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depart_v you_o curse_v not_o because_o you_o oppress_v the_o poor_a and_o grieve_v the_o widow_n but_o because_o i_o be_v hunger_v and_o you_o give_v i_o no_o meat_n i_o be_v thirsty_a and_o you_o give_v i_o no_o drink_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v mercy_n make_v way_n and_o lead_v we_o to_o the_o great_a mercy_n come_v you_o bless_v of_o my_o father_n etc._n etc._n not_o because_o you_o do_v miracle_n or_o suffer_v martyrdom_n or_o live_v a_o single_a life_n or_o use_v severity_n to_o your_o body_n not_o because_o you_o go_v on_o pilgrimage_n and_o visited_n shrine_v and_o holy_a relic_n but_o i_o be_v a_o hungry_a and_o you_o give_v i_o meat_n etc._n etc._n mat._n 25._o five_o show_v mercy_n to_o one_o another_o be_v more_o please_v to_o god_n than_o other_o service_n which_o be_v not_o only_o of_o his_o own_o appointment_n but_o have_v also_o a_o particular_a reference_n and_o relation_n to_o he_o to_o do_v good_a and_o communicate_v forget_v not_o for_o with_o such_o sacrifice_n god_n 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mercy_n and_o compassion_n and_o we_o be_v oblige_v by_o it_o to_o pity_n as_o well_o as_o to_o aid_v our_o brother_n it_o command_v we_o to_o put_v on_o bowel_n of_o mercâ—â—_n col._n 3.12_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o stoic_n allow_v the_o good_a man_n to_o help_v but_o forbid_v he_o to_o pity_n and_o compassionate_a the_o needy_a but_o we_o learn_v to_o do_v both_o from_o the_o example_n and_o the_o precept_n of_o our_o lord_n 5._o senec._n de_fw-fr clement_n l._n 2._o c._n 5._o our_o to_o do_v both_o from_o the_o example_n and_o the_o precept_n of_o our_o lord_n our_o alm_n must_v be_v the_o offspring_n of_o our_o charity_n and_o kindness_n and_o if_o we_o be_v allow_v to_o be_v void_a of_o pity_n and_o compassion_n it_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v our_o relief_n will_v be_v but_o small_a he_o be_v most_o likely_a to_o help_v his_o neighbour_n that_o have_v a_o great_a sense_n of_o his_o misery_n and_o christianity_n have_v provide_v better_a for_o the_o poor_a than_o the_o philosophy_n 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glory_n of_o man_n very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o they_o have_v their_o reward_n but_o when_o thou_o do_v alm_n let_v not_o thy_o left_a hand_n know_v what_o thy_o right_a hand_n do_v that_o thy_o alm_n may_v be_v in_o secret_a and_o thy_o father_n which_o see_v in_o secret_n shall_v reward_v thou_o open_o mat._n 6.1_o let_v he_o chase_v away_o every_o proud_a thought_n that_o will_v arise_v in_o his_o mind_n and_o remember_v that_o when_o he_o have_v do_v all_o he_o can_v he_o be_v a_o unprofitable_a servant_n otherwise_o he_o give_v to_o himself_o and_o not_o to_o the_o poor_a he_o have_v a_o ill_a aim_n and_o he_o do_v lose_v his_o reward_n i_o be_o far_o from_o think_v that_o we_o may_v not_o give_v open_o and_o in_o the_o view_n of_o other_o we_o may_v do_v this_o and_o it_o be_v sometime_o needful_a and_o at_o other_o time_n convenient_a we_o be_v not_o strict_o oblige_v to_o give_v all_o our_o alm_n private_o but_o we_o be_v indispensable_o oblige_v to_o avoid_v ostentation_n 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