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cause_n	call_v	lord_n	word_n	2,104	5	3.9074	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16763	A treatise of christian beneficence, and of that like christian thankefulnese which is due to the same The which, as they are duties of singular account with God, so are they of as necessarie vse to all christians, for the keeping of faith and a good conscience, as are fire and water for common vse and comfort to the naturall life of all men.	Allen, Robert, fl. 1596-1612.	1600 (1600)	STC 367; ESTC S112321	178,520	256

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etc._n etc._n chrisost_o in_o gen._n cap._n 23._o homil._n 48._o ostendam_fw-la tibi_fw-la horrea_fw-la iam_fw-la parata_fw-la inquit_fw-la amb._n ser._n 81._o sc_a esurientium_fw-la pauperum_fw-la ventres_fw-la in_fw-la ipsis_fw-la tuos_fw-la conclude_v the_o sauros_fw-la i_o will_v show_v thou_o say_v amb._n in_o his_o 81._o sermon_n he_o speak_v there_o to_o the_o rich_a man_n strait_v for_o want_n of_o barne-roome_n barn_n already_o make_v fit_a to_o thy_o hand_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o belly_n of_o poor_a hungry_a people_n in_o these_o barn_n lay_v up_o thy_o treasure_n let_v they_o be_v the_o lock_n &_o key_n for_o they_o etc._n etc._n the_o whole_a sermon_n be_v worthy_a thy_o read_n lege_fw-la etiam_fw-la bas_n mag._n in_o eadem_fw-la divitis_fw-la avari_fw-la verba_fw-la lucae_n 12.3_o concione_n in_o divites_fw-la avaros_fw-la and_o ecclesiast_fw-la cap._n 29.15.16_o concludito_fw-mi misericordem_fw-la beneficentiam_fw-la in_o penuarijs_fw-la tuis_fw-la etc._n etc._n 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quantumque_fw-la bonum_fw-la viscera_fw-la egentibus_fw-la aperire_fw-la in_o alienis_fw-la calamitatibus_fw-la haec_fw-la discito_fw-la etc._n etc._n delay_v not_o the_o time_n till_o thou_o learn_v by_o thy_o own_o experience_n how_o great_a a_o evil_a unmercifulnesse_n be_v and_o how_o great_a a_o good_a thing_n it_o be_v to_o open_v the_o bowel_n of_o compassion_n to_o those_o that_o stand_v in_o need_n greg._n nazianz._n orat._n de_fw-la paup_n amore_fw-la see_v god_n accout_v the_o duty_n of_o love_n which_o at_o his_o commandment_n be_v perform_v to_o man_n to_o be_v a_o spiritual_a sacred_a service_n do_v unto_o himself_o woe_n to_o our_o sottishness_n if_o we_o shall_v not_o only_o consume_v in_o profane_a but_o also_o in_o wicked_a use_n those_o thing_n which_o shall_v serve_v for_o holy_a oblation_n etc._n etc._n caluin_n heb._n 13.16_o and_o philip._n ch_z 4.18_o comment_n sentence_n to_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o five_o chapter_n and_o first_o of_o all_o to_o the_o answer_n of_o the_o first_o objection_n recordare_fw-la o_o homo_fw-la quis_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la largitus_fw-la est_fw-la tibi_fw-la teipsum_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la sis_fw-la in_o memoriam_fw-la revoca_fw-la seruus_fw-la es_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o dispensatio_fw-la tibi_fw-la commissa_fw-la est_fw-la dominicae_fw-la facultatis_fw-la recordare_fw-la ergo_fw-la quis_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la tibi_fw-la