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A91945	The poore's pension: a sermon preached in Gregories Church in Sudbury in the county of Suffolke, May 12. 1643. Upon occasion of the charitable reliefe that yearly then, and there is given, towards the covering or clothing of a hundred poore people, according to the will of the donour M Martine Cole, late of the towne aforesaid deceased. By Samuel Rogers, Master in Arts, and Minister of Much-Tey in Essex. Imprimatur Ja. Cranford, Aug. 12. 1644.	Rogers, Samuel.	1644 (1644)	Wing R1828; Thomason E10_2; ESTC R15358	44,419	46

had the praise for communicating more then once to the necessities of the Apostle for he speakes it to their commendation that since he departed from Macedonia no other Church beside theirs had sent him a supply which he was glad of not so much for his owne benefit as for their gaine which should be great in the day of account Phil. 4.14.18 the care also that the Christians had of the poore in the time of the Apostles is spoken of Act. 11.29 30. they sold their lands and goods rather then they would suffer their poore brethren to want Chap. 2.45 and there were godly and discreet officers that should not be ciphers elected by the Church and appointed by the Apostles purposely to oversee and look after those that were in want and stood in need of reliefe Chap. 6.3 5. I shall not need speake of particular persons who are greatly renowned in Scripture for their hosptality and almes-deeds as Abraham Lot David cornelius of whose almes there was in the presence of God a memorandum made Acts 10.31 Dorcas whose good workes and almes-deeds were to be seen and shewed when she her self was not the poore could not tell how with patience to take her death she had done so much for them all the time of her life Act. 9.36 39. and many more of no small note whom I must passe over in silence yea it is worth the observing how that our Saviour himselfe though he was relieved by others yet even out of that would he ordinarily give a portion to the * Joh. 13.29 poore giving us thereby to understand that even the poore themselves should pay collection that is part with somewhat though the lesse to those that are in greater need then themselves are And we are to afford reliefe to those that are in need for these reasons because it is bonum justum honestum it is a thing good right and honest so to doe as will thus appeare Reas 1 First To give almes is to doe good Gal. 6.10 As we have opportunitie let us doe good to all men saith the Apostle especially to them that are of the houshold of faith and verse 6. it appeares what good he meanes even the communicating of good things in which well-doing we must abound and not waxe weary ver 9. and Heb. 13.16 To doe good and to communicate forget not saith that Authour wee must be free and forward to distribute good things for this is to doe good and therefore is it our duty for * Rom. 12.9 we must cleave to and follow that that is good and this is good and that in sundry respects good both for giver and receivers good both for our selves ours and others Good for others 1. In that hereby they receive good To give Almes good in divers respects viz. for their bowels are refreshed as the Apostle saith the Saints were by Philemon ver 7. 2. In that hereby they doe good if they have any goodnesse at all in them viz. blesse us and blesse God for us Good for our selves 1. For the present for Prov. 28.27 He that giveth to the poore shall not lack and Psal 41.1 2. Him that considereth the poore the Lord will preserve and keep alive and he shall be blessed upon the earth c. 2. For the furture for by this meanes thou maist provide well for eternitie so the Apostle gives in charge concerning rich men that they doe good yea that they be rich in good works viz. to distribute and communicate laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come that they may lay hold on eternall life 1 Tim. 6.18 19. so that not so much to lay up as to lay out is the best way to provide for afterwards therefore doth our Saviour give us that good counsell Luke 16.9 from the example of the unjust steward who was so wise for himselfe whilst he was in office as that by the liberall giving away of his masters goods he might be well provided for afterwards when he had nothing left him And I say unto you saith our Saviour Make to your selves friends of the Mammon of unrighteousnesse that when ye saile they may receive you into everlasting habitations For if ye have not been faithfull in the unrighteous Mammon who will commit to your trust the true riches ver 11. q.d. If ye be untrusty in disposing according to the will of God these temporall goods how can ye expect that he should bestow upon you everlasting happiness● and Chap. 12.33 Sell that ye have and give almes q.d. at no hand let the poore want what shift soever ye make rather sell then want to give Provide your selves bags which waxe not old a treasure in the heavens that faileth not where no thiefe approacheth neither moth corrupteth so that to disburse to the poore on earth in conscience and obedience to God is before hand to provide a rich treasure in heaven and who that beleeves this would not thinke himselfe happy in such an exchange is not this the best alchimy to turne earth into Heaven is not this a good bargaine to part with * vaine and uncertaine things to partake of reall and durable riches beleeve it this is the best improvement and the most that can be made of these things whereupon a worthy Father thus exhorts * Si vis esse mercator optimus foenerator egregius da quod non potes retinere ut recipias quod non poteris amittere da modicum ut recipias centuplum da temporalem possessionem ut consequaris haereditatem aeternam Wouldst thou be a good merchant a great usurer give that thou canst not keepe that thou maist receive that thou shalt not loose give though but little that thou maist receive a hundred fold give thy earthly goods that thou maist obtaine eternall life contrary wise if thou shewest no mercy here expect not to find mercy hereafter For he shall have judgement * Eccl. 1.2 * ● Tim. 6.17 * Aug. in Ep. without mercy that hath shewed no mercy Jam. 2.13 and who so stoppeth his eares at the cry of the poore he also shall cry himselfe but shall not be heard Prov. 21.13 Good for ours this a meanes to make our posterity blessed Psal 37.26 it is the property of a righteous man to be ever mercifull and lending and it is said of such an one that his seed is blessed and that is no small blessing though then thou hast given much and as yet hast received but little doe not give over and thinke all is lost for if thou shouldst never live to enjoy the crop in this life there is the more behind for thy children after thee and how can we possibly provide better for them then to lay up in store Gods blessing for them and that by our meanes they should come to be heires thereof the good provision therefore that we should make for our children consists not so much in

