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merit_n the_o character_n of_o liberal_a person_n who_o be_v ready_a to_o reward_v the_o virtuous_a and_o relieve_v the_o necessitous_a see_v we_o be_v to_o temper_v our_o beneficence_n by_o sundry_a circumstance_n in_o the_o first_o place_n as_o to_o person_n we_o may_v thus_o make_v our_o liberality_n a_o part_n of_o justice_n by_o give_v every_o man_n what_o be_v fit_a a_o what_o be_v due_a and_o here_o come_v in_o all_o virtuous_a person_n all_o industrious_a indigent_a and_o poor_a labourer_n all_o our_o decay_a kinsfolk_n and_o all_o our_o well_o deserve_a friend_n in_o short_a all_o that_o need_v we_o of_o what_o desert_n soever_o they_o be_v we_o be_v to_o reject_v the_o crave_n and_o unsatisfied_a who_o be_v angry_a if_o a_o drop_n of_o charity_n fall_v beside_o their_o private_a fleece_n the_o dissolute_a and_o riotous_a who_o be_v sober_a perhaps_o and_o frugal_a till_o they_o have_v earn_v a_o sum_n to_o debauch_v withal_o the_o wanderour_n and_o spy_n who_o dare_v not_o lead_v their_o unwarrantable_a life_n in_o any_o fix_a abode_n the_o irreligious_a and_o profane_a who_o never_o use_v the_o name_n of_o christ_n but_o when_o they_o ask_v a_o alm_n with_o it_o though_o all_o these_o be_v to_o be_v pass_v by_o and_o be_v not_o to_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o by_o the_o liberal_a man_n yet_o he_o be_v not_o withhold_v from_o do_v good_a to_o all_o other_o within_o the_o verge_n of_o his_o power_n therefore_o his_o bounty_n be_v not_o stint_v to_o his_o own_o family_n or_o friend_n to_o those_o of_o his_o own_o sect_n or_o humour_n but_o he_o be_v liberal_a to_o those_o who_o have_v do_v evil_a to_o he_o and_o may_v be_v presume_v ready_a to_o do_v more_o second_o we_o be_v to_o consider_v the_o time_n give_v the_o time_n in_o which_o we_o be_v to_o give_v we_o be_v to_o give_v in_o that_o we_o prolong_v not_o our_o gift_n nor_o torment_v the_o receiver_n with_o expectation_n for_o this_o cause_n our_o liberality_n towards_o other_o must_v have_v respect_n to_o the_o season_n of_o great_a sickness_n and_o greet_v loss_n to_o the_o scarceness_n both_o of_o work_n and_o of_o provision_n therefore_o when_o a_o sober_a young_a man_n be_v sink_v at_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o trade_n we_o must_v lay_v hold_v of_o that_o opportunity_n to_o help_v he_o if_o another_o be_v under_o a_o arrest_n we_o be_v by_o this_o virtue_n engage_v to_o deliver_v he_o in_o time_n for_o so_o we_o may_v save_v he_o from_o perpetual_a chain_n three_o the_o circumstance_n of_o place_n must_v not_o be_v neglect_v for_o sometime_o we_o bestow_v benefit_n in_o honour_n of_o those_o to_o who_o we_o give_v they_o and_o these_o must_v be_v do_v public_o sometime_o they_o be_v give_v for_o the_o relief_n of_o necessity_n and_o these_o must_v be_v disperse_v with_o all_o possible_a privacy_n for_o many_o modest_a man_n will_v willing_o receive_v but_o be_v ashamed_a to_o ask_v therefore_o the_o man_n who_o be_v discreet_o liberal_a be_v very_o spare_v towards_o those_o who_o perpetual_o haunt_v the_o public_a street_n and_o avenue_n to_o church_n but_o he_o look_v for_o the_o needy_a actual_o in_o their_o misery_n or_o in_o their_o labour_n there_o he_o conceive_v he_o have_v a_o fit_a place_n offer_v for_o the_o deposit_v his_o alms._n spare_v we_o must_v not_o be_v too_o profuse_a nor_o too_o spare_v four_o we_o be_v to_o consider_v how_o much_o we_o be_v to_o give_v that_o we_o be_v not_o too_o profuse_a that_o we_o be_v not_o too_o spare_v this_o we_o may_v call_v due_a measure_n and_o proportion_n whereby_o our_o liberal_a deed_n be_v fit_v to_o the_o need_v of_o the_o receiver_n and_o to_o the_o ability_n of_o the_o giver_n touch_v the_o needs_o of_o the_o receiver_n liberality_n do_v not_o always_o limit_v itself_o to_o mere_a necessity_n but_o in_o person_n who_o fortune_n be_v by_o loss_n and_o accident_n decline_v it_o have_v respect_n to_o decency_n consider_v how_o great_a the_o fall_n be_v from_o riches_n to_o poverty_n and_o in_o man_n who_o can_v support_v life_n but_o with_o the_o continual_a sweat_n of_o their_o brow_n it_o pity_v the_o heaviness_n of_o their_o yoke_n and_o contribute_v somewhat_o towards_o the_o ease_n of_o humane_a nature_n touch_v the_o ability_n of_o the_o giver_n this_o duty_n do_v not_o require_v of_o all_o man_n the_o same_o proportion_n some_o may_v afford_v a_o twenty_o and_o other_o a_o thirty_o part_n for_o before_o we_o go_v about_o any_o charitable_a work_n we_o shall_v consider_v the_o quantity_n of_o what_o we_o possess_v how_o much_o be_v require_v for_o the_o support_v we_o in_o the_o condition_n of_o our_o birth_n our_o place_n our_o office_n our_o family_n and_o for_o the_o discharge_n of_o our_o obligation_n for_o who_o fortune_n be_v entangle_v a_o hundred_o part_n for_o liberality_n may_v be_v over_o measure_n but_o s._n augustine_n say_v
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