iniunxit_fw-la officium_fw-la dispensandi_fw-la familiam_fw-la svam_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la multis_fw-la praelatus_fw-la es_fw-la non_fw-fr est_fw-fr utique_fw-la sine_fw-la causa_fw-la quòd_fw-la tibi_fw-la à_fw-la bono_fw-mi &_o iusto_fw-la deo_fw-la officium_fw-la tribuitur_fw-la largiendi_fw-la alijs_fw-la necessitas_fw-la imponitur_fw-la indigendi_fw-la dispensatorem_fw-la igitur_fw-la conseruorum_fw-la tuorum_fw-la te_fw-la ex_fw-la dominicis_fw-la facultatibus_fw-la esse_fw-la cognosce_fw-la ne_fw-fr existimes_fw-la quod_fw-la omne_fw-la ventri_fw-la &_o delitijs_fw-la tuis_fw-la terra_fw-la producat_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la habes_fw-la commissa_fw-la tibi_fw-la magis_fw-la quàm_fw-la concessa_fw-la cognosce_fw-la paruo_fw-la tempore_fw-la aliquantulum_fw-la super_fw-la ijs_fw-la laetaris_fw-la &_o abuti_fw-la ijs_fw-la voluptuosius_fw-la delectaris_fw-la cùm_fw-la verò_fw-la haec_fw-la pariter_fw-la cum_fw-la vita_fw-la nostra_fw-la defluxerint_fw-la rationem_fw-la dispensationis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la vocamur_fw-la domino_fw-la reddituri_fw-la haec_fw-la amb._n serm._n 81._o &_o ibidem_fw-la in_o fine_a non_fw-la minus_fw-la est_fw-la criminis_fw-la habenti_fw-la tollere_fw-la quàm_fw-la cùm_fw-la possis_fw-la &_o abunde_n indigentibus_fw-la denegare_fw-la etc._n etc._n tot_o te_fw-la ergo_fw-la scias_fw-la invadere_fw-la bona_fw-la quot_fw-la possis_fw-la praestare_fw-la quod_fw-la velis_fw-la remember_v o_o man_n who_o it_o be_v that_o have_v give_v unto_o thou_o even_o thy_o own_o self_n and_o call_v thou_o to_o mind_n who_o thou_o be_v thou_o be_v a_o servant_n of_o god_n &_o the_o stewardship_n of_o the_o lord_n riches_n be_v commit_v to_o thou_o remember_v therefore_o who_o it_o be_v that_o have_v enjoin_v thou_o the_o office_n of_o a_o steward_n to_o his_o family_n what_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o thou_o be_v prefer_v to_o many_o sure_o it_o be_v not_o without_o cause_n that_o the_o merciful_a and_o just_a god_n have_v give_v to_o thou_o the_o office_n of_o distribute_v and_o that_o the_o necessity_n of_o want_v be_v lay_v upon_o other_o know_v therefore_o that_o thou_o be_v a_o disposer_n of_o the_o lord_n riches_n to_o thy_o fellow_n servant_n do_v not_o think_v that_o the_o earth_n bring_v forth_o all_o for_o thy_o belly_n and_o to_o serve_v for_o thy_o deliciousness_n as_o touch_v the_o thing_n which_o thou_o enjoy_v consider_v that_o they_o be_v commit_v to_o thou_o as_o of_o trust_n rather_o than_o grant_v to_o thou_o to_o do_v with_o they_o as_o thou_o listen_v thou_o reioyc_a a_o little_a for_o a_o short_a time_n and_o take_v delight_n to_o abuse_v they_o at_o thy_o pleasure_n but_o when_o these_o thing_n together_o with_o our_o life_n shall_v slip_v away_o we_o be_v call_v to_o give_v a_o account_n to_o the_o lord_n of_o our_o stewardship_n etc._n etc._n and_o again_o it_o be_v no_o less_o crime_n to_o take_v away_o from_o a_o man_n that_o which_o he_o have_v then_o to_o deny_v succour_n to_o the_o distress_a when_o thou_o be_v able_a to_o do_v it_o of_o thy_o abundance_n etc._n etc._n know_v thou_o therefore_o that_o thou_o do_v bereave_v so_o many_o