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Now or never the holy, serious, diligent believer justified, encouraged, excited and directed, and…
Now or never the holy, serious, diligent believer justified, encouraged, excited and directed, and the opposers and neglecters convinced by the light of Scripture and reason / by Richard Baxter ...
London : s.n., 1662
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.
4. Hath God intrsusted you with the Riches of this world; with many talents or with few, by which he looketh you should relieve the needy, and especially should promote those works of piety which are the greatest charity? Give (prudently, but willingly and liberally) while you have to give. It is your Gain: The time of market for your souls: and of laying up a treasure in Heaven; and setting your money to the most gainful Usury▪ and of making you friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; & furthering your salvation, by that which hindereth other mens, & occasioneth their perdition. [As you have opportunity, do good to all men, but especially to them of the household of faith] Gal. 6. 6, ⟨p. 30⟩7, 8, 9, 12. [Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven and to eight; for thou knowest not what evil may be upon the earth] Eccles. 11. 1, 2. [In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good] v. 6. [Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it: say not to thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee] Prov. 3. 27, 28. Lay up a foundation for the time to come: do good before thy heart be hardened, thy riches blasted & consumed, thy opportunities taken away; part with it before it part with thee. Remember, it must be Now or Never: There is no working in the Grave.
4. Hath God intrsusted you with the Riches of this world; with many talents or with few, by which he looketh you should relieve the needy, and especially should promote those works of piety which are the greatest charity? Give (prudently, but willingly and liberally) while you have to give. It is your Gain: The time of market for your souls: and of laying up a treasure in Heaven; and setting your money to the most gainful Usury▪ and of making you friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; & furthering your salvation, by that which hindereth other mens, & occasioneth their perdition. [As you have opportunity, do good to all men, but especially to them of the houshold of faith]