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Of charity in reference to other mens sins
Of charity in reference to other mens sins by John Howe ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1681
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 Subject spoken of, must be supplied from the foregoing Verses; where we find the Matter all along, in discourse, is Charity: which it is the principal business of the whole Chapter to describe, and praise. And this is one of the Characters that serve (as they all do) to do both these at once. For being in it self a thing of so great excellency, To show its true nature, is to praise it. What soever is its real property, is, also, its commendation.
THE Subject spoken of, must be suppli'd from the foregoing Verses; where we find the Matter all along, in discourse, is Charity: which it is the principal business of the whole Chapter to describe, and praise. And this is one of the Characters that serve (as they all do) to do both these at once. For being in it self a thing of so great excellency, To shew its true nature, is to praise it. What soever is its real property, is, also, its commendation.
Our business here must be,
1. Briefly to explain and give some general account of both these, viz. Charity, and this its negative Character, That it rejoices not in iniquity.
1. Briefly to explain and give some general account of both these, viz. Charity, and this its negative Character, That it rejoyces not in iniquity.