A25470:1142
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.
Now a sacred stock for the Poor may be raised two ways?
Now a sacred stock for the Poor may bee raised two waies?
1. By setting apart something every Lords day, out of thy comings in the week before, according as God hath prospered thee; which practise we find prescribed unto us, by the direction of the Holy Ghost, and warranted unto us by Apostolical authority, for saith the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians,1 Now concerning the collection for the Saints, as I have given order to the Churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week (which is the Lords day) let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him; that is, according to the ability wherewith God hath blessed him, let him set apart something for the relief of the poor, especially the poor saints.
1. By setting apart something every Lords day, out of thy comings in the week before, according as God hath prospered thee; which practise wee finde prescribed unto us, by the direction of the Holy Ghost, and warranted unto us by Apostolical authority, for saith the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians,1 Now concerning the collection for the Saints, as I have given order to the Churches of Galatia, even so do yee. Upon the first day of the week (which is the Lords day) let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him; that is, according to the ability wherewith God hath blessed him, let him set apart something for the relief of the poor, especially the poor saints.
- 12 Cor. 16.1, 2.