerful
           than
           all
           external
           Arguments
           ;
           and
           Sense
           and
           Feeling
           is
           this
           Principle
           ;
           and
           Charity
           is
           this
           Sense
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           as
           for
           Proportions
           ,
           a
           Charitable
           Mind
           sets
           no
           other
           Bounds
           to
           its
           Charity
           ,
           but
           only
           Ability
           ;
           that
           the
           only
           Question
           is
           ,
           Whether
           we
           can
           spare
           any
           thing
           from
           our selves
           and
           Families
           ?
           and
           what
           we
           can
           spare
           ?
           Now
           when
           Charity
           is
           the
           Judge
           of
           this
           ,
           it
           is
           always
           a
           favourable
           Judge
           on
           the
           side
           of
           the
           Poor
           and
           Miserable
           ,
           and
           always
           the
           more
           favourable
           Judge
           ,
           the
           greater
           the
           Charity
           is
           :
           It
           will
           teach
           us
           to
           think
           ,
           That
           we
           want
           less
           ,
           and
           consequently
           can
           spare
           more
           ,
           when
           we
           consider
           how
           much
           others
           want
           :
           At
           least
           it
           will
           teach
           us
           to
           abate
           of
           what
           we
           do
           not
           want
           ;
           of
           all
           Idle
           and
           Superfluous
           Expences
           ;
           of
           all
           needless
           Pomp
           and
           Ceremony
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           than
           our
           Station
           and
           Character
           requires
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           incredible
           to
           think
           what
           an
           inexhausted
           Fund
           this
           would
           be
           for
           Charity
           :
           Did
           we
           truly
           estimate
           our
           own
           Wants
           ,
           rectifie
           our
           Expences
           ,
           and
           set
           just
           Bounds
           to
           our
           Desires
           ,
           many
           of
           us
           would
           soon
           find
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           a
           great
           deal
           to
           spare
           :
           And
           nothing
           will
           so
           effectually
           do
           this
           ,
           as
           Charity
           ;
           and
           therefore
           Charity
           is
           the
           best
           Rule
           and
           Measure
           to
           it self
           .
           So
           that
           there
           is
           no
           great
           occasion
           to
           dispute
           Proportions
           ;
           let
           us
           learn
           
           to
           be
           Charitable
           ,
           and
           Charity
           will
           teach
           us
           what
           to
           give
           .
           Every
           man
           can
           tell
           when
           another
           is
           Charitable
           ;
           and
           a
           Charitable
           man
           man
           can
           tell
           when
           he
           himself
           is
           so
           ;
           and
           as
           our
           Charity
           increases
           ,
           so
           we
           shall
           abound
           in
           the
           Fruits
           of
           Charity
           ;
           for
           the
           more
           we
           love
           ,
           the
           more
           liberally
           we
           shall
           give
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           not
           to
           leave
           what
           we
           will
           give
           to
           Charitable
           Uses
           ,
           to
           our
           own
           free
           Choice
           ,
           as
           a
           Trial
           of
           our
           Ingenuity
           ,
           as
           some
           represent
           it
           :
           For
           had
           this
           been
           the
           Case
           ,
           there
           should
           have
           been
           some
           Proportion
           fixt
           ,
           less
           than
           which
           we
           should
           not
           give
           ,
           though
           we
           might
           give
           as
           much
           more
           as
           we
           pleased
           ;
           for
           otherwise
           nothing
           is
           matter
           of
           strict
           Duty
           ,
           but
           all
           is
           left
           to
           Ingenuity
           ;
           which
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           true
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           not
           a
           more
           necessary
           Duty
           in
           all
           Religion
           than
           Charity
           ;
           and
           even
           the
           greatest
           Degrees
           and
           Heights
           of
           Charity
           ,
           are
           all
           Duty
           :
           For
           we
           are
           commanded
           to
           be
           Charitable
           ,
           and
           to
           aim
           at
           the
           highest
           Degrees
           of
           Charity
           ;
           and
           the
           Proportion
           of
           giving
           is
           referred
           to
           the
           Principle
           ,
           and
           included
           in
           the
           Degrees
           of
           Charity
           ;
           such
           a
           Proportion
           as
           such
           a
           Degree
           of
           Charity
           will
           give
           ,
           is
           as
           much
           a
           strict
           Duty
           as
           such
           a
           Degree
           of
           Charity
           is
           .
        
