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           The
           Duty
           and
           Happiness
           of
           doing
           good
           .
           TWO
           SERMONS
           :
           The
           Former
           ,
           Preached
           at
           the
           YORK-SHIRE
           FEAST
           ,
           In
           
             Bow-Church
             ,
             Feb.
          
           17.
           1679.
           
           The
           Other
           ,
           Before
           the
           Lord
           MAYOR
           AND
           ALDERMEN
           OF
           LONDON
           ,
           At
           the
           SPITTLE
           ,
           Apr.
           14.
           1680.
           
        
         
           By
           
             IOHN
             SHARPE
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Rector
           of
           St.
           Giles
           in
           the
           Fields
           ,
           and
           Chaplain
           to
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lord
           High
           Chancellour
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Walter
             Kettilby
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Bishop's-Head
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           ,
           1680.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             
             
             
               A
               SERMON
               Preached
               at
               the
               Second
               GENERAL
               MEETING
               OF
               THE
               GENTLEMEN
               ,
               and
               others
               in
               and
               near
               LONDON
               ,
               Who
               were
               Born
               within
               the
               COUNTY
               of
               YORK
               ,
               In
               the
               Church
               of
               St.
               
                 Mary-le-Bow
                 ,
                 February
              
               17.
               1679
               
               /
               80.
               
            
             
               By
               
                 IOHN
                 SHARPE
              
               ,
               D.
               D.
               Rector
               of
               St.
               Giles
               in
               the
               Fields
               ,
               and
               Chaplain
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Lord
               High
               Chancellour
               of
               England
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 Walter
                 Kettilby
              
               at
               the
               
               Bishop's
               -
               Head
               ,
               in
               St.
               
               Paul's
               Church-Yard
               .
               1680.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
               To
               my
               Honoured
               FRIENDS
               and
               COUNTRY-MEN
               ,
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   William
                   Petyt
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Richard
                   Graham
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Iohn
                   Cooke
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Mich.
                   Wrightson
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Tob.
                   Humphrys
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Anth.
                   Lawson
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Iohn
                   Short
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Francis
                   Boynton
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Peter
                   Short
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Gab.
                   Wettenhall
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Arthur
                   Sedgwick
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Thomas
                   Watson
                
              
               Stewards
               of
               the
               last
               York-shire
               Feast
               .
            
             
               
                 GENTLEMEN
                 ,
              
            
             
               I
               Now
               at
               length
               Present
               you
               with
               that
               Sermon
               which
               at
               your
               desire
               I
               Preached
               at
               the
               Second
               Anniversary
               Meeting
               of
               our
               Countrey-men
               ,
               and
               which
               you
               were
               pleased
               so
               far
               to
               Approve
               as
               to
               Request
               the
               Publication
               of
               it
               .
               That
               I
               have
               not
               performed
               your
               Request
               so
               soon
               as
               might
               be
               expected
               ,
               I
               hope
               you
               will
               pardon
               me
               ,
               since
               I
               had
               not
               till
               this
               time
               a
               convenient
               leisure
               to
               Transcribe
               
               my
               Papers
               for
               the
               Press
               .
               If
               this
               plain
               Discourse
               ,
               now
               that
               it
               is
               publick
               ,
               do
               any
               way
               conduce
               to
               promote
               
                 Doing
                 Good
              
               which
               is
               the
               Argument
               of
               it
               ,
               I
               shall
               thank
               God
               for
               the
               Success
               ,
               and
               You
               for
               putting
               me
               upon
               the
               Attempt
               .
            
             
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
              
               
                 I
                 am
                 Your
                 Affectionate
                 Countrey-man
                 ,
                 Friend
                 and
                 Servant
                 ,
                 IOHN
                 SHARPE
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               A
               SERMON
               PREACHED
               At
               the
               Second
               general
               Meeting
               of
               the
               Gentlemen
               and
               others
               in
               and
               near
               London
               ,
               who
               were
               Born
               within
               the
               County
               of
               York
               .
            
             
               
                 ECCLES
                 .
                 iii.
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 know
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 good
                 in
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 a
                 man
                 to
                 rejoyce
                 and
                 to
                 do
                 good
                 in
                 his
                 life
                 .
              
