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An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of…
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.
London: printed by W.B. for Will. Hope, 1654
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.
Alms,1 or relief is that, whereby the rich out of their abundance ought freely, largely, and with open hands to supply the wants of the poor, and that to the utmost of their ability, and sometimes beyond it, 2 Cor 8. 3. Acts 2. 44, 45.
- 1Alms.
In the days of the Apostles all those that were converted to the Faith by the powerful operation of the holy Spirit, esteemed no ⟨p. 177⟩worldly thing they had their own, but held all their worldly store, Treasures, and inheritances in common; yea, they sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men as every one had need.
In the days of the Apostles all those that were converted to the Faith by the powerfull operation of the holy Spirit, esteemed no ⟨p. 177⟩worldly thing they had their own, but held all their worldly store, Treasures, and inheritances in common; yea, they sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men as every one had need.
So much for Edification & Alms.