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judgement_n	according_a	heart_n	lord_n	1,440	5	3.6316	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

laying up as in laying out * Quo plures domi sunt tibi liberi eò plu● tibi non recondendum sed erogandum est Cyprian de eleemos the more children thou hast at home the more must thou not hoard up for them but the more must thou give to the poore a strange paradox to the men of the world they will never beleeve it but the faith of a Christian will perswade him to greater matters then this Reas 2 We must give reliefe to those that are in want because it is but just and right we should so doe and so much as we are wanting in matter of justice and faile in point of equity we fall short of our duty for That which is altogether just shalt thou follow that thou maist live and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee Deu. 16.20 and that it is so may appeare Prov. 3.27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due when it is in the power of thine hand to doe it observe it is their due from us therefore our debt to them and we must not deferre payment of this debt Say not unto thy neighbour Goe and come againe and to morrow I will give when thou hast it by thee ver 28. the poore have some * Ius Charitatis licèt non proprietatis right to rich mens goods in point of equity and according to the rule of charitie though therefore they may be cast or nonsuited at the Common law of man yet may the sue us in the Court of Conscience and have judgement against us at Gods tribunall seat of justice Beware saith the Lord that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart c. and thine eye be evill against thy poore brother and thou givest him nought and he cry unto the Lord against thee and it be sin unto thee Deut. 15 9. The Hebrew Rabbines and the Jewes at this day call almes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Righteousnesse not only because they ought to be of goods rightly got but also because it is but just and right that they should be given and not because they make Righteous as the * To whom we may say according to their owne Translation Matt. 6.1 Attend●te ne justitiam vestram faciatis sake heed you make ●●●m not your Justifi●●tion Light ●ot Miscell Papists would make us beleeve who make this to be a chiefe one of their many meritorious works and the wealth of this world is by our Saviour called unrighteous Mammon Luke 16.11 and so indeed it is when unjustly withheld as well as when not rightly got so that contrary to right and reason to hold fast that we ought to part with turnes even well-gotten goods into the Mammon of unrighteousnesse and why is it a matter of justice to give almes because we are not the absolute owners but only the * Luke 16.2 stewards of Gods gifts now it is * 1 Cor. 4.1 Reas 3. required of a steward that he be found faithfull as well in his disbursements as in his receits not to engrosse all to himselfe but to take only his allowance and to lay out to every one according to the mind and will of his Lord and Master We are to relieve the distresses of our poore brethren because it is a part of honestie and therefore our dutie Provide things honest saith the Apostle in the sight of all men Rom. 12.17 and Phil. 4.8 9. whatsoever things are true honest just pure lovely of good report if there be in them any vertue or praise we should thinke on such things and what no more Those things saith he which ye have both learned and received and heard and seen in me doe we cannot approve our selves honest men in the sight of God if we be altogether wanting in this duty toward man for workes of mercy are workes of piety so far forth considered as commanded of God and done in conscience and obedience to God if man only call'd for reliefe at our hands we might be hold excused before God but whenas God requires it it must be done for Gods sake conscience stands bound in this case this is one halfe of the royall law * Mark 12.31 Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy selfe and how doe we love him if we be hard-hearted towards him who so hath this worlds good and seeth his brother hath need and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him Qui panperi e cemosy●am dat Deo suavi●ati● odorem sacrificat Cypri how dwelleth the love of God in him 1 Joh. 3.17 To give almes is a religious worke for it is an evangelicall sacrifice Heb. 13.16 To doe good and to communicate forget not for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased if therefore thou would'st please God thou must see that amongst the rest of thy sacrifices this be not wanting Vse 1 Hence then may be reproved two sorts of people of the which in these dayes are most men viz. That doe not account it their duty they think it to be a thing arbitrary 1 Sort. and not necessary they may doe well in giving reliefe and they may let it alone and not doe amisse who shall compell them to give away what is their own even he requires it of thee to whom thou owest thy selfe and all thou hast they thinke they ought to get and lay up all they can but doe not account it their dutie as well to lay out and doe therewithall all the good they can hence comes it to passe that men in this thing are at the best so indifferent for they thinke they are free and not bound hereto by duty and hence it is that the superfluitie of mens goods which is the portion of the poore is lavisht out and wasted in profuse and vaine expences yea in the maintenance of base and sinfull lusts for by that time pride gluttony drunkennesse voluptuousnesse and all manner of excesse and riot have had their share there is scarce a farthing left for the poore nay it may be a great deale is set on the score and much more then is their owne spent in these things oh that such would but consider what an account will they be able to give in that are in so great arreares with God when the judgement is set and the bookes opened Dan. 7.10 wherein all the particular passages of their whole life shall be reviewed and there will it be found and brought forth against them Memorandum At such a time by such an one were so many pounds laid out cost needless● in bravery of apparell rich attire and phantasticall fashions and so much more at another time and so from time to time the like whenas so many poore creatures at the same time had not a good ragge to cover them Item such vast summes of money lavisht out without any measure in feasts and banquettings whenas the poore that were ready to perish for hunger would have been glad