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A01627	The regiment of the pouertie. Compiled by a learned diuine of our time D. Andreas Hyperius. And now seruing very fitly for the present state of this realme. Translated into Englishe by H.T. minister	Hyperius, Andreas, 1511-1564.; Tripp, Henry, d. 1612.	1572 (1572)	STC 11759; ESTC S103064	57,526	158

must take aduise howe they may best prouide for theyr pouertie as place and time requireth 4 That certayne fitte men must be chosen by voyces to take charge of that whole busines 5 What belongeth to those mens office 6 Whiche way the true pouertie may be discerned from the counterfaites and howe they muste be particularly searched and knowne 7 Howe the money and necessarie charges may be raysed without any great griefe to the Cittizens 8 Howe the almes must be distributed to the néedy particularely 9 It must be prouided that they which be the distributers be knowne to be faithful and trusty men whose estimation may not be empayred 10 It must be prouided that the reléese appointed for the poore when it is once wel established be alwayes after continued All the which things when we haue explicated I trust it shall appere that we haue prepared a safe and ready way for all wel disposed persons where soeuer inhabiting whose worthy minde shal be in any wise stirred to exercise liberalitie towards the poore so that they may cherefully and constantly followe it And these things we will so euidently discusse by the holie Scriptures and commentaries of the auncient fathers by the Ecclesiastical histories Synede Canons of Godlie Bishops that such men as are not too vnapte to cenceyue may without any paine learne out of this our cōmentarie what is conuentent in this businesse for euery time and place ⸫ Chapter I. That it be belongeth ioyntly bother to the Ecclesiasticall and Politike gouernour to take care for the reliefe of the poore IF it may liek vs to make rehearsall from the olde ages euen vnto ours tyme of the wortheir sorte of deuout works which did shine in the holy fathers liues we shall finde them especially suche as faythfully gouerned the Churche of God very studiously bente to liberalitie towards the poore For the admirable hospitalitie of the reuerende Patriarches Abraham and Loth is very famous in the holy Scriptures Moyses the chiefe minister of the holy lawe did set foorthe many holsome preceptes for reliefe of the poore in the Churches of God at the commaundement of God him selfe Deut. 10.15 Leui. 19. c. The greator parte of the Prophets as E●●zeus Esaie eremie and other bothe in their Sermons and in sundrie their actions did euidently declare their excéeding care for the poore as long as they erecuted their office in the Church But in the new Testamente we haue plentie of worthy examples and precepts For howe many and howe swéete Sermons do we reade made by our sauiour Chryst in which he exciteth all men to minister necessaries to the néedy in which also he techeth vs how to bestow our almes well Mat 5.6.8 c How often and how many hungry people did he féde howe diligent did he shewe him selfe in healing the diseased It were too long to recken in this behalfe his mercifull pitie beautiffed by a miraculous power After Chryst the Apostles thoght that nothing did more appertayn to their office than to inuente some good meanes to cherishe the poore Acts. 4. 6. Iames Cephas and Iohn after they had conferred with Paule about weightie matters of the Gospell required this one thing of him especially that he would remember the poore brethren dwelling at Ierusalem when he came among the Gentiles among whom he was purposed to preache the Gospell Gol. 2. In which thing how greatly Paule laboured in Asia Europe Achaia Macedonia Galatia and at Covinthum Rome and else where his owns writing Rom. 15. 1. Cor. 16. 2. Cor. 8. and. 9. 0695 3 do declare The holy fathers which suceeded 0695 3 the Apostles in ruling and ouersight of the church are neuer foūd to haue reiected the charge of the pouertie from thē Their cōmentaries sermons and other treatises wherof we may marke that most part of thē to haue ben published for this proper vse do playnly shew the same Peruse Tertullians Apologeticum Cap. 39. the third booke of Ciptians Epistles epist. 9. and 10 to the Ministers and Deacons and. Lib. 3. agaynst the Iewes Gregorie Nazanzen his sermon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of compassion toward the poore Many and very vehement hemilies of Chrisostome whereof many entreat wholly of the commendation of liberalitie towards the poore The summe of Christian doctrine written by Epiphanius in the last part of that work against heresies Hicromes epistle against Vigilantius or his cōmentaries vpon the third chap. of Malachie the prophet sundry sermons of Anstine whereof some intreate wholly of this argumente to conclude as many of the holy fathers as haue taken vpon them any enarration of any booke of the olde or newe Testament when they hytte on any place touching the commendation of liberalitie then they stoutly mayntayne the cause of the poore And who would require of vs at this present a rehearsal of suche places which are infinite Now marke with how great diligence at all times in the Synodes and Ecclesiastical councels prouision hath bene made for the helpe of the poore The first generall councel which was among the Christians mencioned Acts. 4. was assembled to choose Deacons to distribute the almes which was gathered Afterwarde in processe of time many councels were holden wherein it is grauely and denoutly enioyned that the Churche shoulde relieue the poore helpe the widdowes orphanes diseased and impotent people shoulde erect and mayntayne Almes houses hospitals burial places and spittles Prouision also was made for the due distribution of the goodes of the Churche into foure portions whereof the one and that the greater portion was lotted to the needie people onely the other portions were bestowed in lodging straungers burying the dead and healing the diseased and it was straightly looked vnto that the goods of the Churche shoulde not be alienated or conuerted to any other vse By whiche things we may conceyue that the church of God dothe acknowledge that this office of prouision for the poore belongeth to hir as by a peculiar commission or charge from Almightie god Moreouer in the Cannon lawe very many Cannons are extant to the same effect wherof parte were collected out of the Councels which we haue mentioned but the greater parte wore borrowed from the rescriptes and answeres of Bishops out of the learned commentaries of the holy fathers aliunde as shall further appeare in our discourse In whiche Cannons that is worthy to be obserued and noted of all men which dothe so often occurre to wit that the goods of the church by a vsuall kinde of spéech are called the goods of the poore Therfore these Cannōs do also declare that the churches are by a certayne right hound to norish and succor their pouertie The hystories especially Ecclesiasticall do teach vs moreouer that the gouernours of all congregations euen from the beginning after that religion began to spread it selfe somwhat at large and that Christians mighte as it were breath and recouer them selues vnder fauourable princes did with great care and fidelitie