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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07453	A sermon exhorting to pitie the poore Preached the. xv. of Nouember. Anno. 1571. at Christes Churche in London. By Henry Bedel uicar there, which treatise may well be called The mouth of the poore.	Bedel, Henry, fl. 1571.	1573 (1573)	STC 1784; ESTC S113208	17,386	41

be easier for a Camell to go thorow a needels eye He saith not so because no ritche man shall be saued but because the mercyles ritch man shal be damned And wil ye know the cause and what letteth that some geue not Hee geueth not to the poore because hee is not reputed in the parish he withdraweth his hand because he is not set vp in the church higher proud hartes and Beggers pursses but where is that rule and condition prescribed He pleadeth pouerty and yet sticketh not to bet pricke and play at this marke and that game in wylful expence with losse of time twise so much as might wel serue the néede of the poore and so at length falleth to néede him selfe and therfore robbeth the poore in déede of the portion to them due which by Gods prouidence are made poore Another swylleth excessiuelye his body with drinke abusing nature but forgetteth the thristy and faint harted soule making hys own body a den of dronken Diueis but others want hys excesse Hee turneth away in rollyng of tymber both his thrift and pittie that is commaunded thereby making both wife and chyldren beggers Some in chambering and wantonnes ye know what I meane wasteth his body plaged with diseases and his goods but no peny for the poore He casteth to Dogs that which by nature is created for man so that al order and honesty vertue and pietie cleane set aside euery man followeth his pleasure and fil●hynes gredely satisfiyng the Prouerbe euery man for hym selfe But in the meane whyle the stocke of the poore is cleane forgotten Which thing vnles it be mended I let you to wyt the poore shall cry and their voyce shall be heard theyr distresse considered and our vengeaunce shall be wrought I tell you truth in Jesus Christ euen as Dauid sayth in the .xiii. Psalme The poore crieth vnto the Lord and he hath heard them Waxe ashamed therefore of this vnthryftynes of this waste and excessiue ryot Open your eares if not to man yet to Christ in his Gospel speaking who very plentifully calleth vpon vs to geue and bestow vpon the poore and néedy Geue and it shall bee geuen you saith he by s Luke and that none should thinke them selues so low that they owe no part to the poore he bryngeth not onelye the ritch that of their great aboundance did cast into the treasure of the poore but hee setteth forth before vs the poore widdowes mite to teach vs as Paule saith to geue gladly Euen so he reasoneth wyth the craftye ritch man that would know what to do to attaine eternal lyfe He sayd Go sell all that thou hast and geue to the poore not that it is necessary for euery man so to do or that a man cannot be saued except he so do but thereby teaching him particularly to lothe the world so thereby vniuersally sheweth vnto all men the care they owe to the poore And for this cause the holy Apostle prescribeth thye collecting for the poore as a necessary busines and the Sabothes labour Not on the Saboth to spend and consume all that the wéeke hath before gotten nor by vnlawful games to prophanat the Sabboth by hunting of tauerne and alehouse to dishonour the Lord of the Sabboth but as becommeth good Christians to make collection for the poore S. Paule willeth saying Of the gathering for the saints as I haue ordained in the congregatiōs of Galatia euē so do ye vpon some Sunday let euery one of you put a side at home and laye vp whatsoeuer he thinketh meete He saith not let euery man waste and spende what he lyst but laye vp for the poore that that is meete For if the ritch would once become liberall there is superflueus inough to helpe the poore and néedy for nature is soone pleased I woulde therefore wysh and with my hart I pray that the hartes of the prosperous myght be opened toward the miserable it is an easye matter for there wanteth but good wyll and good vse Then let the proud leaue his cuts hys pownces his gardes and embrothery and geue nature euen inough to suffise and hee shall geue the pore a good portion Let the Glutton serue nature to suffise and leaue hys surfet then shall the poore bee fed with that that hee often times either vomiteth forth or worketh as a meanes to destroy his lyfe Let the whooremonger leaue his daliance it shall be good for his body and better for his soule and his pur● shal be the heauier to helpe the poore Let the Artificer syt fast by his calling then shall hée profit the common wealth by his trauel and he shall haue some what to spare to helpe the poore euen as to this purpose S. Paule exhorteth the Ephesians that eche of them labour with their handes to obtayne thereby that they may geue to him that hath néede because wee are not borne to our selues but to our Country to our Parentes our brethren and friendes to do good to all but speciallye to the houshold of faith For amongest all the sacrifices which now the Church vseth as prayse and thankes geuing to God is the chiefest so the next is to distribute to the néedy Saintes as the same Paule teacheth the Hebrues saying To doo good and distribute forget not for with such sacrifices God is pleased Surely of that goods that we keepe in store we are answerable but of that we geue to the poore we are discharged That that we kéepe the rust wil freate like a Canker as James saith but that that is layde vp in the bosome of the poore that is discharged as our Maister hath commaunded That that wee leaue behynde vs the wicked may consume in prodigalitie but that we geue in the way of Christian liberalitie shall be rewarded as it is written Opera eorum sequentur eos that is their workes follow them Then trauell not after ritches to get estimation for thou broughtest nothing into this world nor set not thine hart vpon vnrighteous Mammon least thou fall into the temptations and snares of the Deuil but be mercifull to the poore indifferentlye without respect of persons For God as Augustine saith shal crowne his giftes in thee Let the Begger be wicked thou shallt haue the prayse Though some make an occupation of it and accompt of their vales yet as Paule doth bid thee especially remēber the houshold of faith so be doth not deny thee to do good to all Feede not your equales nor the like his like franke not your selues to fatte to feede the woormes for as Esay saith Your pride shall be pluckt to hell your fat carkases shall fall in the end the Moth shall freate thée and the worme and the duste shall couer thee But when ye may spare to spend and banket your selues to make your hartes glad as Christ saith in the Gospel by S. Luke Then cal the poore and impotent the halt and the