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The rich mans charge delivered in a sermon at the Spittle upon Monday in…The rich mans charge delivered in a sermon at the Spittle vpon Monday in…
The rich mans charge delivered in a sermon at the Spittle upon Monday in Easter week, 12 April 1658, before the lord major, &c., by Edw. Reynolds.The rich mans charge delivered in a sermon at the Spittle vpon Monday in Easter week, 12 April 1658, before the lord major, &c., by Edw. Reynolds.
London: printed by Tho. Newcomb for George Thomason, 1658
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 duty then it is of rich men to make their wealth the materials of good works: Money useth to have an Image and Superscription upon it, Matth. 22. 20. And the Prophet hath given us an Inscription for ours, Isai. 23. 18. Her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord, and so Zech. 14. 20, 21. Hereby we stamp the Image of God upon them. Homo homini Deus, By doing good a ⟨p. 30⟩man is as it were a God to his Brother. Be ye merciful, as your Father is merciful, Luke 6. 36.
The Lord could have enriched all men, but he hath said, That we shall have the poor always with us; that so the rich may have matter to imitate God, and the poor to praise him; that the poor may have Christ for an example of patience, and the rich for an example of goodness; that the rich mans supplying the poor mans wants, may be a pledge and an assurance of Gods supplying his wants. For rich and poor are relations amongst men; but as we stand in relation to God, every man is poor, and must be always in a begging posture, Luke 18: 1. And as Christ hath taught us to pray, Lord, I forgive others, do thou forgive me; in like manner, we may pray, Lord, my heart and hand is open to others, let thine be so to me. 1 that am evil, am enabled by thee to give good things to others, and thou hast given me assurance that thou wilt much more give good things to those that ask them.
The Lord could have inriched all men, but he hath said, That we shall have the poor always with us; that so the rich may have matter to imitate God, and the poor to praise him; that the poor may have Christ for an example of patience, and therich for an example of goodness; that the rich mans supplying the poor mans wants, may be a pledge and an assurance of Gods supplying his wants. For rich and poor are relations amongst men; but as we stand in relation to God, every man is poor, and must be always in a begging posture,