         
         
           The
           very
           nature
           of
           Charity
           proves
           that
           thus
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           can't
           be
           otherwise
           .
           For
           meerly
           to
           give
           ,
           or
           not
           to
           give
           ;
           to
           give
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           is
           no
           certain
           proof
           of
           a
           charitable
           ,
           or
           uncharitable
           Man
           ;
           how
           liberally
           soever
           we
           give
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           charitable
           ,
           unless
           we
           give
           from
           a
           principle
           of
           Charity
           ,
           and
           our
           Charity
           be
           as
           great
           as
           our
           Gift
           .
           So
           that
           had
           God
           prescribed
           how
           much
           every
           Man
           must
           give
           to
           the
           Poor
           ,
           they
           might
           have
           observed
           this
           proportion
           of
           Giving
           without
           any
           Charity
           ,
           and
           then
           such
           Gifts
           as
           these
           had
           been
           no
           acts
           of
           Charity
           ,
           when
           the
           Gift
           and
           the
           Charity
           was
           parted
           :
           But
           a
           charitable
           Man
           will
           give
           ,
           and
           will
           give
           in
           proportion
           to
           the
           degrees
           of
           his
           Charity
           ,
           and
           therefore
           Charity
           ;
           and
           the
           encrease
           of
           Charity
           is
           the
           only
           proper
           object
           of
           Command
           ;
           for
           he
           will
           give
           liberally
           ,
           who
           loves
           much
           ;
           and
           the
           proportion
           of
           giving
           is
           commanded
           in
           the
           degrees
           of
           Charity
           ,
           which
           alone
           can
           prescribe
           ,
           and
           will
           observe
           a
           just
           proportion
           .
        
         
           Let
           no
           man
           then
           inquire
           ,
           how
           much
           he
           must
           give
           ;
           the
           proper
           inquiry
           is
           ,
           how
           much
           he
           must
           love
           .
           Let
           no
           man
           satisfie
           himself
           with
           some
           small
           trifling
           presents
           ,
           which
           bear
           no
           proportion
           to
           what
           he
           has
           ,
           upon
           pretence
           that
           God
           has
           prescribed
           no
           proportion
           of
           giving
           ;
           but
           let
           him
           ask
           himself
           ,
           Whether
           ,
           in
           his
           own
           Conscience
           ,
           what
           he
           gives
           ,
           
           bears
           any
           proportion
           to
           that
           love
           and
           charity
           to
           the
           poor
           and
           miserable
           ,
           which
           God
           requires
           :
           and
           let
           him
           remember
           ,
           that
           though
           God
           has
           not
           fixt
           the
           proportions
           of
           giving
           ,
           he
           requires
           great
           degrees
           of
           Charity
           ;
           and
           though
           Men
           may
           give
           liberally
           without
           Charity
           ,
           yet
           not
           to
           give
           in
           some
           due
           proportion
           ,
           is
           a
           certain
           sign
           of
           want
           of
           Charity
           ,
           when
           there
           wants
           no
           ability
           to
           give
           .
        
         
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           observe
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           that
           what
           I
           have
           now
           said
           of
           Charity
           ,
           is
           true
           of
           all
           other
           Christian
           Graces
           and
           Vertues
           ;
           that
           it
           is
           the
           principle
           ,
           which
           both
           must
           and
           will
           give
           laws
           and
           measures
           to
           the
           external
           acts
           of
           such
           Graces
           and
           Vertues
           :
           As
           to
           instance
           at
           present
           only
           in
           the
           Acts
           of
           religious
           worship
           ,
           the
           measures
           and
           proportions
           of
           which
           are
           as
           much
           disputed
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           determined
           and
           limited
           by
           the
           laws
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           than
           those
           of
           Charity
           :
           We
           are
           commanded
           to
           fast
           ,
           and
           pray
           ,
           and
           to
           communicate
           at
           the
           Lord's
           Table
           ,
           and
           to
           read
           and
           meditate
           on
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           such
           other
           acts
           of
           Religion
           ;
           but
           we
           are
           not
           told
           ,
           how
           often
           we
           must
           fast
           and
           pray
           and
           receive
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           ,
           nor
           how
           much
           time
           we
           must
           spend
           in
           our
           publick
           or
           private
           Devotions
           ;
           or
           though
           all
           the
           publick
           Exercises
           of
           Religion
           must
           be
           regulated
           by
           the
           publick
           Authority
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           which
           as
           to
           time
           and
           
           place
           ,
           and
           other
           external
           circumstances
           ,
           is
           the
           safest
           rule
           ;
           yet
           our
           private
           Devotions
           are
           free
           ,
           and
           both
           publick
           and
           private
           Devotions
           have
           a
           great
           latitude
           ;
           and
           thus
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Charity
           ,
           some
           men
           think
           ,
           they
           can
           never
           spend
           time
           enough
           in
           the
           publick
           and
           private
           Exercises
           of
           Religion
           ;
           and
           others
           think
           a
           very
           little
           will
           serve
           the
           turn
           ,
           and
           any
           trifling
           pretence
           is
           sufficient
           to
           excuse
           them
           from
           their
           Closets
           ,
           or
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           especially
           from
           the
           Lord's
           Table
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           resolution
           of
           this
           is
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Charity
           ;
           We
           are
           commanded
           to
           be
           devout
           Worshippers
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           spirit
           of
           Devotion
           naturally
           prescribes
           the
           external
           measures
           and
           proportions
           .
           Devout
           minds
           ,
           who
           have
           a
           true
           sense
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           constant
           dependence
           on
           him
           ;
           That
           they
           owe
           all
           temporal
           and
           spiritual
           Blessings
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           daily
           need
           the
           pardon
           of
           their
           Sins
           ,
           the
           protection
           of
           his
           Providence
           ,
           and
           the
           supplies
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           will
           never
           fail
           to
           worship
           God
           ,
           whom
           they
           inwardly
           reverence
           and
           adore
           ;
           and
           as
           our
           devout
           sense
           of
           God
           encreases
           in
           strength
           and
           vigour
           ,
           the
           external
           expressions
           of
           devotion
           will
           be
           more
           frequent
           ,
           more
           lively
           and
           affecting
           ;
           for
           nature
           will
           exert
           it self
           ,
           and
           will
           exert
           it self
           in
           proportion
           to
           its
           strength
           and
           vigour
           .
           But
           to
           return
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           The
           third
           thing
           I
           proposed
           ,
           I
           must
           at
           present
           wave
           ;
           that
           where
           there
           is
           a
           willing
           mind
           ,
           with
           a
           fit
           proportion
           ,
           according
           to
           our
           abilities
           ,
           (
           which
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           heard
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           a
           truly
           willing
           and
           charitable
           mind
           )
           whether
           it
           be
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           that
           we
           give
           ,
           it
           is
           equally
           acceptable
           to
           God.
           Such
           a
           man
           is
           accepted
           according
           to
           what
           he
           hath
           ,
           not
           according
           to
           what
           he
           hath
           not
           :
           and
           indeed
           there
           is
           no
           great
           occasion
           to
           insist
           on
           it
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           self-evident
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           not
           exact
           that
           from
           us
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           not
           .
        
