A15012:83
The poor mans advocate, or, A treatise of liberality to the needy. Delivered in…The poore mans advocate, or, A treatise of liberality to the needy. Delivered in…
The poor mans advocate, or, A treatise of liberality to the needy. Delivered in sermons by William Whately minister of BanburyThe poore mans advocate, or, A treatise of liberality to the needy. Delivered in sermons by William Whately minister of Banbury
London: printed by George for George Edwards, 1637
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Ob. 1 First, I do not know, that they be so poor and in such need, To this I answer.
Ob. 1 First, I doe not know, that they be so poore and in such need, To this I answer.
Sol. First, many a man must tell a flat untruth in so saying, for he doth know if he would heed the necessity of his neighbours, it is evident unto him if he would not forget, therefore to such men I must apply that of Solomon in another case, If thou ⟨p. 154⟩sayest I know it not, doth not God ponder the hearts, doth not he know it? Pro. 24.12. Can you mock God with pretending ignorance.
Sol. First, many a man must tell a flat untruth in so saying, for he doth know if he would heed the necessity of his neighbours, it is evident unto him if he would not forget, therfore to such men I must apply that of Salomon in another case, If thou ⟨p. 154⟩saist I know it not, doth not God ponder the hearts, doth not he know it? Pro. 24.12. Can you mocke God with pretending ignorance.
Secondly, if you know it not, is it not for want of enquiring, and seeking to know, how comes it you are so inquisitive of other things that nothing can escape you, and here you be so careless of enquiring, that you know nothing: So it is often your fault not to know, and one fault cannot excuse another. A second excuse is,