            
             
               THis
               Book
               of
               Ecclesiastes
               gives
               us
               an
               account
               of
               the
               several
               Experiments
               that
               Solomon
               had
               made
               in
               order
               to
               the
               finding
               out
               wherein
               the
               Happiness
               of
               Man
               in
               this
               World
               doth
               consist
               ;
               and
               these
               Words
               are
               one
               of
               the
               conclusions
               he
               drew
               from
               those
               Experiments
               .
            
             
               No
               man
               had
               ever
               greater
               Opportunities
               of
               Trying
               all
               the
               ways
               wherein
               men
               generally
               seek
               for
               
               Contentment
               than
               he
               had
               ;
               and
               no
               man
               did
               ever
               more
               industriously
               apply
               himself
               to
               ,
               or
               took
               a
               greater
               liberty
               in
               enjoying
               those
               good
               things
               that
               are
               commonly
               most
               admired
               than
               he
               did
               :
               And
               yet
               after
               all
               his
               Labor
               and
               all
               his
               Enjoyments
               he
               found
               nothing
               but
               Emptiness
               and
               Dissatisfaction
               .
            
             
               He
               thought
               to
               become
               Happy
               by
               Philosophy
               ,
               
                 giving
                 his
                 heart
              
               ,
               
               as
               he
               tells
               us
               ,
               
                 to
                 seek
                 and
                 search
                 out
                 all
                 the
                 things
                 that
                 come
                 to
                 pass
                 under
                 the
                 Sun
              
               :
               Yet
               upon
               Tryal
               ,
               he
               found
               all
               this
               to
               be
               
                 Vanity
                 and
                 vexation
                 of
                 Spirit
              
               .
            
             
               He
               applyed
               his
               mind
               to
               Political
               Wisdom
               and
               other
               sorts
               of
               Knowledge
               ,
               and
               his
               Attainments
               in
               that
               kind
               were
               greater
               than
               of
               any
               that
               were
               before
               him
               ;
               
               yet
               he
               experienced
               at
               last
               that
               
                 in
                 Wisdom
                 was
                 much
                 grief
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 that
                 increaseth
                 Knowledge
                 increaseth
                 Sorrow
                 .
              
            
             
               
               He
               
                 proved
                 his
                 heart
              
               (
               as
               he
               tells
               us
               )
               
                 with
                 Mirth
                 and
                 Wine
              
               and
               all
               sorts
               of
               Sensual
               Pleasures
               to
               find
               if
               these
               were
               good
               for
               the
               Sons
               of
               men
               :
               and
               yet
               so
               far
               was
               he
               from
               his
               desired
               satisfaction
               in
               these
               things
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               forced
               to
               
                 say
                 of
                 Laughter
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 mad
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 of
                 Mirth
                 what
                 good
                 doth
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               He
               turned
               himself
               to
               works
               of
               Pomp
               and
               Magnificence
               ,
               he
               built
               him
               stately
               Houses
               ,
               and
               made
               him
               Gardens
               ,
               
               and
               Vineyards
               ,
               and
               Orchards
               ,
               and
               Fountains
               .
               He
               increased
               his
               Possessions
               ,
               and
               
                 gathered
                 
                 Silver
                 and
                 Gold
                 and
                 the
                 precious
                 Treasures
                 of
                 Kings
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Provinces
                 .
              
               
               He
               got
               him
               a
               vast
               Retinue
               ,
               and
               kept
               the
               most
               splendid
               Court
               that
               ever
               any
               Prince
               of
               that
               Countrey
               did
               :
               yet
               (
               as
               he
               tells
               us
               )
               when
               he
               came
               to
               
                 look
                 upon
                 all
                 the
                 works
                 that
                 his
                 hands
                 had
                 wrought
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 labour
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 laboured
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 behold
                 all
                 was
                 vanity
                 and
                 vexation
                 of
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 profit
                 under
                 the
                 Sun.
                 
