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

4. Days of Thanksgiving for some eminent mercy, are another seasonable time of doing works of mercy. The remembering of the poor at such times is expressly commanded in Scripture;¹ Thou shalt rejoice in thy heart, thou, and thy Son, and thy Daughter, and thy Man-servant, and thy Maid-servant, and the Levites, the Stranger, and the Fatherless, and the Widow: Here the Stranger, the Fatherless, the Widow are commanded to rejoice on their days of Feasting, which presupposeth the rich mens sending portions of their good cheer unto them; which was the practice of the people of God, as appeareth by that command of Nehemiah to the Jews on a day of Thanksgiving; Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, ²and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared. And their day of Thanksgiving from Hamans conspiracy, is called a day of feasting, ³and of sending portions one to another and gifts to the poor. And what more seasonable time can there be for showing mercy to the poor, than when we are blessing God for his manifold mercies vouchsafed unto us?

4. Daies of Thanksgiving for some eminent mercy, are another seasonable time of doing works of mercy. The remembring of the poor at such times is expresly commanded in Scripture;¹ Thou shalt rejoyce in thy heart, thou, and thy Son, and thy Daughter, and thy Man-servant, and thy Maid-servant, and the Levites, the Stranger, and the Fatherless, and the Widdow: Here the Stranger, the Fatherless, the Widdow are commanded to rejoyce on their daies of Feasting, which presupposeth the rich mens sending portions of their good chear unto them; which was the practice of the people of God, as appeareth by that command of Nehemiah to the Jews on a day of Thanksgiving; Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, ²and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared. And their day of Thanksgiving from Hamans conspiracy, is called a day of feasting, ³