The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

Frugality, I call a keeping together of that which God hath given us, for the better bestowing of it, to good and profitable uses, that ^uour abundance may supply other mens wants, as the Apostle speaketh. Our Saviour in his own example doth herein go before us, when he biddeth, ^xGather together the fragments, that nothing ⟨p. 211⟩be lost. Which Lesson Judas the Traitor had learned of his Master, though he used it but ill-favouredly, as an Hypocrite, to serve his own turn: To what end, saith ^yhe, is this waste? for this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. The contrary is,

Frugalitie, I call a keeping together of that which God hath giuen vs, for the better bestowing of it, to good and profitable vses, that ^uour abundance may supply other mens wants, as the Apostle speaketh. Our Sauiour in his owne example doth herein goe before vs, when he biddeth, ^xGather together the fragments, that nothing ⟨p. 211⟩be lost. Which Lesson Iudas the Traytor had learned of his Master, though hee vsed it but ill-fauouredly, as an Hypocrite, to serue his owne turne: To what end, saith ^yhe, is this waste? for this oyntment might haue beene sold for much, and giuen to the poore. The contrarie is,

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