              
            
             
               But
               wherein
               then
               is
               there
               any
               Profit
               if
               not
               in
               these
               things
               ?
               What
               is
               that
               good
               that
               the
               sons
               of
               men
               are
               to
               apply
               themselves
               to
               in
               order
               to
               their
               living
               as
               comfortably
               as
               the
               state
               of
               things
               here
               will
               allow
               ?
               This
               question
               (
               after
               an
               intimation
               of
               the
               uncertainty
               and
               perplexedness
               of
               all
               humane
               events
               ,
               but
               withal
               of
               the
               exactness
               of
               the
               Providence
               of
               God
               
                 who
                 hath
                 made
                 every
                 thing
                 beautiful
                 in
                 its
                 season
                 ,
              
               He
               thus
               resolves
               in
               the
               words
               of
               the
               Text
               ,
               
                 I
                 know
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 good
                 in
                 them
                 but
                 for
                 a
                 man
                 to
                 rejoyce
                 and
                 do
                 good
                 in
                 his
                 life
                 ,
              
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
            
             
               I
               have
               found
               by
               long
               experience
               that
               all
               the
               Happiness
               that
               is
               to
               be
               had
               in
               the
               good
               things
               of
               this
               life
               doth
               arise
               from
               these
               two
               things
               ,
               Rejoycing
               in
               the
               enjoyment
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               
                 doing
                 Good
              
               to
               others
               with
               them
               while
               we
               live
               .
               Take
               away
               these
               two
               uses
               and
               there
               is
               no
               good
               in
               them
               .
            
             
               Or
               if
               you
               please
               we
               may
               Interpret
               the
               first
               part
               of
               his
               Proposition
               not
               of
               things
               but
               of
               men
               thus
               :
               I
               
                 I
                 know
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 good
                 in
                 them
                 ,
                 i.
                 e.
              
               I
               am
               convinced
               that
               
               there
               is
               nothing
               so
               good
               for
               the
               sons
               of
               men
               ;
               or
               ,
               nothing
               that
               move
               contributes
               to
               their
               happiness
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               than
               that
               every
               
                 man
                 should
                 rejoyce
                 and
                 do
                 good
                 in
                 his
                 life
                 .
              
               And
               to
               this
               purpose
               the
               words
               are
               rendred
               by
               several
               Interpreters
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               no
               matter
               which
               of
               the
               sences
               we
               pitch
               upon
               ,
               since
               in
               effect
               they
               come
               both
               to
               one
               thing
               .
            
             
               Two
               things
               then
               ,
               Solomon
               here
               recommends
               to
               every
               one
               that
               would
               live
               comfortably
               in
               this
               world
               ;
               Rejoycing
               and
               
                 doing
                 Good
              
               :
               and
               I
               do
               not
               know
               what
               can
               be
               more
               proper
               and
               seasonable
               to
               be
               recommended
               and
               insisted
               on
               to
               you
               at
               this
               time
               and
               on
               this
               occasion
               ,
               than
               these
               two
               things
               ;
               for
               the
               putting
               them
               in
               practice
               makes
               up
               the
               whole
               design
               of
               this
               Meeting
               .
            
             
               We
               are
               here
               so
               many
               Brethren
               met
               together
               to
               Rejoyce
               and
               to
               
                 do
                 Good.
              
               To
               Rejoyce
               together
               in
               the
               sense
               and
               acknowledgment
               of
               Gods
               mercies
               and
               Blessings
               to
               us
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               enjoyment
               of
               Society
               one
               with
               another
               :
               And
               to
               
                 do
                 Good
              
               not
               only
               by
               encreasing
               our
               Friendship
               and
               Mutual
               Correspondence
               ,
               but
               by
               joyning
               together
               in
               a
               chearful
               Contribution
               to
               those
               our
               Country-men
               that
               need
               our
               Charity
               .
               To
               entertain
               you
               therefore
               upon
               these
               Two
               Points
               seems
               to
               be
               my
               Proper
               Business
               .
            