         
           Only
           we
           must
           observe
           ,
           that
           this
           does
           not
           excuse
           any
           man
           from
           Charity
           ,
           though
           he
           have
           nothing
           to
           give
           ;
           he
           must
           have
           a
           willing
           charitable
           mind
           to
           make
           him
           accepted
           ;
           nor
           does
           it
           excuse
           those
           from
           Charity
           ,
           who
           have
           but
           little
           to
           give
           ,
           for
           they
           must
           give
           according
           to
           what
           they
           have
           :
           nor
           does
           it
           excuse
           those
           ,
           who
           have
           nothing
           to
           give
           ,
           from
           other
           acts
           of
           Charity
           ,
           which
           require
           the
           giving
           nothing
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           many
           such
           acts
           of
           real
           Charity
           there
           are
           ,
           which
           poor
           people
           may
           do
           for
           each
           other
           ,
           though
           they
           have
           not
           a
           penny
           in
           their
           purse
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           time
           now
           to
           turn
           my
           Discourse
           to
           the
           proper
           business
           of
           this
           great
           Solemnity
           .
           Publick
           Charities
           are
           always
           reckoned
           amongst
           the
           greatest
           Ornaments
           of
           any
           Country
           ,
           and
           make
           up
           the
           most
           
           lovely
           and
           charming
           part
           of
           their
           Characters
           :
           Stately
           and
           magnificent
           Buildings
           shew
           great
           art
           ,
           and
           great
           riches
           ,
           and
           a
           gallant
           and
           noble
           genius
           ,
           but
           great
           Charities
           have
           something
           divine
           ,
           and
           strike
           the
           mind
           with
           a
           religious
           veneration
           .
           There
           may
           be
           much
           more
           magnificent
           shows
           ,
           than
           this
           day's
           procession
           ,
           but
           none
           which
           affect
           wise
           and
           good
           men
           with
           a
           sincerer
           pleasure
           :
           To
           follow
           a
           great
           number
           of
           Orphans
           ,
           in
           the
           mean
           ,
           but
           decent
           Dress
           of
           Charity
           ,
           singing
           the
           praises
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           praying
           for
           their
           Benefactors
           ,
           is
           beyond
           all
           the
           Roman
           Triumphs
           ,
           however
           adorned
           with
           a
           pompous
           equipage
           ,
           and
           great
           numbers
           of
           royal
           slaves
           .
        
         
           These
           present
           us
           with
           nothing
           but
           the
           miserable
           spectacles
           of
           spoil
           and
           rapine
           ,
           the
           uncertain
           changes
           and
           vicissitudes
           of
           fortune
           ,
           the
           lamentable
           fate
           of
           conquered
           Princes
           and
           People
           ,
           and
           the
           pride
           and
           insolence
           of
           Conquerors
           ;
           but
           here
           are
           the
           triumphs
           of
           a
           generous
           Goodness
           and
           divine
           Charity
           ,
           triumphs
           without
           blood
           and
           spoil
           ,
           without
           slaves
           ,
           and
           captives
           ,
           unless
           redeemed
           slaves
           ,
           rescued
           from
           the
           jaws
           of
           poverty
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           injuries
           and
           miseries
           of
           a
           ruined
           fortune
           :
           that
           to
           me
           this
           great
           City
           ,
           and
           this
           honourable
           Train
           ,
           never
           looks
           greater
           than
           in
           this
           humble
           pomp
           .
           A
           pomp
           not
           for
           vanity
           and
           ostentation
           ,
           but
           to
           endear
           and
           recommend
           
           Charity
           ,
           by
           shewing
           the
           visible
           and
           blessed
           fruits
           of
           it
           :
           and
           to
           the
           same
           end
           ,
           I
           must
           give
           you
           an
           account
           of
           the
           present
           state
           of
           these
           publick
           Charities
           .
        
