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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15109	A sermon preached at Paules Crosse the 17. of Nouember An. 1589 Inioyfull remembrance and thanksgiuing vnto God, for the peaceable yeres of her maiesties most gratious raigne ouer vs, now 32. By Thomas White professor in Diuinitie.	White, Thomas, ca. 1550-1624.	1589 (1589)	STC 25407; ESTC S102142	24,989	73

that had it they should reproue vs the better as we doe them If wee did it not Rich men would haue all the water stil fall into the Sea Though Aarons oile rested not on his Heade but ranne downe to his Skirts and smelt better from his Clothing then from his Heade 1 They doe but dreame that thinke wee are commanded heere to giue halfe our goods vnto the Poore because it is said Let him part with him that hath none In deede Zacheus gaue halfe his goods vnto the Poore Luke 8. And so did Ananias too but hee perished with his wife Zaphira for dissimulation Actes 5. Christ in the 19. and 21. of Matthew bids the Prowd young man To sel al his goods to giue it to the Poore for harde and Knottie wood must haue Iron Wedges But Iohn doth not here define what or howe much we should giue onely he mooueth vs to keepe our Conscience in pittying of the Poore with such things as wee haue And if there be a readie minde saith the Apostle God measureth a man according to that he hath and not according to that which he hath not 2. Cor. 8. 12. And if any man should neglect himselfe by giuing of too much which seldome falleth out surely he should offend against himselfe as well as the harde and couetous heart sinneth against others in giuing nothing or too little And if You gaue all your goods vnto the Poore not your Coate onely But your bodie to bee burned for them Yet without Charitie it were nothing 1. Cor. 13. 3. For as Faith without Workes is dead so Works without Faith and Loue are in the same Case dead and Damned 2 Likewise hee doth not Counsell vs to giue of our superfluous things for who counteth two Coates to be superfluous Nay who holds it not verie necessarie to haue two Coates although for speede in an extraordinarie Iourney it was denied the Disciples for the time to haue two Coates Luke 9. 3. It is a sorie Sacrifice or Seruice vnto God to Giue of our superfluous things it may well serue the Poore but better gaue the Widdow a little of hir pouertie then the Pharises did of their abundance great for the heart which God respecteth rather then the hand may be rich in Pouertie I cannot tel what you call Superfluitie No man knowes what is Too much except he knoweth first what to call Enough but if to giue where there is no need or of those things which wee care not for bee superfluous And if there were euer any worke of Supererogation in the world this is like to that but there is no such worke nor can bee for a man may as well giue more then he hath or doe more than hee can doe as doe more than he ought in any good all being a like impossible vnto him 3 To whom must wee giue To him that hath neede that is to him that wanteth then must wee giue to Couetous men for they haue not that they haue and want as well that they haue as that they haue not But Iohn simplie commends vnto vs the Poore whom Christ would haue in his owne steed to be comforted vntill his comming saying Mee you shall not alwayes haue with you but the Poore you shall haue alwayes Iohn 12. 8. Surely there are many Poore and made many wayes as well by their owne default as otherwise and as they are almost without number so they are altogether without order for on Saboth daies when you are in your best array they say they are in their worst belike bringing their Pouertie or Hypocrisie abroad to meete with your Pride hoping thereby to prouoke your Prodigalitie or Mercie Better care would be had both of them and for them but in the meane season thou maist neuer despise him to whom thou maist be like euen when thou doest despise him for the Affliction of an houre wil make the prowdest stoope and sit vpon the grounde and forget all former felicitie Sirac 11. 27. 4 But what Reasons doth Iohn vse to moue the Minde for men are very skilfull to alledge reasons not to giue Nabal that neuer did good vntil he died can say Shall I take of my bread and my water and of my flesh from my Shearers and giue it to men whom I know not Euerie word the Churles worde My bread and My water and My flesh 1. Sam. 25. 11. I see no reason here expressed except Nakednesse and Emptinesse bee a Reason Giue to him that wanteth If hee had saide giue to him that deserueth it hee had perswaded Many better But Christ that doth commande he hath or may deserue it and this reason or a lesse woulde alwayes preuaile with vs if either in bodie or minde or both wee were but troubled a little as these were a great deale in their minde for wee are All euen the best of vs but like to Patients in Phisicke of whom the Phisicions haue a Prouerbe a Practise take while they be in Paine for after they will Pay nothing so Feare and Affliction do open the heart and soften the Bowels which Prosperitie doeth close vp and harden and this doth declare our Nature to be most Corrupt Did I say our Nature yea the best among vs for who seeth not that they which were wont to keep many Seruants and to giue many Coates do now keepe many Sheepe for a sheepe is found better to their Mastership than a Seruant the one giueth the other taketh Liueries And though it be A more blessed thing to giue than to receiue Act. 20. 35. Yet we had rather haue the Giuer than the Taker I should hardly perswade such men to giue many Liueries with Christs badge vnto the Poore that haue with drawne their owne Coates Cognisances 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 be Rich but if their sheepe could seru● the King and Common welth in War 〈…〉 hat halfe so well as they serue their tu●●● in Peace it were the more tollerable But peraduenture this prouision of Sheepe is for Hospitalitie Hospitalitie that is for you of the Ministerie It is true that a Bishop should be giuen to Hospitality 1. Tim. 3. and 1. Tit. And I thinke he must haue wherewithall too But whether this bee plaine Hipocrisie or no Iudge you that they would haue it Good and Necessarie in a Minister yet would haue it Free and Arbitrarie in themselues who can spend tenne to one either let them say it is Naught in vs or let them Count it Necessarie in themselues for verie shame Socrates Cursed him that first did sunder Profite from Honestie And the Common welth hath no cause to blesse him or them who first haue taught our Gentles to degenerate from their noble Auncestors to leaue their Houses in the Countrie for the most part of the yeare and to keepe Ordinaries heere in the Cittie without neede a tricke of more then Ordinarie Gentlemen And if this were a day for Reproofe I could chalenge you others for