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The surest & safest way of thriving, or, A conviction of that grand mistake…
The surest & safest way of thriving, or, A conviction of that grand mistake in many, that what is given to the poor, is a loss to their estate : which is so directly contrary as to the experiences of the charitable : so to the testimony of God's spirit in divers places of Scripture ... by Thomas Gouge ...
London: printed for William Rawlins, 1673
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.
How abundantly was the Shunamite's kindness to the Prophet Elisha, recompensed? 1. By the gift of a Son after long barrenness. 2. By restoring her Son to life again when he was dead. 2 King. 16. 3. By forewarning her of a famine approaching, 2 King. 8. 1, 4. 4. By the restoring of her house and land, lost in her long absence; by reason of the famine, 2 King. 4. 28.
Notable is the instance of Job. What a merciful man he was, we may read chap. 29. 12, 13, 15. I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widows heart to sing for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet I was to the lame, I was a father to the poor. And chap. 31. 16, & 22▪ If I have withheld the poor from their desire or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep: Then let mine arms fall from my shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. I have transcribed his own words thus at large, that I might set this worthy pattern before the readers eyes.
Notable is the instance of Iob. What a merciful man he was, we may read chap. 29. 12, 13, 15. I delivered the poor that cryed, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widdows heart to sing for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet I was to the lame, I was a father to the poor. And chap. 31. 16, & 22▪ If I have withheld the poor from their desire or have caused the eyes of the widdow to fail, or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; If I have seen any perish for want of cloathing, or any poor without covering; If his loyns have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep: Then let mine arms fall from my shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. I have transcribed his own words thus at large, that I might set this worthy pattern before the readers eyes.