         
           
             
               The
               REPORT
            
             was
             here
             Read.
             
          
           
             THat
             these
             are
             all
             great
             Charities
             ,
             I
             need
             not
             tell
             you
             ;
             indeed
             all
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             hard
             to
             know
             ,
             to
             which
             to
             give
             the
             preference
             ,
             and
             what
             occasion
             all
             these
             Charities
             have
             of
             fresh
             ,
             liberal
             ,
             and
             constant
             supplies
             ,
             
               the
               Report
            
             acquaints
             you
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             cannot
             pass
             over
             one
             thing
             I
             observe
             in
             
               this
               Report
            
             ,
             and
             which
             ,
             I
             fear
             ,
             many
             necessitous
             people
             feel
             ,
             that
             there
             have
             been
             no
             Orphans
             taken
             into
             
               Christ's
               Hospital
            
             this
             Year
             ,
             nor
             ,
             as
             I
             remember
             ,
             for
             two
             Years
             last
             past
             .
             I
             do
             not
             mention
             this
             by
             way
             of
             reflexion
             ,
             as
             any
             fault
             in
             the
             administration
             and
             government
             ,
             but
             to
             put
             you
             in
             mind
             ,
             how
             much
             that
             excellent
             foundation
             needs
             your
             supply
             ;
             and
             though
             I
             do
             not
             love
             to
             compare
             Charities
             ,
             they
             being
             all
             of
             great
             use
             and
             necessity
             in
             their
             kind
             ,
             yet
             I
             think
             this
             foundation
             has
             something
             to
             plead
             for
             it self
             beyond
             any
             other
             .
          
           
           
             A
             helpless
             age
             ,
             destitute
             of
             friends
             ,
             and
             all
             means
             of
             support
             will
             plead
             for
             it self
             without
             saying
             any
             thing
             :
             it
             is
             a
             pitiable
             sight
             to
             see
             poor
             innocent
             Children
             turned
             helpless
             into
             the
             wide
             World
             to
             starve
             ,
             or
             beg
             ,
             or
             steal
             ,
             or
             to
             suffer
             all
             imaginable
             difficulties
             and
             necessities
             at
             home
             :
             without
             education
             ,
             without
             government
             or
             discipline
             ,
             without
             being
             used
             to
             labour
             ,
             or
             taught
             any
             honest
             way
             of
             living
             ;
             which
             ,
             as
             they
             grow
             up
             ,
             improves
             into
             a
             habit
             of
             idleness
             ,
             and
             that
             betrays
             them
             to
             all
             degrees
             and
             kinds
             of
             wickedness
             ,
             trains
             them
             up
             to
             the
             Gallows
             ,
             or
             fills
             our
             other
             Hospitals
             with
             vagrant
             and
             miserable
             people
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             nothing
             ,
             which
             all
             wise
             Common-wealths
             have
             been
             more
             concerned
             for
             ,
             than
             the
             education
             of
             Children
             ,
             which
             proves
             a
             great
             support
             ,
             and
             gives
             great
             ease
             and
             security
             to
             any
             government
             ,
             by
             breeding
             up
             usefull
             members
             of
             it
             :
             So
             that
             this
             is
             a
             Charity
             ,
             which
             would
             in
             a
             great
             measure
             make
             some
             other
             Charities
             less
             needfull
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             certainly
             a
             greater
             Charity
             to
             prevent
             the
             miseries
             of
             mankind
             ,
             than
             to
             relieve
             them
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             Charity
             ,
             wherein
             every
             member
             of
             this
             great
             City
             ,
             is
             most
             nearly
             concerned
             ,
             because
             they
             and
             no
             others
             have
             a
             right
             to
             it
             .
             It
             is
             a
             provision
             
             for
             their
             posterity
             ,
             against
             all
             the
             sudden
             strokes
             of
             fortune
             ,
             which
             no
             man
             can
             be
             secured
             from
             ;
             Here
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             families
             ,
             which
             are
             unexpectedly
             ruined
             by
             the
             uncertain
             chances
             of
             trade
             may
             be
             raised
             again
             by
             Charity
             ;
             at
             least
             ,
             by
             that
             vertue
             and
             industry
             ,
             which
             their
             education
             teaches
             them
             ,
             and
             those
             fair
             advantages
             ,
             with
             which
             according
             to
             their
             several
             capacities
             they
             are
             placed
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             they
             have
             a
             new
             opportunity
             given
             them
             of
             trying
             a
             better
             fortune
             ,
             or
             rather
             ,
             a
             more
             propitious
             providence
             .
             So
             that
             every
             Citizen
             is
             concerned
             to
             promote
             and
             enlarge
             this
             Charity
             ,
             because
             no
             man
             knows
             who
             shall
             want
             it
             ,
             if
             not
             for
             his
             Children
             ,
             yet
             for
             his
             Grand-children
             ,
             or
             remoter
             descendents
             ;
             and
             possibly
             to
             men
             ,
             who
             are
             sensible
             of
             the
             uncertain
             changes
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             have
             a
             religious
             reverence
             for
             the
             divine
             providence
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             no
             mean
             argument
             to
             promote
             this
             Charity
             ,
             were
             care
             taken
             ,
             that
             the
             Descendents
             of
             Benefactors
             ,
             if
             ever
             they
             should
             want
             this
             Charity
             ,
             should
             certainly
             have
             it
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             certainly
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             this
             great
             City
             to
             make
             the
             best
             provision
             it
             can
             for
             the
             Children
             of
             unfortunate
             Citizens
             ;
             and
             those
             on
             whom
             providence
             has
             smiled
             ,
             while
             they
             have
             seen
             their
             Neighbours
             shipwrackt
             by
             such
             unaviodable
             accidents
             ,
             
