A25470:1032
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers, September 1661.
London: printed for Joshua Kirton and Nathaniel Webb, 1661
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.
2. When God by his providence hath any way blessed and increased thy stock and store, by prospering thy adventure at Sea, or thy trading at home, or by some great Legacy bequeathed thee by some of thy friends, that is a seasonable time for thee to give out freely and liberally to the relief of the poor, in testimony of thy thankfulness unto God for his bounty towards thee. I know it is usual with most men upon the increase of their stock and store, to sacrifice to their own nets, to ascribe their wealth to their own wit and policy, and to say in their hearts,1 Their power, and the might of their hand hath gotten them this wealth. But mark what Moses saith in the next verse, 18. Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God, it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth. Seeing therefore what thou hast, thou hast received from God, whatsoever the means and instruments were of conveying it unto thee, is it not most just and equal, that in way of thankfulness, thou shouldest set apart some portion thereof for the poor and needy?
2. When God by his providence hath any way blessed and encreased thy stock and store, by prospering thy adventure at Sea, or thy trading at home, or by some great Legacy bequeathed thee by some of thy friends, that is a seasonable time for thee to give out freely and liberally to the relief of the poor, in testimony of thy thankfulness unto God for his bounty towards thee. I know it is usual with most men upon the encrease of their stock and store, to sacrifize to their own nets, to ascribe their wealth to their own wit and policy, and to say in their hearts,1 Their power, and the might of their hand hath gotten them this wealth. But mark what Moses saith in the next verse, 18. Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God, it is hee that giveth thee power to get wealth. Seeing therefore what thou hast, thou hast received from God, whatsoever the means and instruments were of conveying it unto thee, is it not most just and equal, that in way of thankfulness, thou shouldest set apart some portion thereof for the poor and needy?