How to do good to many, or, The public good is the Christians life…How to do good to many, or, The publick good is the Christians life…

XII. Lastly, if you would do good, be such as you would ⟨p. 32⟩have others be, and teach them by Examples, of Piety, Charity, Patience, Self-denial, Forbearing and Forgiving; And not by mere words contradicted by your lives. These are the materials by which you must do good to all.

XII. Lastly, if you would do good, be such as you would ⟨p. 32⟩have others be, and teach them by Examples, of Piety, Charity, Patience, Self-denial, Forbearing and Forgiving; And not by meer words contradicted by your lives. These are the materials by which you must do good to all.

VI. What now remaineth, but that we all set our selves to such a fruitful Course of life? I greatly rejoice in the Grace of God, which I daily see in many such of my familiar acquaintance: who study to do good to all, and to live in Love and Peace, and Holiness, by example and by self-denial and constant Charity, using Christs Talents to their Masters ends, for the temporal and eternal good of many. But alas! too many live as if it were enough to do no harm, and say as the slothful Servant, here is thy Talent which I hid.

And some there be that in a blind jealousy of the Doctrine of Justification (not understanding what the Word Justification signifieth) Cry down even the words of James, as if they were unreconcilable with Pauls, and can scarce bear him that saith as Christ, Mat. 12. By thy words thou shalt be Justified, and by thy words thou shalt be Condemned; As if they had never read, well done good and faithful Servant, &c. for I was an hungry and ye fed me, &c. Nor