A25470:985
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.
3. That in our treasuring up we aim not merely, wholly, and only at our selves, but withal have an eye as to the charge which in particular God hath committed to us, so also to the Church, Commonwealth, and Poor for the time to come.
3. That in our treasuring up wee aim not meerly, wholly, and only at our selves, but withall have an eye as to the charge which in particular God hath committed to us, so also to the Church, Commonwealth, and Poor for the time to come.
4. That we exceed not measure in our treasure, no though we aim at the fore-mentioned good ends.
4. That wee exceed not measure in our treasure, no though we aim at the fore-mentioned good ends.
So much for the clearing the first duty the Apostle would have pressed upon rich men especially, which is to Trust in God.
The second is Charity towards men, expressed in several phrases, as first by doing good.