             as
             no
             prudence
             or
             conduct
             could
             escape
             ,
             cannot
             make
             a
             more
             proper
             acknowledgment
             of
             the
             divine
             goodness
             than
             this
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             add
             but
             one
             thing
             more
             of
             this
             nature
             .
             This
             is
             the
             only
             Charity
             ,
             which
             is
             most
             likely
             to
             raise
             a
             fund
             of
             Charity
             :
             Among
             such
             great
             numbers
             ,
             as
             have
             their
             education
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             there
             have
             been
             ,
             and
             we
             may
             reasonably
             hope
             there
             always
             will
             be
             ,
             not
             a
             few
             ,
             who
             will
             raise
             their
             fortunes
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             remember
             ,
             their
             beginning
             was
             Charity
             .
             I
             'm
             sure
             ,
             such
             men
             ought
             to
             do
             so
             ,
             and
             then
             such
             an
             Hospital
             as
             this
             ,
             may
             help
             to
             support
             and
             enlarge
             it self
             ,
             and
             in
             time
             raise
             new
             Hospitals
             ,
             for
             new
             Colonies
             of
             Charity
             .
          
           
             But
             while
             I
             plead
             for
             
               Christ's
               Hospital
            
             ,
             I
             would
             not
             be
             thought
             to
             divert
             the
             whole
             current
             of
             Charity
             into
             this
             one
             channel
             ;
             as
             things
             now
             are
             ,
             there
             is
             absolute
             necessity
             of
             other
             Charities
             :
             the
             sick
             ,
             diseased
             ,
             and
             maimed
             ,
             are
             great
             objects
             of
             Charity
             ,
             especially
             Souldiers
             and
             Sea-men
             ,
             who
             venture
             their
             lives
             ,
             and
             lose
             their
             health
             and
             their
             limbs
             in
             the
             service
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             to
             defend
             our
             fortunes
             ,
             liberties
             ,
             lives
             ,
             and
             religion
             .
             There
             is
             none
             of
             us
             ,
             but
             would
             think
             it
             a
             very
             poor
             recompence
             for
             the
             loss
             of
             health
             and
             limbs
             to
             be
             cured
             upon
             Charity
             ;
             
             it
             is
             certainly
             the
             least
             that
             we
             can
             do
             for
             them
             ;
             so
             very
             little
             ,
             that
             if
             it
             be
             charity
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             barbarity
             to
             deny
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             but
             a
             very
             small
             degree
             of
             charity
             ,
             which
             is
             but
             one
             remove
             from
             barbarity
             itself
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             other
             sick
             ,
             and
             diseased
             ,
             and
             lame
             people
             ,
             who
             cannot
             be
             at
             the
             charge
             of
             a
             Cure
             ,
             where
             sickness
             ,
             disability
             ,
             and
             poverty
             meet
             ,
             this
             makes
             them
             double
             objects
             of
             charity
             ,
             especially
             ,
             as
             it
             often
             happens
             ,
             when
             these
             disabilities
             fall
             upon
             the
             industrious
             ,
             who
             before
             supported
             themselves
             and
             their
             families
             by
             honest
             labours
             ,
             without
             charity
             .
          
           
             Nay
             as
             for
             those
             ,
             who
             may
             be
             justly
             thought
             the
             least
             objects
             of
             charity
             ,
             the
             wicked
             and
             vicious
             ,
             who
             reap
             the
             deserved
             fruits
             of
             their
             own
             wickedness
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             they
             are
             the
             objects
             of
             the
             greatest
             pity
             ,
             because
             this
             life
             will
             not
             end
             their
             miseries
             ;
             and
             if
             we
             can
             prolong
             their
             lives
             here
             to
             save
             their
             souls
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             charity
             indeed
             ,
             and
             what
             effect
             the
             sense
             of
             their
             wickedness
             and
             sufferings
             ,
             and
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             may
             have
             upon
             them
             ,
             no
             man
             can
             tell
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             distracted
             Persons
             ,
             I
             believe
             ,
             no
             man
             ,
             who
             considers
             ,
             what
             a
             blessing
             reason
             and
             understanding
             is
             ,
             and
             what
             a
             misery
             the
             want
             of
             it
             is
             ,
             can
             think
             
             of
             them
             without
             the
             most
             sensible
             compassion
             :
             I
             think
             ,
             all
             other
             evils
             whatsoever
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             preferred
             before
             it
             ;
             and
             therefore
             to
             restore
             them
             to
             their
             senses
             again
             ,
             which
             we
             hear
             by
             the
             blessing
             of
             God
             is
             often
             done
             ,
             or
             however
             to
             keep
             them
             from
             doing
             themselves
             ,
             or
             others
             any
             injury
             ,
             and
             to
             preserve
             human
             nature
             from
             that
             contempt
             ,
             which
             such
             publick
             spectacles
             expose
             it
             to
             ,
             is
             a
             very
             extraordinary
             Charity
             .
          
