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practice_v and_o confer_v on_o they_o the_o work_n of_o charity_n and_o construe_v they_o favourable_o see_v that_o it_o be_v god_n alone_o who_o search_v the_o heart_n and_o who_o tri_v the_o reins_n and_o thought_n and_o who_o be_v only_o able_a to_o judge_v of_o our_o good_a or_o bad_a intention_n for_o now_o satan_n transform_v himself_o into_o a_o angel_n of_o light_n and_o hypocrite_n his_o imitator_n do_v so_o perfect_o counterfeit_v the_o just_a that_o it_o be_v altogether_o impossible_a to_o discern_v truth_n from_o falsehood_n satan_n have_v make_v they_o so_o deceitful_o crafty_a on_o the_o other_o side_n the_o just_a do_v sometime_o commit_v action_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v evil_a and_o notwithstanding_o be_v in_o themselves_o very_o good_a though_o they_o do_v not_o appear_v to_o be_v such_o as_o when_o christ_n be_v find_v alone_o speak_v with_o the_o samaritane_n but_o it_o be_v to_o teach_v she_o the_o way_n of_o salvation_n when_o he_o delight_v in_o the_o kiss_n of_o 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he_o say_v unto_o she_o thy_o sin_n be_v forgive_v thou_o luke_n 7.44_o etc._n etc._n jesus_n christ_n take_v this_o example_n more_o do_v often_o eat_v with_o publican_n and_o sinner_n but_o it_o be_v purposely_o to_o convert_v they_o and_o yet_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisy_n that_o envy_v he_o do_v not_o interpret_v it_o so_o for_o they_o call_v he_o a_o glutton_n a_o wine_n bibber_v a_o friend_n of_o publican_n and_o sinner_n math._n 11.19_o behold_v how_o the_o best_a and_o wholesome_a meat_n be_v convert_v into_o ill_a humour_n by_o ill_a dispose_v stomach_n whence_o come_v the_o proverb_n ictericis_fw-la omne_fw-la videntur_fw-la esse_fw-la flavia_fw-la all_o thing_n seem_v yellow_a to_o they_o that_o have_v the_o jaundize_n the_o wicked_a measure_n other_o by_o themselves_o and_o think_v that_o all_o imitate_v they_o in_o do_v ill_a the_o second_o branch_n of_o this_o divine_a tree_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d give_v and_o it_o shall_v be_v give_v unto_o you_o that_o be_v that_o jesus_n christ_n by_o these_o word_n exhort_v we_o to_o distribute_v free_o and_o liberal_o of_o our_o mean_n to_o the_o poor_a assure_v we_o to_o hold_v it_o as_o do_v to_o himself_o and_o that_o he_o will_v repay_v it_o a_o thousand_o fold_n unto_o we_o by_o give_v we_o eternal_a life_n make_v you_o friend_n say_v he_o luke_n 16.9_o with_o the_o riches_n of_o iniquity_n that_o when_o you_o shall_v want_v they_o may_v receive_v you_o into_o everlasting_a habitation_n jesus_n christ_n math._n 19.21_o speak_v thus_o to_o a_o young_a man_n that_o ask_v he_o what_o he_o shall_v do_v to_o inherit_v eternal_a life_n after_o he_o have_v bid_v he_o keep_v the_o commandment_n he_o say_v moreover_o unto_o he_o if_o thou_o will_v be_v perfect_a go_v sell_v all_o that_o thou_o have_v and_o give_v it_o to_o the_o poor_a and_o then_o thou_o shall_v have_v treasure_n in_o heaven_n one_o of_o the_o chief_a law_n which_o god_n command_v and_o recommend_v to_o his_o people_n israel_n be_v to_o be_v merciful_a to_o the_o poor_a and_o needy_a as_o we_o read_v deut._n 15.7_o if_o one_o of_o thy_o brethren_n with_o thou_o be_v poor_a within_o any_o of_o the_o gate_n of_o thy_o land_n thou_o shall_v not_o harden_v thy_o heart_n against_o he_o nor_o shut_v thy_o hand_n from_o thy_o poor_a brother_n but_o thou_o shall_v