A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

1 Cheerfully; As thou hast gotten, give with a cheerful eye, Eccles. 35.10. A good countenance refresheth the poor mans mind, as well as the alms doth his body. Those liquors of oil or wine that pour out themselves, and drop of their own accord and maturity from their native places, are better than they that are pressed, and squeezed out by violence. Give without pressing; the LORD loves a cheerful giver. This is Duplex eleemosyna; & quia damus, & quia hilariter damus: ¹The good is doubled by cheerfulness.

1 Cheerefully; As thou hast gotten, give with a cheerefull eye, Eccles. 35.10. A good countenance refresheth the poore mans minde, as well as the almes doth his body. Those liquours of oyle or wine that powre out themselves, and drop of their owne accord and maturitie from their native places, are better than they that are pressed, and squeased out by violence. Give without pressing; the LORD loves a cheerefull giver. This is Duplex eleemosyna; & quia damus, & quia hilariter damus: ¹The good is doubled by cheerefulnesse.

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2 Discreetly, not with confusion. Quod quotidic fit, moderatè fiat, Sen. Give so to day, that thou mayest give to morrow. Confine not thy charity to the twelve days. The charitable man keeps Christmas all the year; gives so at once, ⟨p. 160⟩that he may give still: as we sow the furrow, not by the bushel, but by the handful,

2 Discreetly, not with confusion. Quod quotidic fit, moderatè fiat, Sen. Give so to day, that thou mayest give to morrow. Confine not thy charity to the twelve dayes. The charitable man keepes Christmas all the yeere; gives so at once,