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Principles and rules of the Gospel offer'd for the help of all who desire to live disciples of Jesus Christ.
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Gother, John, d. 1704.
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sent Widows away empty and the Arms of the Fatherless have been broken Therefore Snares are round about thee and sudden Fear troubleth thee Job 22. 5. Some remove the Land-marks They violently take away Flocks and feed thereof They drive away the Ass of the Fatherless they take the Widows Ox for a Pledge They turn the Needy out of the Way The Poor of the Earth hide themselves together They pluck the Fatherless from the Breast and take a Pledge of the Poor They are of those that rebel against the Light they know not the Paths thereof Job 24. 2. Be not thou afraid when one is made rich when the Glory of his House is encreased For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away His Glory shall not descend after him Tho' whilst he lived he blessed his Soul And Men will praise thee when thou doest well to thy self He shall go to the Generation of his Fathers they shall never see Light Man that is in Honor and understandeth not is like the Beast that perish Psal 49. 16. God shall likewise destroy thee for ever he shall take thee away and pluck thee out of thy dwelling-place and root thee out of the Land of the Living The Righteous also shall see and fear and shall laugh at him Lo this is the Man that made not God his strength but trusted in the abundance of his Riches and strengthened himself in his Wickedness Psal 52. 5. Trust not in Oppression and become not vain in Robbery If Riches increase set not your Heart upon them Psal 62. 10. Wealth gottten by Vanity shall be diminished but he that gathereth by Labor shall encrease Prov. 13. 11. He that oppresseth the Poor reproacheth his Maker But he that honoreth him hath Mercy on the Poor Prov. 14. 31. Whoso stoppeth his Ears at the Cry of the Poor he also shall cry himself but shall not be heard Prov. 31. 13. Remove not the Old Land-mark and enter not into the Fields of the Fatherless For their Redeemer is mighty he shall plead their Cause with thee Prov. 23. 10. He that by Vsury and unjust Gain encreaseth his Substance he shall gather it for him that will pity the Poor Prov. 28. 8. He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil Eye and considereth not that Poverty shall come upon him v. 22. Wo unto them that join House to House that lay Field to Field till there be no place that they may be placed alone in the midst of the Earth Isa 5. 8. I the Lord love Judgment I hate Robbery for Burnt-offering Isa 61. 8. They abhor him that speaketh uprightly Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor and ye take from him Burthens of Wheat ye have built Houses of hewn Stones but ye shall not dwell in them For I know your manifold Transgressions and your mighty Sins they afflict the just they take a Bribe and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their Right Amos 5. 10. Wo to them that devise Iniquity and work Evil upon their Beds when the Morning is light they practice it because it is the Power of their Hand And they covet Fields and take them by Violence and Houses and take them away so they oppress a Man and his House even a Man and his Heritage Therefore thus saith the Lord Behold against this Family do I devise an Evil from which ye shall not remove your Necks Mic. 2. 1. Whoever gives ear to what the Spirit of God here speaks must be convinced First That the Love of Riches is a great Obstacle to Salvation 2dly That 't is an Abuse of Plenty to prostitute it in the Service of our own Corruption in gratifying Pride Inclination and Appetite 3dly That the desire of growing rich is a great Snare attended with many violent and deceitful Temptations 4thly That to get Riches by Fraud Oppression or any kind of Injustice highly provokes the Anger of God Lastly That to take the Advantage of Riches for doing wrong to the Poor or to any Neighbor is a Crime which obliges God to be the just Revenger of it If these Truths be evident then the Rich must see what they are to be afraid of and avoid And those who follow not this Rule let them put their Hands upon their Consciences and examin Whether they in earnest believe God and fear him §. II. Of the good use of Riches or of Alms-giving Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain Mercy Mat. 5. 7. When thou doest Alms let not thy left Hand know what thy right Hand doeth that thine Alms may be in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly Mat. 6. 3. Lay not up for your selves Treasures upon Earth where Moth and Rust doth corrupt and where Thieves break through and steal But lay up for your selves Treasures in Heaven where neither Moth nor Rust doth corrupt and where Thieves do not break through nor steal For where your Treasure is there will your Heart be also Mat. 6. 19. Then shall the King say unto them on his right Hand Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the Foundation of the World For I was an hungred and ye gave me Meat I was thirsty and ye gave me Drink I was a Stranger and ye took me in Verily I say unto you inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my Brethren ye have done it unto me Mat. 25. 34. Whosoever shall give you a Cup of Water to drink in my Name because ye belong to Christ verily I say unto you he shall not lose his Reward Mar. 9. 41. Sell that you have and give Alms provide your selves Bags which wax not old a Treasure in the Heavens that faileth not where no Thief approacheth neither Moth corrupteth For where your Treasure is there will your Heart be also Luke 12. 33. When thou makest a Dinner or a Supper call not thy Friends nor thy Brethren neither thy Kinsmen nor thy rich Neighbors lest they also bid thee again and a Recompence be made thee But when thou makest a Feast call the Poor the Maimed the Lame the Blind and thou shalt be blessed for they cannot recompence thee for thou shalt be recompenced at the Resurrection of the Just Luke 14. 12. Verily I say unto you there is no Man that hath left House or Parents or Brethren or Wife or Children for the Kingdom of God's sake who shall not receive manifold more in this present time and in the World to come Life everlasting Luk. 18. 29. Give Alms of such things as you have and behold all things are clean unto you Luke 11. 41. Make to your selves Friends of the Mammon of Vnrighteousness that when ye fail they may receive you into everlasting Habitations He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much If therefore ye have