           
             Now
             all
             this
             shews
             ,
             that
             a
             charitable
             man
             need
             not
             be
             at
             any
             great
             loss
             ,
             how
             to
             dispose
             of
             his
             Charity
             ;
             here
             are
             too
             many
             very
             proper
             objects
             of
             Charity
             ,
             (
             if
             God
             so
             pleased
             )
             and
             we
             ought
             to
             be
             very
             thankfull
             to
             God
             ,
             that
             we
             our selves
             are
             not
             in
             the
             number
             ,
             for
             
               it
               is
               more
               blessed
               to
               give
               ,
               than
               to
               receive
               .
            
          
           
             But
             then
             the
             great
             numbers
             of
             miserable
             people
             ,
             who
             in
             several
             kinds
             want
             our
             Charity
             ,
             is
             a
             very
             powerfull
             argument
             to
             greater
             liberality
             and
             bounty
             .
             For
             this
             I
             must
             add
             to
             what
             I
             have
             already
             said
             concerning
             the
             measures
             and
             proportions
             of
             Charity
             ;
             that
             a
             truly
             charitable
             mind
             will
             encrease
             its
             proportions
             according
             to
             present
             wants
             ;
             will
             sometimes
             abridge
             itself
             even
             in
             the
             conveniences
             of
             life
             to
             supply
             great
             and
             pressing
             necessities
             ;
             for
             a
             great
             love
             will
             not
             only
             spare
             ,
             what
             
             it
             easily
             can
             ,
             but
             when
             there
             is
             great
             reason
             for
             it
             ,
             will
             deny
             it self
             to
             do
             good
             .
          
           
             And
             here
             I
             intended
             to
             have
             represented
             to
             you
             our
             Apostles
             arguments
             for
             a
             liberal
             and
             bountifull
             Charity
             :
             but
             ,
             I
             fear
             ,
             I
             have
             already
             too
             much
             trespassed
             ;
             and
             where
             there
             is
             a
             willing
             mind
             ,
             so
             many
             and
             so
             great
             objects
             of
             Charity
             ,
             are
             themselves
             very
             pressing
             arguments
             .
             And
             therefore
             as
             the
             Apostle
             endeavours
             to
             inspire
             his
             Corinthians
             with
             an
             holy
             Emulation
             of
             the
             zeal
             and
             forwardness
             of
             the
             Churches
             of
             
               Macedonia
               ,
               how
               that
               in
               a
               great
               trial
               of
               affliction
               ,
               the
               abundance
               of
               their
               joy
               ,
               and
               their
               deep
               poverty
               ,
               abounded
               unto
               the
               riches
               of
               their
               liberality
            
             ;
             so
             I
             shall
             only
             desire
             you
             to
             emulate
             the
             great
             Examples
             of
             past
             and
             present
             times
             ,
             and
             that
             you
             would
             set
             as
             great
             Examples
             for
             times
             to
             come
             .
             If
             any
             thing
             deserves
             our
             emulation
             ,
             great
             and
             generous
             Charities
             do
             ,
             which
             are
             a
             resemblance
             and
             imitation
             of
             the
             divine
             goodness
             ,
             than
             which
             nothing
             can
             more
             endear
             us
             to
             God
             or
             Man
             :
             We
             owe
             all
             our
             present
             foundations
             to
             Royal
             Bounty
             and
             private
             Charities
             ;
             and
             thanks
             be
             to
             God
             ,
             our
             present
             age
             ,
             as
             bad
             as
             it
             is
             ,
             is
             not
             without
             some
             great
             Examples
             ;
             and
             though
             true
             virtue
             is
             void
             of
             the
             
