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A14645	The poore-mans preacher A sermon preached at S. Maries Spittle in London, on Tuesday in Easter weeke, being April. 7. 1607. By Ro. Wakeman Bachelar of Diuinitie, and fellow of Ballioll College in Oxford.	Wakeman, Robert, 1575 or 6-1629.	1607 (1607)	STC 24951; ESTC S101713	35,727	96

mightie neuer so rich we haue no assurance of any long continuance in this world no not so much as for one yéere for héere we haue no abiding citie but we looke for one to come Hebr. 13.14 our yere that is our short course of life at last must haue an end and as we came naked into the world so must we returne naked out of the world as Iob speaketh of himselfe Iob 1.21 Let vs then my brethren with that wise king now in the time of plenty prouide against the future famine let vs now make vs friends of that vnrighteous mammon that when we want they may receiue vs into euerlasting habitations let vs now make vs bags that waxe not old a treasure that can neuer fail in heauē let vs now send away wealth in distributing to the poore Quod enim pauperi damus ante nos praemittimus saith S. Aug. hoc ibi inueniemus quod hic damus And we shall finde that in heauen which wée giue them héere on earth Let vs now play the wise merchants as they venture much vpon the waters so let vs vpon these waters Regnum coelorū venale est this day the kingdome of God is as it were set at sale vnto vs O let vs sell all that we haue to buy this pearle yet we néed not sell all for a small matter will buie it an ouer-worne garment will buie it a morsell of meat will buie it a loafe of bread will buie it a draught of drinke will buie it a cup of cold water will buie it a mite of siluer will buie it not in respect of the merit of so small a gift but in regard of the mercy of so great a God for the word of God must bée true when euery man shall bée a liar they that féed the poore when they are hungry and refresh them when they are thirstie and lodge them when they are wearie and cloath them when they are naked and visite them when they are sicke shall then be comforted with a Come yee blessed inherite an euerlasting kingdome Cōtrariwise they that haue hardned their hearts shut vp the bowels of compassion against them shall receaue that dolefull sentence Depart yée cursed into euerlasting fire prepared for the diuel his angels Matth. 25. Wherefore right Honorable c. to conclude all at the last as Moses said to the people of Israel I cal heauen and earth to record this day that I haue set before you life and death blessing and cursing therefore choose life that both thou and thy séed may liue Deut. 30.19 So our witnesses are both in heauen and earth that this day both life and death are set before vs the euerlasting reward which God hath prouided for the chearfull giuer and the heauy iudgement which he hath prepared forthe couetous worldling O then let vs follow the president of the one and hate the practise of the other that so wée may hope for comfort that so we may liue for euer let vs now admit the poore to our presence that then we may be admitted to the presence of God let vs now giue them our earthly mammon that then God may giue vs heauenly manna let vs now receaue them to our table that then we may be receaued to eate drinke in the kingdome of God let vs now make them our companions in earth that then we may be made cōpanions with angels archangels in heauen Let vs now helpe to sustaine their life in this pilgrimage of man that then we may liue for euer in the citie of God let vs now crowne them with our temporal blessings that then we may be crowned with the crown of glory let vs now cloath them with our apparel that then we may be clothed with the garment of immortalitie let vs now shew mercy vnto poore Iesus in them that then our Iesus the God of mercy may haue compassion vpon vs. Finally let vs now cast our bread vpon these many and troubled and salt and running waters in this world that then we may find bread and water the bread of life the water of life the riches of Gods treasurie the abundance of his house in the world to come Which the Lord of his infinite mercy grant vnto vs all to enioy after the miseries of this wofull and wretched life not for our owne merits and deserts but for the most glorious passion and ioyfull resurrection of Iesus Christ to whom with the Father and the blessed spirit be ascribed al honor and glory c. The Author to the Reader BEing ouer intreated at this time to publish this Sermon and hauing my selfe so manie necessarie imployments otherwise I was constrained to send vnto the Printer that one and only vnperfect copy which I had thereof wherin if by reason of mine owne absence there happen to be many faults the Christian and well disposed Reader I hope wil charitably censure them As for the carping companions of our time as I neuer desired to please them so doe I not now seeke to satisfie them