             
               But
               in
               treating
               of
               them
               I
               shall
               make
               bold
               to
               invert
               the
               order
               in
               which
               they
               are
               put
               in
               the
               Text
               ,
               and
               shall
               first
               speak
               of
               
                 doing
                 Good
              
               though
               it
               be
               last
               
               named
               ,
               and
               shall
               afterwards
               treat
               of
               Rejoycing
               .
               The
               truth
               is
               ,
               
                 doing
                 good
              
               in
               the
               order
               of
               nature
               goes
               before
               Rejoycing
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               the
               Foundation
               of
               it
               .
               There
               can
               be
               no
               true
               joy
               in
               the
               Possession
               or
               use
               of
               any
               worldly
               blessings
               ,
               unless
               we
               can
               satisfie
               our selves
               we
               have
               done
               some
               good
               with
               them
               .
               It
               is
               the
               
                 doing
                 good
              
               that
               sanctifies
               our
               other
               enjoyments
               and
               makes
               them
               matter
               of
               Rejoycing
               .
            
             
               Now
               in
               treating
               of
               this
               Argument
               I
               shall
               briefly
               endeavour
               these
               Three
               things
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               I
               shall
               earnestly
               recommend
               to
               you
               the
               Practice
               of
               
                 doing
                 good
              
               upon
               several
               Considerations
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               I
               shall
               represent
               the
               Practicableness
               of
               it
               ,
               by
               shewing
               the
               several
               ways
               which
               every
               person
               (
               though
               in
               the
               meanest
               Circumstances
               )
               is
               capable
               of
               doing
               good
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               I
               shall
               make
               two
               or
               three
               Inferences
               by
               way
               of
               Application
               .
            
             
               I
               begin
               with
               the
               First
               thing
               ,
               seriously
               to
               recommend
               the
               practice
               of
               
                 doing
                 good
              
               .
            
             
               But
               where
               shall
               I
               begin
               to
               speak
               ,
               either
               of
               the
               Obligations
               that
               lye
               upon
               us
               ,
               or
               of
               the
               Benefits
               and
               Advantages
               that
               do
               accrue
               to
               us
               by
               
                 doing
                 good
                 in
                 our
                 lives
              
               ?
               or
               having
               begun
               ,
               where
               shall
               I
               make
               an
               end
               ?
               the
               subject
               is
               so
               copious
               that
               the
               study
               of
               a
               whole
               life
               cannot
               exhaust
               it
               .
               The
               more
               we
               consider
               it
               ;
               still
               the
               more
               and
               the
               weightier
               Arguments
               will
               
               present
               themselves
               to
               us
               to
               ingage
               us
               in
               the
               practice
               of
               it
               :
               and
               the
               more
               we
               practise
               it
               ,
               still
               the
               more
               shall
               we
               desire
               so
               to
               do
               ,
               and
               the
               more
               happy
               and
               Blessed
               shall
               we
               find
               our selves
               to
               be
               .
            
             
               For
               ,
               to
               
                 do
                 good
              
               is
               nothing
               else
               but
               to
               act
               according
               to
               the
               frame
               and
               make
               of
               our
               Beings
               .
               It
               is
               to
               gratifie
               those
               Inclinations
               and
               Appetites
               that
               are
               most
               strongly
               rooted
               in
               our
               Natures
               ;
               such
               as
               Love
               and
               Natural
               Affection
               ,
               Pity
               and
               Compassion
               ,
               a
               Desire
               of
               Friends
               and
               a
               Propensity
               to
               knot
               our selves
               into
               Companies
               and
               Societies
               :
               what
               are
               all
               these
               but
               so
               many
               stimuli
               ,
               so
               many
               powerful
               incitements
               of
               nature
               to
               put
               us
               upon
               doing
               good
               offices
               one
               to
               another
               ?
            
             
               To
               
                 do
                 good
              
               is
               the
               end
               of
               all
               those
               Acquisitions
               ,
               of
               all
               those
               Talents
               ,
               of
               all
               those
               Favours
               and
               Advantages
               that
               God
               has
               blest
               us
               with
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               proper
               use
               we
               are
               to
               put
               them
               to
               .
               If
               we
               do
               not
               employ
               them
               this
               way
               ,
               we
               are
               so
               far
               from
               being
               better
               for
               them
               that
               we
               are
               much
               worse
               .
               What
               will
               signifie
               our
               Wit
               and
               good
               Humour
               ,
               our
               Strength
               of
               Reason
               and
               Memory
               ,
               our
               Wisdom
               and
               Knowledge
               ,
               our
               Skill
               in
               Arts
               ,
               and
               Dexterity
               in
               managing
               Business
               ,
               our
               Wealth
               and
               Greatness
               ,
               our
               Reputation
               and
               Interest
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               I
               say
               what
               will
               all
               these
               signifie
               if
               they
               do
               not
               render
               us
               more
               Useful
               and
               Beneficial
               to
               others
               ?
               That
               which
               sets
               the
               price
               and
               value
               upon
               every
               worldly
               blessing
               ,
               is
               the
               Opportunity
               it
               affords
               us
               of
               
                 doing
                 good
              
               .
            