             pride
             ,
             and
             vanity
             ,
             and
             envy
             ,
             and
             jealousies
             of
             earthly
             Rivals
             ,
             yet
             it
             fires
             at
             great
             Examples
             ,
             and
             is
             ashamed
             to
             be
             out-done
             by
             Equals
             in
             love
             to
             God
             or
             Men
             ;
             Especially
             when
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             whereof
             they
             are
             members
             ,
             and
             the
             Religion
             ,
             which
             they
             profess
             ,
             is
             concerned
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             well
             known
             ,
             how
             many
             pious
             and
             charitable
             foundations
             are
             owing
             to
             Popish
             superstition
             ;
             they
             hoped
             to
             expiate
             their
             sins
             ,
             and
             to
             merit
             heaven
             by
             their
             good
             works
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             hope
             ,
             and
             this
             perswasion
             ,
             they
             did
             a
             very
             great
             many
             .
             We
             understand
             better
             than
             to
             think
             of
             meriting
             any
             thing
             of
             God
             ,
             much
             less
             of
             purchasing
             a
             liberty
             of
             sinning
             ,
             by
             Acts
             of
             Charity
             ;
             but
             if
             those
             great
             rewards
             ,
             which
             are
             promised
             to
             Charity
             ,
             and
             which
             we
             profess
             to
             believe
             ,
             will
             not
             make
             us
             charitable
             ,
             without
             the
             opinion
             of
             merit
             and
             satisfaction
             ;
             Charity
             is
             so
             great
             and
             excellent
             a
             vertue
             ,
             and
             so
             very
             usefull
             to
             mankind
             ,
             that
             at
             least
             thus
             far
             Popery
             will
             be
             thought
             the
             better
             Religion
             ;
             and
             therefore
             as
             the
             Apostle
             argues
             ,
             
               As
               ye
               abound
               in
               every
               thing
               ,
               in
               faith
               ,
               and
               utterance
               ,
               and
               knowledge
               ,
               and
               all
               diligence
               ,
               and
               in
               your
               love
               to
               us
               ,
               see
               that
               ye
               abound
               in
               this
               grace
               also
               :
            
             As
             we
             have
             a
             more
             orthodox
             
             saith
             ,
             a
             clearer
             and
             distincter
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             a
             purer
             worship
             ,
             than
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             let
             us
             excell
             in
             Charity
             too
             ,
             and
             convince
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             to
             renounce
             Popery
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             renounce
             good
             works
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           BOOKS
           Publish'd
           by
           the
           Reverend
           Dr.
           Sherlock
           ,
           Dean
           of
           St.
           Paul's
           ;
           and
           to
           be
           Sold
           by
           
             W.
             Rogers
          
           .
        
         
           
             AN
             Answer
             to
             a
             Discourse
             ,
             entituled
             ,
             Papists
             protesting
             against
             Protestant
             Popery
             ,
             2d
             Edit
             .
             4to
             .
          
           
             An
             Answer
             to
             the
             Amicable
             Accommodation
             of
             the
             Differences
             between
             the
             Representer
             and
             the
             Answerer
             ,
             4to
             .
          
           
             A
             Sermon
             at
             the
             Funeral
             of
             the
             Reverend
             Dr.
             
               Calamy
               ,
               4to
            
             .
          
           
             A
             Vindication
             of
             some
             Protestant
             Principles
             of
             Church-Unity
             and
             Catholick
             Communion
             ,
             
               &c.
               4to
            
             .
          
           
             A
             Preservative
             against
             Popery
             ,
             in
             two
             Parts
             ,
             with
             the
             Vindication
             .
          
           
             A
             Discourse
             concerning
             the
             Nature
             ,
             Unity
             ,
             and
             Communion
             of
             the
             Catholick
             Church
             ,
             First
             Part
             ,
             4to
             .
          
           
             A
             Sermon
             before
             the
             Lord-Mayor
             ,
             Novemb.
             4
             1688.
             4to
             .
          
           
             A
             Vindication
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Trinity
             ,
             3d
             Edit
             .
             4to
             .
          
           
             The
             Case
             of
             Allegiance
             to
             Sovereign
             Powers
             stated
             ,
             
               &c.
               4to
            
             .
          
           
             A
             Vindication
             of
             the
             Case
             of
             Allegiance
             ,
             
               &c.
               4to
            
             .
          
           
             A
             Fast-Sermon
             before
             the
             Queen
             at
             
               Whitehall
               ,
               June
            
             17.
             4to
             .
          
           
             A
             Practical
             Discourse
             concerning
             Death
             .
             In
             Octavo
             .
             Ninth
             Edition
             ,
             Price
             3
             s.
             In
             Twelves
             ,
             Price
             2
             s.
             
          
           
             A
             Practical
             Discourse
             concerning
             Judgment
             ,
             4th
             Edit
             .
             8
             vo
             .
          
           
             A
             Sermon
             before
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             Jan.
             30.
             1692.
             
             4to
             .
          
           
             A
             Sermon
             preach'd
             before
             the
             Queen
             ,
             Feb.
             12.
             1692.
             
             4to
             .
          
           
             The
             Charity
             of
             Lending
             without
             Usury
             ,
             in
             a
             Sermon
             before
             the
             Lord-Mayor
             on
             Easter-Tuesday
             ,
             1692.
             4to
             .
          
           
             A
             Sermon
             at
             the
             
             Temple-Church
             ,
             May
             29.
             1692.
             
             4to
             .
          
           
             A
             Sermon
             Preach'd
             before
             the
             Queen
             ,
             June
             26.
             1692.
             
             4to
             .
          
           
             A
             Sermon
             Preach'd
             at
             the
             Funeral
             of
             the
             Reverend
             Dr.
             Meggot
             ,
             late
             Dean
             of
             Winchester
             ,
             Decemb.
             10.
             1692.
             
             4to
             .
          
           
             A
             Discourse
             concerning
             the
             Divine
             Providence
             ,
             2d
             Edit
             .
             4to
             .
          