and then wrought crost Iudahs and Iosephs hopes so many waies and then granted why should we doubt but that the same God with whom the present and future tense is all one will in conuenient time reward them that reléeue his Why should we doubt but that if we thus lay out our money for the Lord the Lord at the last will restore it Why should we doubt but that if we thus lend vnto the Lord the Lord at the last will repay it Why should we doubt but that if we thus cast our bread vpon the waters the Lord at the last will reward it though we expect it manie daies And so from the time héere specified after manie daies I now come to the reward it selfe héere proposed in the last words thou shalt finde it whereof by your patience a word or two and so I will commit you to God Thou shalt finde it inuenies illum that is saith Bonauenture retributionem pro illo a recompence for it And what is this recompence It is saith one septuplum centuplum millecuplum seuenfold an hundred fold nay a thousand fold more than the morsell of bread we cast vpon the waters more than the measure of almes we giue vnto the poore it is merces temporalis in hoc seculo aeterna in futuro a temporall reward of things transitorie héere on earth a full fruition of things eternall there in heauen as the Caldie paraphrase and other interpreters doe expound it And here you sée my brethren what a large field I haue yet to walke in and what a sea of matter lies before me but my purpose is not to tread euery path nor to sound euerie Ocean I will passe ouer this point tanquam canis in Nilo lambens vel vt Ladas in puluere cursitans as the dogs vse to lap in Nilus and as Ladas trips it vpon the sands catching a little here and there and scarse leauing the print of my spéech any where commending the rest to your priuate meditations and to the effectuall operation of Gods holy spirit in your obedient hearts Thou shalt find it That is both a temporall eternall reward First thou shalt finde a temporall reward Honour the Lord saith Salomon by thy riches that is in distributing them vnto the poore So shall thy barnes be filled with abundance and thy presses shall burst with wine Pro. 3.9.10 For as a fountaine saith Clemens Alexandrinus the more it is drawne the more it is filled with fresh and for the most part swéeter water So the more we draw the fountaine of our bounty by casting vnto the poore the more is our store replenished with a new supplie of manie blessings And as when Iesus brake and distributed those fiue loaues to the fiue thousand mē the bread was miraculously multiplied to no lesse than twelue baskets full Iohn 6. So when be breake our bread vnto the néedie God doth as it were by a miracle multiplie the same that in our basket and in our store we may neuer want When the widow of Sarepta made the Prophet a little cake with all her prouision for this she was the richer for behold the barrell of meale wasted not and the oile in the cruse ceased not 1. reg 17. 16. when one Bonifacius gaue all his mothers corne vnto the poore for this shée was the richer for behold he praied and the Lord restored it in greater abundance than before Greg. li. 1. dialog ca 9. When Iohn the Patriarke of Alexandria gaue fiue crownes vnto the poore for this hée was the richer for behold a noble Ladie for these fiue gaue him fiftie crownes to the vse of his church as Surius writeth in his life Qui enim terrena subsidia largitur ditior dando caelesti remuneratione redditur saith S. Hierome on the Prouerbs Hée that is made poore by giuing his almes God makes him rich againe by rewarding his almes He that thus scattereth is the more increased Prou. 11.29 Would you then beloued learne the heauenly thrift loe héere it is bestow your treasure vpon the poore and it shall bring you more profit then gold Eccles 29.11 Would you know where to finde much treasure loe héere it is a mans almes is a purse with him and it shall pay euerie man his reward vpon his head as it is in the 13. verse of the same chap. Would you liue in plentie all the daies of your life lo héere it is he that giueth vnto the poore shall neuer lacke Prou. 28.27 Would you be assured of the reward of your charitie loe héere it is Cast your bread vpon the waters and after manie daies you shall finde it God is the same God still as able to requite and as ready to reward the déeds of mercy as euer he was And therfore if the bowels of thy charitie shall bée so farre inlarged that thou cast all vnto the poore and leaue nothing for thy selfe yet be thou comforted with that which Tiberius the Emperour sometimes comforted himselfe withall who hauing spent almost his whole treasury in the works of charitie and being blamed by some of his friends for the same returned them this answer Though my money be gone yet héere is my comfort Deus non deerit fisco nostro God will neuer be wanting in my exchequer which afterwards he found true for he did not so liberally giue to the poore as God did liberally reward him with temporall blessings for the same as Paulus Diaconus in his 3. libr. and 6. cap. of his Historie reporteth Hearken to this O all yée couetous vsurers and extortioners you that beate your braines and busie your heads how you may make the greatest gaine and commoditie of your gold and siluer shall I here teach you a new kind of vsury a more cōmodious course which I thinke you neuer yet heard of or hearing it I presume you neuer yet put in practise If I should say vnto you as our Sauiour did to the rich man in the Gospell Sell all that you haue and giue to the poore and you shall haue a great reward in heauen surely you would then saie Durus est hic sermo this is a hard saying and with that rich man you would not abide it But yet let mée tell you if you will purchase the greatest gaine by your riches if you will set out your money to vsurie for the best commoditie cast if not all yet the superfluities of your abundance vnto the néedie and I will assure you by this meanes your gold shal bring you greater increase than by all other kinds of vsury whatsoeuer for you know the world is deceitfull in setting your money to vsury sometimes you are deceaued by a cousening Lawyer and hée will teach your debtor a tricke to make your bond of none effect Sometime you are deceaued by a beggerly bankabrupt and where there is nothing as the old saying is not onely the subiect but euen the king must lose his right and suppose