Saint Stevens last will and testament A funeral sermon on Acts 7. ver. 59.…Saint Stevens last will and testament A funerall sermon on Acts 7. ver. 59.…

To begin with the latter. For her Charity, ^ait began indeed at home; (both ^breason and religion require it should so do) at her kindred and allies, I mean; of whom, not a few (as I touched in part before) were relieved and supported by her; there seldom or never wanting some or other of them, that were either educated with her, or maintained near to her. But neither did her charity stay and stint it self there, with them that were with her, as at the Well-head; but the streams of it issued out & dispersed themselves abroad to poor neighbours of all sorts, on every side of her. Divers pensioners she had, that in a constant course received the fruits of her bounty; but no other were excluded from tasting thereof, and that liberally and largely, when ⟨p. 27⟩occasion so required. For she was (which I take to be ^ctwo principal properties of Charity) as very ^dpitiful and prone to commiserate the wants and necessities of others; so no less ^ebountiful and forward to communicate thereunto, as well by personal aides, as by free and liberal supplies. And whereas she had pretty skill in matter of Physic and Chirurgery, (as indeed what was she not skilful in?) in this kind she was exceeding helpful, by Waters and Medicines, as well as advice, to such poor souls as were not able to entertain Physician, or to go to the cost of procuring Physic; being not only as Physician, but as Apothecary also to them. In regard of which her charitable both disposition and practise, as I doubt not, but that she both had the prayers of the poor, that ^fblessed God for her, while she lived, and hath now the ^greward of it from him and with him in Heaven; so I assure my self, that those poor souls in those parts do find no small want of her, now she is gone, and will eele it daily more and more.