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

II. By a free and liberal giving to the relief of those who are in want, of which I have already largely spoken.

III. By a ready lending to such, as being in a Calling, want stock, or other means to help themselves in their Trades. This duty of lending we find expressly commanded both in the Law, and in the Gospel; in the Law, as in the place before quoted;¹ Thou shalt open thine hand wide to thy poor Brother, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth, &c. In the Gospel, ²Lend (saith our Saviour Looking for nothing again; that is, lend not only to such from whom you may hope by reason of their ability to receive your own again; but also to such, as by reason of their poverty may perhaps never be able to repay you.³ The Psalmist maketh this a note of a righteous and a good man, that he is ever merciful and lendeth; ⁴that he showeth favour ⟨p. 286⟩and lendeth. Where we see it is set down, as the property of such a man, that he is ready to lend to the poor, to such as stand in need of his help, and that freely without hope of gain.

III. By a ready lending to such, as being in a Calling, want stock, or other means to help themselves in their Trades. This duty of lending wee finde expresly commanded both in the Law, and in the Gospel; in the Law, as in the place before quoted;¹ Thou shalt open thine hand wide to thy poor Brother, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which hee wanteth, &c. In the Gospel,