A25470:970
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.
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain Riches. The Virtues are likewise two.
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they bee not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain Riches. The Vertues are likewise two.
1. Confidence or Faith in God, but trust in God, which is urged by an Argument taken from Gods bounty, in these words, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.
2. Charity towards Men, expressed in several phrases, viz. by doing good, and by being rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; which duties are enforced by an Argument taken from the benefit of performing them, which is in brief, assurance of Eternal Life, implied in these words, Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on Eternal Life.
I shall briefly speak something to the several branches of the Text, as they lye in order, and then come to the Question or Case of Conscience given unto me to handle.