             
             
               To
               
                 do
                 good
              
               seems
               to
               be
               the
               foundation
               of
               all
               the
               Laws
               of
               Nature
               ,
               the
               supreme
               Universal
               Law
               ;
               it
               is
               that
               by
               which
               the
               World
               is
               supported
               ,
               and
               take
               that
               away
               ,
               all
               would
               presently
               fall
               into
               confusion
               ,
               And
               perhaps
               if
               it
               were
               particularly
               examin'd
               ,
               it
               would
               be
               found
               that
               all
               the
               other
               Natural
               Laws
               may
               be
               reduced
               to
               this
               and
               are
               ultimately
               to
               be
               resolv'd
               into
               it
               .
               It
               is
               a
               question
               whether
               there
               be
               any
               natural
               Standard
               whereby
               we
               can
               measure
               the
               Virtue
               or
               the
               Viciousness
               of
               any
               Action
               ,
               but
               the
               Influence
               that
               it
               hath
               to
               promote
               or
               hinder
               the
               
                 doing
                 of
                 good
              
               .
               This
               is
               that
               that
               seems
               to
               stamp
               Virtue
               and
               Vice.
               
            
             
               To
               
                 do
                 good
              
               is
               the
               great
               Work
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               which
               we
               were
               sent
               into
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               no
               man
               lives
               farther
               to
               any
               purpose
               than
               as
               he
               is
               an
               Instrument
               of
               doing
               good
               .
               Be
               our
               lives
               otherwise
               never
               so
               busie
               and
               full
               of
               action
               ,
               yet
               if
               others
               receive
               no
               benefit
               by
               them
               ,
               we
               cannot
               give
               our selves
               any
               tolerable
               account
               of
               our
               time
               ,
               we
               have
               in
               effect
               liv'd
               idly
               and
               done
               nothing
               .
            
             
               To
               
                 do
                 good
              
               is
               that
               which
               of
               all
               other
               services
               is
               most
               acceptable
               to
               God
               ,
               it
               is
               that
               which
               he
               hath
               laid
               the
               greatest
               stress
               upon
               in
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               it
               is
               that
               which
               he
               hath
               with
               the
               most
               earnest
               and
               affectionate
               perswasives
               ,
               with
               the
               strongest
               Arguments
               ,
               with
               the
               greatest
               promises
               and
               with
               the
               most
               dreadful
               threatnings
               enforc'd
               upon
               us
               .
               It
               is
               
               that
               which
               he
               hath
               chosen
               before
               all
               Sacrifices
               and
               all
               Religious
               worship
               strictly
               so
               called
               to
               be
               serv'd
               with
               .
               It
               is
               that
               which
               he
               hath
               appointed
               for
               the
               great
               Expression
               both
               of
               our
               Thankfulness
               for
               his
               Benefits
               ,
               and
               of
               our
               Love
               and
               Devotion
               to
               him
               .
               Lastly
               it
               that
               which
               Moses
               and
               the
               Prophets
               make
               the
               Sum
               of
               the
               Old
               Law
               ,
               and
               Christ
               and
               his
               Apostles
               the
               Sum
               of
               the
               New.
               