himselfe known to Abraham the Pilgrim even * Acts 7.5 when he had not a foot of land of his owne to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gen. 17.1 not only the Almighty but also the All-sufficient God noting God is every way able to doe for his servants he hath wherewithall to give to all their fill the word is very * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 De●● sortis emphaticall and full of comfort and Abraham made good use thereof as it doth appeare afterwards for when he was in a great strait he casts himselfe upon Gods All-sufficiencie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 composit i● ex 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 relativo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sufficientia sic idem significat quod Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sibi vel per ●e sufficient Vel ut alii volum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 deriva u● a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 mamma quia nutrit Deut fi lios suo● cum omnia●● bono●um affluentiā sicut nu●rix in●antemē papiliis 〈◊〉 so●genie●… God saith he will provide Gen. 22.8 and Jehovah-jireh God will see to and provide for his ver 14. may well be the motto of all true beleevers the children of faithfull Abraham * Solus habet omn●a ju● habet ha●eniē omnia if thou hast God thou hast more then all things else for one God will doe thee more good and stand thee more in stead then the whole world beside David saw cause why he should rejoyce more in the light of Gods countenance then the men of the world in the encrease of their corne and wine Psal 4.6 7. Get thy heart therefore replenished with him that made the heart otherwise thou wilt alwayes be in want not the world but the God of the world can keepe thee from want * E●●● avariatiae totus non sufficit orbis the whole world is not enough to satisfie the greedy desire of a covetous Cormorant We reade of Alexander the Great who never left coveting and conquering till be had made himselfe Monarch of the then knowne world or at least so much thereof as was knowne to or heard of by him that he wept because there were no more worlds for him to conquer and no wonder that the world is not enough nay were there many worlds they would prove all too little to satisfie an unsanctified heart for a circle can never fit or fill a triangle now we know the for me of the world is circular and of mans heart triangular impossible then is it for this to be fill'd with that it is God only then that in the Trinitie of persons can suite well with and fill to the full this triangle mans heart Get a right to and a state in the Lord Jesus Christ * Cant. 2.16 that thou art his and he is thine then all that he hath who is heire of the world is also thine so farre forth as it is for thy good 1 Cor. 3.21 22 23. All things are yours Whether Paul or Apollo or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come all are yours And ye are Christs and Christ is Gods All the good that God hath that is competible to creatures is derived through Christ to us he therefore that hath Christ hath such a treasure to enrich him and such a Magazine of all good things and that of all sorts to furnish him that it is impossible for such an one to come to want For he that spared not his owne Son as saith the Apostle Rom. 8.32 but delivered him up for us all how shall he not with him also freely give us all things if he give us the greater will he deny us the lesse if he bestowes Christ upon us who is more worth then all things then surely will he not withhold from us any thing which in comparison of him is as nothing whenas therefore he gives Christ he gives not a naked Christs but Christ with all his benefits and all his appertenances i.e. all manner of good things which God gives in over and above the bargaine to all true beleevers so that the having of Christ doth * Omne maju● includit in ●e minus imply all other things and more forasmuch as he is farre better to thee then any thing else can be like as Elkanah said to Hannah 1 Sam. 1.8 Am not I better to thee then ten sons to be sure Christ is better then ten thousand worlds for not only for his sake dost thou partake of good things but also in and through him hast thou the sanctified use of all those things it was not then without cause that that holy Martyr Lambert still cried out to the last None but Christ none but Christ and that the Apostle Paul accounted all things but as dung that so he might win Christ Phil. 3.8 Give to those that are in want this the men of the world will not beleeve to be a meanes to keep from want but rather to bring to want therefore when call'd upon to give reliefe their answer is they must see what they shall have themselves they may give what they have away and want c. whenas their atheisticall hearts will not suffer them to beleeve that to give is the way to have Give saith our Saviour and it shall be given unto you good measure pressed downe and shaken together and running over shall men give into your bosome Luk. 6.38 and Prov. 28.27 He that giveth unto the poore shall not lack Almes to the poore is like the pouring of a paile of water into a dry pump that fetcheth up a great deale more contrariwise any way to wrong the poore whereby to enrich our selves is the ready way to come to want Prov. 22.16 He that oppresseth the poore to increase his riches and he that giveth to the rich shall surely come to want Yea it is said that he that with-holdeth more then is meet shall surely come to want Walke close with God in the way of holy obedience All Gods Promises are conditionall yea of these outward good things hath he promised abundance but it is upon the condition of obedience as doth appeare plainly Isai 1.19 Exod. 23.25 26. Psal 84.11 and largely Levit. 26.3 4 5 6. Deut. 7.12 13 14 15. and particularly Deut. 28 1-14 be not we then wanting in duty to God and God will not be wanting in any good thing to us and how can we looke that God should make good his Promises if we look not at all to our performances we make them voide whenas we keep not the condition if thou beest a true servant of God doe not thinke him to be so hard a master as to suffer any of his houshold to want it is more then ever was heard of or knowne Psal 37.25 Walke before God then and be upright and trust God to provide for thee follow God in his way and then art thou in a faire way to have a supply