30. One notable instance of his true charity, I cannot omit. A certain Turk was by the providence of God cast in the place where he lived, which this sweet Child hearing of had a great pity to his Soul, and studied how he might be any way instrumental to do it good, at last finding a man that understood the language ⟨p. 80⟩of the Turk, he used means to get them together, which he at last procured; the first thing that he did, was to put his friend upon discoursing with the Turk about his principles, whether he acknowledged a Deity which the Turk owning; the next thing he inquired after, was, what he thought of the Lord Jesus Christ. At which the Turk was troubled and put off the discourse, and said, he was athirst and an hungry; which the Child being informed of, by the interpreter, immediately went to a Brew-house near at hand (his own house being far off) and did entreat the Master of the Brewhouse to give him some Beer for the Turk, and the argument he used was this; Sir, here is a poor stranger that is athirst, we know not where we may be cast before we dye; he went to another place and begged food for him; using the same argument ⟨p. 81⟩as before, but his friends hearing of it, were angry with him, but he told them he did it for a poor stranger that was far from home, and he did it that he might think the better of the Christians, and the Christian Religion.
30. One notable instance of his true charity, I cannot omit. A certain Turk was by the providence of God cast in the place where he lived, which this sweet Child hearing of had a great pity to his Soul, and studied how he might be any way instrumental to do it good, at last finding a man that understood the language ⟨p. 80⟩of the Turk, he used means to get them together, which he at last procured; the first thing that he did, was to put his friend upon discoursing with the Turk about his principles, whether he acknowledged a Deity which the Turk owning; the next thing he inquired after, was, what he thought of the Lord Jesus Christ. At which the Turk was troubled and put off the discourse, and said, he was athirst and an hungry; which the Child being informed of, by the interpreter, immediately went to a Brew-house near at hand (his own house being far off) and did intreat the Master of the Brewhouse to give him some Beer for the Turk, and the argument he used was this; Sir, here is a poor stranger that is athirst, we know not where we may be cast before we dye; he went to another place and begged food for him; using the same argument ⟨p. 81⟩as before, but his friends hearing of it, were angry with him, but he told them he did it for a poor stranger that was far from home, and he did it that he might think the better of the Christians, and the Christian Religion.
