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A godly and learned exposition of Christs Sermon in the Mount
A godly and learned exposition of Christs Sermon in the Mount: preached in Cambridge by that reverend and judicious divine M. William Perkins. Published at the request of his executors by Th. Pierson preacher of Gods word. Whereunto is adjoined a twofold table: one, of special points here handled; the other, of choice places of Scripture here quotedA godly and learned exposition of Christs Sermon in the Mount: preached in Cambridge by that reuerend and iudicious diuine M. William Perkins. Published at the request of his exequutors by Th. Pierson preacher of Gods word. Whereunto is adioyned a twofold table: one, of speciall points here handled; the other, of choise places of Scripture here quoted
Cambridge : Printed by Thomas Brooke and Cantrell Legge, printers to the University of Cambridge, 1608Cambridge : Printed by Thomas Brooke and Cantrell Legge, printers to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge, 1608
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II. Question. Whereof are alms to be raised? Ans. First, of our1 own goods: for a man ought not to give that which is an other mans: and therefore those that owe more then they are worth, cannot give alms, but are rather fit to receive, for all that they have in right and conscience belongs to some others. Secondly, our Alms must be of 23our first fruits: things wholesome and good, and such as are fit for the person relieved. They must not be the refuse of our goods, which we know not else what to do with: Nehem. 8. 10. Part of the fat, and of the sweet must be sent to them, for whom none is provided. Thirdly,4 Alms must be of goods lawfully gotten: for evil gotten goods must be restored, either to the owner (if he be known) or to some of his kindred, or to the Magistrate: which shows, that the Usurer ought rather to restore, then to give alms of his gain for usury. Fourthly,5 6our Alms must be given of our own, with difference and discretion: every mans goods for the most part may be distinguished into four degrees: first, some are necessary to preserve life, without which a man7 and his family cannot live: secondly, some are necessary to a mans estate,8 as those goods by which a man putteth in practise the duties of his calling, ⟨p. 190⟩such are books unto the Student, and tools unto the trades man: a third sort are such, as are requisite for the decency of a mans estate,9 and such are those that make a man walk in his calling with comfort, ase, profit, and delight: the fourth sort of goods are superfluous; that