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A67603	The rule of charity: or, The liberal mans guide design'd, for the use of all good Christians. Being the pious result of a lay-man's ordinary meditations. By H.W. Gent. Licensed according to order.	H. W. (Henry Waring)	1690 (1690)	Wing W858; ESTC R219405	35,835	107

the Messiah to Defend the Poor Heal the Infirm and Succour the Afflicted Solomon his Son informs us Prov. 29. 7. A Righteous Man considereth the cause of the Poor adding in the 14. ver of the same Chapter The King that faithfully judgeth the Poor shall have his Throne Established And this is the Wisest of Monarchs You may read in the Book of the Prophet Isaiah The way to Divine and Eternal Honour is dealing thy Bread to the Hungry lodging Exiles covering the Naked and in a strange Phrase to draw out thy Soul to the Empty Then He continues Thy Light shall arise from Obscurity thy pristine Darkness shall become Light and resemble the Sun in its Glory This is the Evangelical Prophet We read in the 22. Chap. of Ezekiel GOD threatneth the Jews with many terrible Judgments for Oppressing the Stranger and Vexing the Fatherless and Widow This is the Priest of the Captives transferr'd with Jehoiachim Daniel maketh Alms the truest sign of sincere Repentance and will have Charity put into the definition of the Righteous This is the Man of Visions to whom all Changes which should concern the Jews from the Babylonian Captivity to the general Resurrection was Revealed These preceded the Messiah and their Writings make the biggest part of the Old Testament Let us now consult the Gospel To begin with the Baptist These Alms are the good Fruit He demands Fruit fit for Penitents to produce Our dear Master Preacheth the same Doctrine St. Luke II. Give Alms of such things as you have and behold all things are clean unto you As if C HRIST had told us Alms are instead of all Levitical Purifications and are accepted in Heaven sooner than the curious Prescription of Moses Love is a Flame that cleanseth better than the Legal Rites and a Fire that is consistent with Holy Water the small Sacrifices of Christian Love recommended in the New-Testament have Vertues Superior to the first Fruits and those greater ones of the Old-Testament They have power to Sanctifie our Whole Estate to make it Firm and Fertile and to propagate it with our Issue 'T is more Blessed to Give than to Receive that 's a Maxim of the Blessed JESVS which his Apostles and Disciples did approve and every true Christian will acknowledge St. Peter mightily presseth us to Christian Love and Hospitality 1. Ep. cap. 1. ver 22. Seeing you have purified your Souls in Obeying the Truth through the Spirit and to unfeigned love of the Brethren see that you love one another with pure Heart fervently This is the Prince of the Apostles St. John speaks of nothing so much as Love and Charity 1 Ep. St. John cap. 4 Let us Love one another for Love is of GOD c. This is the Beloved Disciple St. James extols good Works much and with some vehemence promotes Charity deriding the Solifidian Professors that have nothing 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 besides a strong credulity with which Julian upbraided some early Believers that expected Salvation by Faith only This James was the first Christian Bishop of the Holy City Jerusalem St. Paul whose Writings too many wrested to their own Destruction which was one cause some other Apostles wrote so little and some wrote nothing He was careful and zealous to deal with the first Christians of Rome and those in Greece and Asia for a Collection as St. Peter St. James and St. John had charged him when he first Travelled to make Proselytes Gal. 2. And this is the great Doctor of the Gentiles Will you have another added to these Four great Apostles The Author of that Learned Epistle to the Hebrews writeth in this manner To do Good and to Communicate forget not for with such Sacrifices GOD is well pleased If you will contend that Epistle was Written by St. Paul I shall be content to Humor you seeing the Doctrine of good Works shall receive no disparagement by his Authority Thus far the Duty hath been ratify'd by Precepts But Examples are more forcible motives to Well-doing and are as numerous in the Bible pointing out to Christians as so many Mercuries the direct way to Felicity Abraham sitting at the door of his Tent looketh for some weary Traveller to whom he may give an Instance of his Charity who for his repeated Works of Mercy deserv'd the Reverend Title of the Father of the Faithful Lot standing at the Gate of his City doth expect some distressed Stranger to make experiment of his Kindness and Taste his Hospitality He gave the wandring Passenger a Meeting lest he should be prevented in his Courtesies This was an Oriental Prince and Prelate Patron of the Five Cities and Lord of Zoar. It was the custom of Job to entertain the Fatherless in his House and invite the Poor to his own Table This Man if you will have it so was High-Priest of Hierapolis and Prince in Arabia Solomon in such Practises was Exemplary shewing himself in Love as well as Empire a Successor to his Father David This Man after God's own Heart thought himself not degraded by particular Acts of Devotion and Charity He knew how to reconcile Love and Honor and reputed himself no less a King for distributing at certain Seasons a Loaf of Bread a Flaggon of Wine and a Portion of Flesh to every single Person of his decay'd Subjects Observe how the Jews when they were return'd from their Captivity celebrated their Festivals with remarkable Contributions Their Forms of Devotion ended they did enjoy themselves in a generous participation of Delicacies they drank freely to Chearfulness not to Excess and dispatcht away Provisions to the Poorest Families that they might be sharers in the Joy and the Feast which they were not able to furnish and be made Partakers in the Gratitude they paid to Heaven by shewing themselves pleas'd for National Blessings We read Gen. 21. 33. of the Patriarchs Grove which the Rabbins inform us was planted purposely for Charitable Entertainments which they gather because the Letters of the Name 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Eshel a Grove signifie by Cabalism Meat Drink and Lodging viz. Achilah Sh 〈…〉 tyan Linah To pass from the Jews to the Christians How are the Churches of Achaia and Macedonia celebrated in St. Paul's Epistles for their generous Contributions The Prayers and Alms of Cornelius ascended to GOD shewing their Master the way to Heaven And tho' both are very laudable yet the Fathers ascribe to Alms the preheminence So to Live and practice Religion is to accomplish the Laws and comply with the Will of Solomon 'T is to do more than that comes to for Solomon was but a Type of Christ But to exercise Love is to follow the steps of Christ himself and to obey the Dictates of the Supream Master who having no Purse-bearer for Himself had always a Treasurer for the Distressed and daily wrought Miracles to satisfie their Wants in the Wilderness choosing rather to Fast Forty Days than to multiply Loaves for appeasing his own