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A19280 The art of giuing Describing the true nature, and right vse of liberality: and prouing that these dayes of the gospell haue farre exceeded the former times of superstition in true charitie and magnificence. By Thomas Cooper. Cooper, Thomas, fl. 1626. 1615 (1615) STC 5692; ESTC S118543 43,483 144

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to morrow Pro. 3. 28. 5 To giue with ioy and gladnesse of heart 1 Chron. 19. Deut. 26. 10. 11. 14. yea to reioyce theerein as well done 6 To giue of the best and costliest as is fitting to the party Iohn 12. 3. 7 And that accordingly as God hath blessed vs. 1 or 16. 2. 8 Yea according as hee hath determined in his heart 2 Cor. 9. 7. 9 Not to tie our liberality strictly to the law of men but besides that to doe ouer and aboue according to our abilitie Prouided 1 That others be eased and wee our selues not grieued 2 Cor. 8. 13. Pro. 5. 16. 17. Luke 3. 11. 2 In a case of extreamity to relieue others we must sell euen our possessions Luke 12. 33. Psa. 112. 9. of which more afterward Now that we may giue cheerefully these things are required 1 A delight in the thing to whom we shew our beneficence Psa. 131. 2. 1 Chro. 29. 2 Sam. 6. Psa. 16. 2 Faith both that we are perswaded that this wel-doing is acceptable to God Heb. 13. 16. Phil 4. 18. Hose 6. 2. That God also wil blesse and prouide for those that are liberall notwithstanding the feare of after wants 3 A third helpe is Humility acknowledge our selues vnworthy of those blessings which yet our gracious God hath made vs stewards of to giue to others Gen. 32. 10. 1 Tim. 6. 17. 18. 19. 4 Consider we the vncertainty of our life that if we neglect to day wee may be cut off tomorrow Gal. 6. 10. 5 Meditate we daily on the free and and vndeserued bounty of our God towards vs how seasonably it commeth how plentifully aboue our desires Considerations and motiues to giue bountifully and freely Are 1 Heereby we come neerest the nature of God 2 We prouide wisely for our selues as vndoubtedly being assured that we shall be plentifully rewarded 2 Cor. 9. 10. 11. of the Lord. 3 Wee make vs more friends of our vnrighteous Mammon in the world Luke 16. to further vs to heauen 4 We giue sound contentment to the receiuer hereby whom if we should defer wee prouoke to despayre murmuring c. 5 Wee turne that which is vsually a snare hereby to be a blessing and good foundation against the life to come Luke 16. 1 Tim. 6. 19. 6 Whatsoeuer we giue vnto the poore wee giue it vnto Christ Iesus himselfe Math. 25. 44. 45. CHAP. VI. A second thing in beneficence is that we must giue of our owne that wherewith God hath blessed vs. That is VVe must giue in righteousnesse Psal. 106. Deut. 24. 13. Dan. 4. 24. Psal. 112. vers 2. 2 Cor. 9. 9. Mat. 6. Pro. 5. 25. 1 Chron. 21. 24. Luke 19. And that because 1 It is approued hereby of God as being the liuely fruit of faith Heb. 11. 6. without which all liberality is theft c. Esay 61. 8. Deut. 23. 18. 2 Hereby onely it will prosper and benefit the giuer 3 Yea hee to whom it is giuen can haue no assurance of blessing and comfort but that it may be a snare vnto him vnlesse it be giuen in righteousnesse because he is the receiuer to a Thiefe This condemneth 1 Those that rob the poore to grease the rich 2 That hope to make amends for their ill gotten-goods by a little charity at their deaths 3 Colour their iniustice with cloaks of authority necessity c. 4 As also such receiuers as indeed are no better then brokers and sharers with those theeues Now we giue in righteousnesse 1 When we giue of our owne that is what we haue gotten by holy and conscionable labour 2 What comes vnto vs by inhetance gift c. 3 And that is then truly our owne which we doe sanctifie both by the acceptance of our persons in the sight of God as also by daily prayer for the blessing of God vpon it vnlesse these latter be added nothing is truly our owne 4 Then also a thing is our owne truly when as we haue gotten it honestly or it comes to vs by inheritance c. so wee imploy it faithfully in some honest calling And this 1 Reproueth Gentlemen and others that hauing goods possessions eyther gotten or come vnto them by inheritance thinke their onely end is to spend it in housekeeping and worse neuer respecting the poore otherwise neyther walking in any calling c. 2 Generally the prophanes of all that make no conscience of sanctifying the blessings of God nothing regard how their persons are accepted onely stand vpon the credit of these things We give in righteousnesse when we giue where there is best desert and more bonds to tye vs thereto Heere then 1 Wee must giue to the household of faith Gal. 6. 10. and Church of God And that not for any by-respects but euen because they are beloued of God Mat. 10. 41. 42. 43. 2 To our country common Parent 3 To our naturall parents and kinsefolkes 1 Tim. 5. 4. 4 Leauing these we may make a difference giuing one more then the other as they are purest in religion or likeliest in condition or neerer in bloud So Iacob loued Ioseph Ioseph Beniamin c. Gen. 37 Gen. 43. 44 c. Ob. But our Sauiours lesson is we must loue our neighbor as our selues therfore ther must be no difference in our affections Againe this may seeme to be partiality An. There may be degrees in loue yet all may be loued truly our Sauiour bidding that we loue our brother it hinders the quality of our loue not the quantity 5 Next these are our friends 6 Then our neighbours 7 Strangers 8 Our enemies Rom. 15. 24. CHAP. VII A third point in beneficence is Wisedome wherein obserue that first I must prouide for my selfe before others Here then is condemned 1 COmmunity of goods as if all should be common none should haue any propriety in any thing compare the 19. of Mat. with the 5 of Acts. the 4. vers 2 Giuing of our patrimonies and whole estates to the maintenance of idle Monkes and Friers which is the best charity of the Papists 1 As being vnfit for such men to manage 2 Vnconscionable for any to giue because he robs his present issue and posterity of what the Lord hath cast vpon him 3 He renounceth his right in the heauenly possession wherof the earthly was a signe And therefore wee shall finde that the Lord gaue straight charge that the Iewes should at no hand part with their possessions if for want they were compelled to sell them yet they were to redeeme them after if they were able if not they were freely to be restored and returne vnto them at the yeere of Iubily Leuit. 25. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 1 Reg. 21. 3. 4 He maintaynes idlenesse and so all kinde of wickednesse 3 This also condemneth that vaine-glorious and foolish charity of many who to bee counted maintayners of others emptie themselues and so bring vntimely