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A81105	A sermon preached in the parish-church of St Nicholas, in the city of Bristol, August the 27th, 1691 Being the anniversary festival of the natives of that city. By Thomas Cary, M.A. and vicar of the parish of St Philip and Jacob, in the city of Bristol.	Cary, Thomas, 1648 or 9-1711.	1691 (1691)	Wing C743BA; ESTC R222493	16,665	34

concur with his Providence believing that state of Life to be best which God judgeth fittest When we have this Principle of Contentment within our selves our hearts are at rest we are satisfied with the present and may cheerfully rely on God for the future we are then prepared for every Condition of Life because he whose will is swallowed up in the will of God doth always choose what God sends it sweetens Afflictions mitigates Sorrows and increaseth Joys when we can command our desires a little will serve to render this Life comfortable in short we cannot be happy without content we cannot be content unless we have our wills we cannot have our wills any other way than by making GOD's will our will and therefore without a hearty resignation of our selves to God Humane Life cannot be happy 3. The happiness of Humane Life consists in doing good Riches are good or evil as the Man is that enjoys them they are not laudably good or criminally evil in themselves but we make them good or evil by our management of them they are never to be desired but for those uses for which they were intended in a good Man's hands they afford means and opportunities of acting many excellent Vertues as Charity Liberality and Hospitality in a wicked Man's hands they are but the Vigour of Vice the Fuel of Lust the Snates of the Devil at the best but a Talent wrapt up in a Napkin Let us make a good use of God's Blessings and then we shall be happy here and hereafter The end of life is to do good all comfortable Reflections come from good Actions good Works justifie our Faith Charity to the Poor will sanctifie the Blessings of God to us we cannot do better than in giving to God what he hath bountifully given us this is to make an Offering to God of what others make an Idol To do good is to imitate the highest Perfection to be Benefactors to the Poor is to resemble our heavenly Father But love ye your enemies and do good and lend hoping for nothing again and your reward shall be great and ye shall be the children of the highest for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil be ye therefore merciful as your Father also is merciful Luke 6. 35. It is the Character of Christ the Son of God That he went about doing good let us imitate him as we have opportunity in doing good unto all men especially unto them who are of the houshold of faith to do good and to communicate forget not for with such sacrifices God is well pleased Heb. 13. 16. The more good we do the more peace shall we have in our own Souls the more favour with God the more comfort when we reflect on our past Lives the more assurance of Heaven when we come to die and the greater reward in glory unto all eternity Charge them that are rich in this world that they be not high-minded nor trust in uncertain riches but in the living God who giveth us richly all things to enjoy that they do good and that they be rich in good works ready to distribute willing to communicate laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come that they may lay hold on eternal life 1 Tim. 6. 17 18. To do good is to live up to that Noble End for which we were born and to act according to the Dignity of our Beings He who comes into the World and goes out of it again without doing any good is born in vain and may be reckoned rather among the dead than the living yea he is as useless as if he had never been Riches are a Talent committed to our charge by God he expects we should imploy this Talent to good Uses The Rich are God's Almoners whom he hath chosen to distribute his Bounty He gave not Riches that Men should rust in Idleness and surfeit with Luxury but that we might have opportunities of doing good Nothing can procure a greater Reputation either with God or Man than Charity to the Poor to build an Alms-house is the best way to perpetuate our Memories Liberality commands Honour and Respect the only lawful way to grow Popular is to keep an hospitable Table to cloath the Naked is to give the richest Livery to seed the Hungry to give drink to the Thirsty to visit Prisoners and redeem Captives is a glorious and God-like Work Doing good doth affect the Mind with rational Pleasures it is a degree of Heaven to look back upon a Life full of good Works a reflection upon a good Action is as grateful to the Soul as Meat to an hungry Stomach It was Job's Comfort in his Adversity that he was charitable in his Prosperity I delivered the poor that cried and the fatherless and him that had none to help him The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me and I caused the windows heart to sing for joy I was eyes to the blind and feet was I to the lame I was a father to the poor Job 29. 12 13. When God had finished the Works of his Creation he rested with delight and satisfaction when he saw that all that he had done was good And when we have served our Generations by doing good what a pleasure will it be to reflect upon our past Actions it will be a Jubilee of Joy to us when we are going off the Stage of Life to be assured we acted our parts well while we were on it The increase of worldly riches increaseth sorrow the pleasures of Sense are short-liv'd and leave a sting behind worldly Honour is a Wind that will either blow a Man down or puff him up but good Actions give a sincere Joy solid Satisfaction and a lasting Peace If thou draw out thy soul to the hungry and satisfie the afflicted soul then shall thy light rise in obscurity and thy darkness shall be as the noon-day and the Lord shall guide thee continuelly and satisfie thy soul in draught and make fat thy bones and thou shalt be like a watered garden and like a spring of water whose waters fail not Is 58. 10 11. Charity my Honoured Country-men is the Work of this day it were not worth our while to meet unless in order to collect for the Poor while we feast it is most improper to suffer them to starve Let us then ennoble our Society by our generous Charity let us signalize our selves to our Fellow-Citizens by our liberal Distributions Let us give to the Poor in our Health for Charity on a dying Bed is not so acceptable to God it is no great Vertue to give that away which we cannot keep any longer or to surrender that which will be taken from us by force If we are charitable in our health the Poor will pray for us but if our Charity doth not commence till after Death their Prayers are vain and therefore cannot do us any good let our own