A plea for alms delivered in a sermon at the spital, before a solemn…A plea for almes delivered in a sermon at the spital, before a solemn…

Arg. 5 Argument 5. We are to extend our liberality by virtue of a membership. Isaiah 58. 7. That thou hide not thy self from thy own flesh. The poor are ex eodem luto, ¹they are fellow-members of the same body. The members do by a Law of equity and sympathy contribute one to another; the eye conveys light to the body, the heart blood, the head spirits. That is a dead member in the body which doth not ⟨p. 49⟩communicate to the rest. Thus it is also in the body politic; let no man think it is too far below him to mind the wants and necessities of others; it is pity but that hand should be cut off, which disdains to pluck a thorn out of the foot. It is spoken in the honour of that Renowned Princess, the Empress of Theodosius the great, that she did her self visit the sick, and prepare relief for them with her own imperial hands.

Arg. 5 Argument 5. We are to extend our liberality by vertue of a membership. Isaiah 58. 7. That thou hide not thy self from thy own flesh. The poor are ex eodem luto, ¹they are fellow-members of the same body. The members do by a Law of equity and sympathy contribute one to another; the eye conveyes light to the body, the heart blood, the head spirits. That is a dead member in the body which doth not ⟨p. 49⟩communicate to the rest. Thus it is also in the body politick; let no man think it is too far below him to minde the wants and necessities of others; it is pity but that hand should be cut off, which disdaines to pluck a thorne out of the foot. It is spoken in the honour of that Renowned Princesse, the Emperesse of Theodosius the great, that she did her self visit the sick, and prepare relief for them with her own imperial hands.

1. 1Pars est propter totum.