A20764:301
The plea of the poor. Or A treatise of beneficence and alms-deeds teaching how…The plea of the poore. Or A treatise of benificence and almes-deeds teaching how…
The plea of the poor. Or A treatise of beneficence and alms-deeds teaching how these Christian duties are rightly to be performed, and persuading to the frequent doing of them. Necessary for these times, wherein the works of mercy are so much neglected, or so undiscreetly practiced. Published by John Downame Bachelor in Divinity.The plea of the poore. Or A treatise of benificence and almes-deeds teaching how these Christian duties are rightly to be performed, and perswading to the frequent doing of them. Necessary for these times, wherein the workes of mercy are so much neglected, or so vndiscreetly practized. Published by Iohn Downame Bachelour in Diuinitie.
London: printed by Edward Griffin for Ralph Mabbe, 1616
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.
Sect. 8. Next unto our Parents, our children are to be cared for.
Sect. 8. Next vnto our Parents, our children are to be cared for.
After parents our next care ought to be for our children, of which I shall need to say little because nature it self doth teach so much, and unto them I adjoin the whole family who are under the charge of the Governors, and therefore to be provided for by them as well, in their place & kind, as those that come out of their own loins. And though a mans kindred and friends may be nearer to him then many under his roof, both in respect of blood and also loving affection; yet when he hath by admitting them into his family taken charge of them, he is to provide for them before the other. According to that 1. Tim. 5. 8. If any provide not for his own and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith and is worse ⟨p. 133⟩then an infidel.
After parents our next care ought to be for our children, of which I shall neede to say little because nature it selfe doth teach so much, and vnto them I adioyne the whole familie who are vnder the charge of the Gouernours, and therefore to be prouided for by them as well, in their place & kinde, as those that come out of their own loines. And though a mans kindred and friends may be neerer to him then many vnder his roofe, both in respect of blood and also louing affection; yet when he hath by admitting them into his family taken charge of them, he is to prouide for them before the other. According to that