The works of the reverend and faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…

Now it remaineth to entreat of the duties of love, because the Lord his Sabbath is not a day of knowledge alone, but of love; not only of hearing the word by preaching, but¹ also of doing the word by practising: and these duties either respect the persons of our brethren, or they concern such things as are about our brethren. The things concerning their persons, are either in regard of their souls or of their bodies: the exercises respecting the things that are about them, are either appertaining to their goods, or to their credit. The duties unto the souls of our brethren, are to teach the ignorant, to bring sinners to repentance, to bind up the wounds of them that are afflicted in spirit, to comfort the weak, to strengthen the hands that fall down, and the knees that are ready to faint, to stir up them which be dull, to admonish the unruly, to confirm the faith of them that believe, to encourage them in welldoing, which have begun well, and to rebuke the wilful offenders▪ And though these should be the exercises of every day, yet especially they belong to the Sabbath, wherein we make a supply of the wants, which we have on the week days. The duties of love required to the bodies of our brethren, are the visiting of the sick, the relieving of the imprisoned, the helping of the poor and miserable, the feeding of the hungry, ⟨p. 161⟩the clothing of the naked, the comforting of the distressed, the bestowing of our goods on them that are needy.

Now it remaineth to intreate of the duties of loue, because the Lord his Sabbath is not a day of knowledge alone, but of loue; not onely of hearing the word by preaching, but¹ also of doing the word by practising: and these duties either respect the persons of our brethren, or they concerne such things as are about our brethren. The things concerning their persōs, are either in regard of their soules or of their bodies: the exercises respecting the things that are about them, are either appertaining to their goods, or to their credite. The duties vnto the soules of our brethren, are to teach the ignorant, to bring sinners to repentance, to bind vp the wounds of them that are afflicted in spirit, to comfort the weak, to strengthen the hands that fall downe, and the knees that are readie to faint, to stirre vp them which be dul, to admonish the vnruly, to confirme the faith of them that beleeue, to encourage them in weldoing, which haue begun well, and to rebuke the wilfull offenders And though these should be the exercises of euery day, yet especially they belong to the Sabbath, wherein we make a supplie of the wants, which we haue on the weeke daies. The duties of loue required to the bodies of our brethren, are the visiting of the sicke, the relieuing of the imprisoned, the helping of the poore and miserable, the feeding of the hungrie,