A27107:789
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…
The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please God / amplified by the author
London: printed for Edward Brewster, 1695
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
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.
The† good works which as a Christian thou must do every day, but especially on thy Fasting-day, are either the works of Piety to God, or the works of Charity towards thy brethren.
- †Qui cibis abstinent, & mala agunt daemones i••it••tur quibus culpa adest, & cibus deest. Isid.
1. The works of Piety to God, are the practice of all the former duties, in the sincerity of a good Conscience, and in the sight of God.
2.1 The works of Charity towards our Brethren are,a forgiving wrongs, remitting debts to the poor that are not well able to pay: but especially in giving alms to the poor, that want relief and sustenance. Else we shall* under pretence of ⟨p. 298⟩godliness, 4practice miserableness: like those, who will pinch their own bellies, to defraud their labouring servants of their due allowance. As therefore Christ joined Fasting, Prayer, and Alms together, in Precept, •o must thou join them together, like Cornelius, in practice. And therefore be sure to give at the least so much to the