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will not afford poor Lazarus the crumbs that fall from their table: but as the damsel, Acts 12. opened not the door for joy when she ⟨image 43⟩heard Peters voice: so by contrary, these men for very grief shut their gates when they perceive a beggar there. Finally, Zaccheus was joyful when he entertained Christ, but many amongst us are sorrowful when they should relieve the poor: like churlish Nabal, 1. Sam. 25. that reviled David, when he should have relieved him.

will not affoorde poore Lazarus the crummes that fall from their table: but as the damsell, Actes 12. opened not the doore for ioy when shee ⟨image 43⟩heard Peters voice: so by contrary, these men for very griefe shut their gates when they perceiue a begger there. Finallie, Zaccheus was ioyfull when hee entertained Christ, but many amongst vs are sorrowfull when they should relieue the poore: like churlish Nabal, 1. Sam. 25. that reuiled Dauid, when he should haue relieued him.

So long as Job prospered, he kept a worthy and a worshipful house, he suffered not the stranger to lye in the streets, but opened his door to the Traveller that went by the way, Job. 31. 32. but now many gentlemen of the country are content to suffer the stranger, the fatherless and the widow, not only to lye, but even to starve and die in the streets with hunger and cold, and never receive them to house or harbour, nor afford them any relief or succour. But as the voice of Abel's blood did cry from the earth to ¹God for vengeance against his brothers cruelty: so the voice of the poor and their piteous cries, shall enter into the ears of the Lord, and their guiltless blood (which is poured forth in every place without all compassion) shall pull down hasty and sudden vengeance from heaven upon the heads of these unmerciful cormorants, unless while this time of mercy lasteth, they show mercy to their distressed neighbours.