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

1.¹ Hereby thou wilt be fitted and prepared with matter for such uses, having always somewhat by thee, to give upon any good occasion.

1.¹ Hereby thou wilt bee fitted and prepared with matter for such uses, having alwaies somewhat by thee, to give upon any good occasion.

1. 1Ad opes honoresque expetendos, ad cumulandas divitias, furiosa est nostra libido, infinita cupiditas. Calvin Instit. l 31. cap. 7.Ad opes honoresque expetendos, ad cumulandas divitias, furiosa est nostra libido, infinita cupiditas. Calvine Instit. l 31. cap. 7.

2. By this means thou wilt more readily and willingly, more freely and liberally contribute to the needs and necessities of others, having a stock by thee for that very end and purpose. All men naturally are hard-hearted, and close-handed, and thereupon are very hardly persuaded to part with any thing considerable for charitable uses. ⟨p. 298⟩But this consecrating before hand a part of thine estate for the use of the poor, will cause thy charity to flow out more freely and bountifully.

2. By this means thou wilt more readily and willingly, more freely and liberally contribute to the needs and necessities of others, having a stock by thee for that very end and purpose. All men naturally are hard-hearted, and close-handed, and thereupon are very hardly perswaded to part with any thing considerable for charitable uses. ⟨p. 298⟩