A27107:792
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.
In giving Alms, observe Two things: First, the Rules, Secondly, the Rewards.
1. Rules in giving of Alms, and doing good works.
1. They must be done in obedience to God's Commandments: 1not because we think it to be good, but because God requireth us to do such and such a good deed: for sucha obedience of the worker God preferreth before all sacrifices, and the greatest works.
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