           
             An
             Apology
             for
             Writing
             against
             
               Socinians
               ,
               4to
            
             .
          
           
             A
             Sermon
             at
             the
             
             Temple-Church
             ,
             Dec.
             30.
             1694.
             upon
             the
             sad
             Occasion
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             our
             Gracious
             Queen
             ,
             4to
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           BOOKS
           Printed
           for
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           Sold
           by
           
             W.
             Rogers
          
           .
        
         
           
             ARchbishop
             
             Tillotson's
             Works
             ,
             being
             all
             that
             were
             Publish'd
             by
             his
             Grace
             himself
             ;
             and
             now
             Collected
             into
             One
             Vol.
             Fol.
             Price
             20s
             .
          
           
             —
             Discourse
             against
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             8vo
             .
             alone
             .
             Price
             2d
             .
             stitcht
             .
          
           
             —
             Persuasive
             to
             Frequent
             Communion
             in
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             Lord's-Supper
             .
             8vo
             .
             sticht
             3d.
             In
             12
             o
             bound
             ,
             6d
             .
          
           
             —
             Sermons
             concerning
             the
             Divinity
             of
             our
             B.
             Saviour
             ,
             8vo
             .
          
           
             —
             Six
             Sermons
             .
             I.
             Of
             
               Stedfastness
               in
               Religion
            
             .
             II.
             Of
             Family-Religion
             .
             III
             ,
             IV
             ,
             V.
             Of
             
               the
               Education
               of
               Children
            
             .
             VI.
             Of
             
               the
               Advantages
               of
               an
               Early
               Piety
               .
            
             In
             8vo
             .
             Price
             3s
             .
             In
             12
             
             o.
             
               1s
               .
               6d
            
             .
          
           
             Bishop
             of
             
             Worcester's
             Doctrines
             and
             Practices
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             truly
             Represented
             ,
             
               &c.
               4to
            
             .
          
           
             —
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Trinity
             and
             Transubstantiation
             compar'd
             ,
             in
             in
             Two
             Parts
             ,
             4to
             .
          
           
             Bishop
             of
             
             Norwich's
             Two
             Sermons
             of
             the
             Wisdom
             and
             Goodness
             of
             Providence
             ,
             before
             the
             Queen
             at
             
               Whitehall
               ,
               4to
            
             .
          
           
             —
             Sermon
             preach'd
             at
             St.
             
             Andrew's
             Holborn
             ,
             on
             Gal.
             6.
             7.
             
          
           
             —
             Of
             Religious
             Melancholy
             .
             A
             Sermon
             preach'd
             before
             the
             Queen
             at
             
               Whitehall
               ,
               4to
            
             .
          
           
             —
             Of
             the
             Immortality
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             preach'd
             before
             the
             King
             and
             Queen
             at
             Whitehall
             ,
             on
             
               Palm-Sunday
               ,
               4to
            
             .
          
           
             Bishop
             of
             Bath
             and
             Wells
             Commentary
             on
             the
             Five
             Books
             of
             Moses
             :
             with
             a
             Dissertation
             concerning
             the
             Author
             or
             Writer
             of
             the
             said
             Books
             ;
             and
             a
             General
             Argument
             to
             each
             of
             Them
             ,
             in
             2
             Vol.
             8vo
             .
          
           
             Dr.
             
             Clagett's
             Sermons
             ,
             in
             Two
             Volumes
             ,
             8vo
             .
          
           
             Dr.
             
             Wake
             's
             Sermons
             ,
             in
             8vo
             .
          
           
             A
             Defence
             of
             the
             Dean
             of
             St.
             
             Paul's
             Apology
             for
             Writing
             against
             the
             
               Sacinians
               ,
               4to
            
             .
          
           
             A
             Defence
             of
             Dr.
             
             Sherlock's
             Notion
             of
             the
             Trinity
             in
             Unity
             ,
             4to
             .
          
           
             An
             Answer
             to
             the
             Animadversion
             on
             the
             Dean
             of
             St.
             
             Paul's
             Vindication
             of
             the
             Trinity
             ,
             4to
             .
          
           
             The
             Distinction
             between
             Real
             and
             Nominal
             Trinitarians
             Examined
             ,
             and
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             a
             Real
             Trinity
             Vindicated
             from
             the
             Charge
             of
             Tritheism
             :
             In
             Answer
             to
             a
             late
             Socinian
             Pamphlet
             ,
             Entituled
             ,
             The
             Judgment
             of
             a
             Dis-interested
             Person
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Controversie
             about
             the
             B
             Trinity
             ,
             depending
             betw
             .
             Dr.
             
               S
               —
               th
            
             and
             Dr.
             
               Sherlock
               ,
               4to
            
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             
             Tyrrell's
             History
             of
             England
             ,
             Fol.
             Price
             20s
             .
          
           
             Dr.
             
             Pelling's
             Discourse
             concerning
             the
             Existence
             of
             God
             ,
             8vo
             .
          
           
             —
             Practical
             Discourse
             concerning
             Holiness
             ,
             8vo
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
      
    
  