open_v thy_o hand_n unto_o he_o and_o shall_v lend_v he_o sufficient_a to_o sustain_v his_o need_n and_o want_n and_o let_v it_o not_o grieve_v thy_o heart_n to_o give_v it_o unto_o he_o for_o because_o of_o this_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n shall_v bless_v thou_o in_o all_o thy_o work_n and_o in_o all_o that_o thou_o put_v thy_o hand_n to_o and_o prou._n 28.27_o he_o that_o give_v unto_o the_o poor_a shall_v not_o lack_v but_o he_o that_o hide_v and_o shut_v his_o eye_n from_o he_o shall_v have_v many_o curse_n it_o be_v a_o wonder_n to_o see_v and_o behold_v the_o admirable_a effect_n and_o work_n of_o the_o almighty_a that_o which_o common_o make_v those_o to_o abound_v in_o wealth_n that_o bestow_v large_o upon_o the_o poor_a like_o a_o good_a spring_n or_o fountain_n which_o the_o more_o it_o be_v empty_v the_o more_o it_o overflow_v in_o the_o excellency_n of_o her_o water_n so_o the_o more_o the_o faithful_a give_v to_o the_o poor_a the_o more_o god_n send_v his_o grace_n and_o blessing_n upon_o his_o wealth_n so_o that_o the_o alm_n which_o he_o give_v be_v like_o seed_n fall_v into_o good_a ground_n which_o yield_v a_o hundred_o for_o one_o it_o be_v like_o a_o little_a piece_n of_o leaven_n among_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o dough_n which_o raise_v and_o make_v it_o to_o increase_v and_o therefore_o the_o wiseman_n exhort_v we_o to_o give_v
and_o full_a of_o wound_n and_o do_v not_o give_v he_o bread_n to_o eat_v call_v he_o not_o into_o his_o house_n to_o warm_v he_o and_o that_o like_o the_o samaritane_n pour_v not_o oil_n into_o his_o wound_n what_o adamantine_a heart_n be_v so_o harden_a as_o not_o to_o open_v and_o cleave_v with_o grief_n at_o the_o object_n of_o such_o pitiful_a spectacle_n and_o sight_n there_o be_v some_o that_o take_v the_o etymology_n of_o misericordia_fw-la mercy_n from_o that_o it_o make_v the_o heart_n of_o man_n miserable_a by_o behold_v the_o misery_n of_o other_o and_o that_o with_o as_o much_o truth_n as_o reason_n for_o the_o true_o merciful_a feel_v in_o himself_o all_o the_o misery_n of_o other_o which_o be_v it_o that_o draw_v so_o many_o tear_n out_o of_o heraclitus_n his_o eye_n be_v able_a to_o behold_v nothing_o on_o earth_n but_o what_o be_v lamentable_o miserable_a saint_n paul_n exhort_v we_o rom._n 12.15_o to_o weep_v with_o they_o that_o weep_v and_o to_o be_v of_o like_a affection_n one_o towards_o another_o good_a job_n in_o his_o complaint_n chap._n 30.25_o say_v do_v not_o i_o weep_v with_o he_o that_o be_v in_o trouble_n be_v not_o my_o soul_n in_o heaviness_n for_o the_o poor_a it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o most_o pious_a and_o generous_a action_n of_o the_o soul_n to_o take_v upon_o she_o the_o affliction_n of_o other_o and_o to_o ease_v they_o of_o they_o it_o be_v the_o sacrifice_n the_o most_o delightful_a with_o which_o the_o lord_n be_v please_v they_o be_v jeremiahs_n rag_n but_o they_o draw_v we_o from_o the_o cave_n of_o sin_n from_o the_o pit_n of_o iniquity_n it_o be_v the_o dry_a rock_n of_o the_o mountain_n of_o horeb_n from_o whence_o flow_v abundant_o the_o wholesome_a water_n of_o grace_n and_o blessing_n in_o a_o word_n it_o be_v a_o jacobs_n ladder_n by_o the_o which_o the_o angel_n of_o consolation_n and_o divine_a favour_n descend_v upon_o we_o by_o the_o which_o our_o faith_n our_o love_n and_o affection_n ascend_v up_o to_o 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