The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved

Quest. May we not give Alms if others be by?

Quest. May wee not give Alms if others bee by?

Ans. Yea, if need so require, as at public Collections, or when in public we see one stand in need. But we may not do it with a mind to have it known, our mind must be free from all such conceit, and ⟨p. 279⟩we must so do it, as if we were alone. That Alms is not unacceptable which is given and seen of men, but that which is given to be seen of men. ¹So that the scope of our Saviour in the fore-mentioned place is to take us off from all vain-glory, in giving of our Alms, that as much as in us lieth we should endeavour to hide and conceal our good works from the eye of the world.

Ans. Yea, if need so require, as at publick Collections, or when in publick wee see one stand in need. But wee may not do it with a mind to have it known, our mind must bee free from all such conceit, and ⟨p. 279⟩wee must so do it, as if wee were alone. That Alms is not unacceptable which is given and seen of men, but that which is given to bee seen of men. ¹So that the scope of our Saviour in the fore-mentioned place is to take us off from all vain-glory, in giving of our Alms, that as much as in us lieth wee should indeavour to hide and conceal our good works from the eye of the world.

1. 1Non est ingrata cleemosyna quae fit & videtur, sed quae fit ut videatur.