The poor mans tears opened in a sermon / preached by Henry SmithThe poore mans teares opened in a sermon / preached by Henrie Smith

Christ saith, it is a deed more blessed to give them, then to take from them; for the excellency of christians consisteth in leading a godly life and giving of alm••s: And the excellency of all things is showed in their giving. The sun giveth his light, the Moon her light, the Sars their light, the Clouds their water, the Trees their fruit, the earth her herbs, the herbs their flowers, the flowers their seeds, and the seeds their increase: yea, beasts and birds fowls & fishes, give naturally in their kind, and are more careful and loving one to an other then we, which made Job ⟨image 6⟩say, go to the beasts of the field and they will teach thee. For man is most unnatural to man, and so far digressing from nature in his kind, that let some ungodly rich cormorants see a poor person beg: this is their present sentence of him: whip the rogues, to Bridewell with these rogues, it is pity these rogues be suffered to live: then if they fall sick, let them famish, starve, and die, all is one to him; for of him they shall receive no comfort.

Christ saith, it is a deed more blessed to giue them, then to take from them; for the excellencie of christians consisteth in leading a godly life and giuing of alm••s: And the excellency of all things is shewed in their giuing. The sunne giueth his light, the Moone her light, the Sarres their light, the Clowdes their water, the Trees their fruit, the earth her herbs, the hearbes their flowers, the flovvers their seeds, and the seeds their increase: yea, beasts and birds fowles & fishes, giue naturallie in their kinde, and are more careful and louing one to an other then we, which made Iob ⟨image 6⟩say, go to the beasts of the fielde and they wil teach thee. For man is most vnnaturall to man, and so far digressing from nature in his kinde, that let some vngodlie rich cormorants see a poore person beg: this is their present sentēce of him: whip the roags, to Briderwell with these roagues, it is pittie these roagues be suffered to liue: then if they fall sicke, let them fammish, starue, and die, all is one to him; for of him they shall receiue no comfort.