            
             
               And
               very
               great
               Reason
               there
               is
               for
               it
               ;
               for
               to
               
                 do
                 good
              
               is
               to
               become
               most
               like
               to
               God.
               It
               is
               that
               which
               of
               all
               other
               Qualities
               gives
               us
               the
               greatest
               resemblance
               of
               his
               Nature
               and
               Perfections
               ,
               
               for
               perfect
               Love
               and
               Goodness
               is
               the
               very
               Nature
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Root
               of
               all
               his
               other
               Attributes
               ;
               and
               there
               was
               never
               any
               Action
               done
               ,
               any
               work
               wrought
               by
               him
               throughout
               the
               vast
               Tracts
               of
               infinite
               space
               ,
               from
               the
               Beginning
               of
               time
               to
               this
               Moment
               ,
               but
               was
               an
               Expression
               of
               his
               Love
               ,
               and
               an
               instance
               of
               
                 doing
                 good
              
               ,
               (
               nay
               I
               doubt
               not
               to
               say
               ,
               the
               most
               severe
               acts
               of
               his
               Justice
               and
               Vengeance
               have
               all
               been
               such
               )
               And
               therefore
               with
               great
               reason
               hath
               our
               blessed
               Lord
               told
               us
               ,
               
               that
               the
               way
               to
               become
               the
               Children
               of
               our
               Heavenly
               Father
               is
               to
               do
               good
               to
               all
               ,
               with
               the
               same
               Freedom
               and
               Unreservedness
               that
               God
               makes
               his
               Sun
               to
               shine
               upon
               the
               World.
               
            
             
               And
               of
               this
               our
               Blessed
               Saviour
               himself
               was
               the
               most
               illustrious
               Example
               that
               ever
               appeared
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               so
               that
               to
               
                 do
                 good
              
               is
               that
               which
               doth
               
               most
               truly
               and
               perfectly
               render
               us
               the
               Disciples
               and
               Followers
               of
               Jesus
               ,
               makes
               us
               really
               be
               what
               we
               pretend
               we
               are
               .
               His
               whole
               life
               (
               as
               the
               Gospel
               tells
               us
               )
               was
               but
               a
               continual
               going
               about
               doing
               good
               .
               The
               great
               Design
               of
               his
               Coming
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               of
               all
               that
               he
               spoke
               ,
               and
               of
               all
               that
               he
               did
               ,
               and
               of
               all
               that
               he
               suffer'd
               upon
               Earth
               ,
               was
               the
               benefiting
               of
               others
               .
               And
               he
               hath
               left
               it
               as
               the
               great
               distinguishing
               Badge
               and
               Character
               ,
               whereby
               his
               Disciples
               should
               be
               known
               from
               other
               men
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               
                 love
                 one
                 another
                 even
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 lov'd
                 them
                 ,
              
               
               that
               is
               (
               as
               his
               Apostle
               expounds
               him
               )
               they
               should
               love
               and
               do
               good
               to
               that
               degree
               as
               to
               
                 lay
                 down
                 their
                 lives
                 for
                 the
                 brethren
                 .
              
               
            
             
               But
               to
               
                 do
                 good
              
               is
               not
               only
               our
               greatest
               Duty
               but
               our
               greatest
               Interest
               and
               Advantage
               ,
               which
               is
               that
               that
               Solomon
               chiefly
               refers
               to
               in
               the
               Text.
               It
               is
               certain
               that
               no
               man
               can
               take
               a
               more
               Effectual
               way
               to
               render
               his
               Being
               in
               the
               world
               Happy
               and
               Comfortable
               to
               him
               (
               according
               to
               the
               ordinary
               course
               and
               event
               of
               things
               )
               in
               what
               Condition
               or
               Circumstances
               soever
               he
               is
               placed
               ,
               than
               to
               do
               all
               the
               good
               he
               can
               in
               his
               life
               ;
               so
               that
               though
               a
               man
               that
               lays
               out
               himself
               in
               this
               way
               ,
               seems
               only
               to
               respect
               the
               good
               of
               other
               people
               ,
               yet
               in
               true
               reckoning
               he
               most
               consults
               his
               own
               profit
               .
            
             
               For
               to
               
                 do
                 good
              
               in
               the
               natural
               way
               to
               raise
               us
               friends
               ,
               who
               shall
               be
               oblig'd
               to
               contribute
               their
               
               Endeavours
               to
               the
               furthering
               our
               honest
               designs
               ;
               to
               the
               upholding
               and
               securing
               us
               in
               our
               Prosperity
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               succouring
               and
               relieving
               us
               when
               we
               are
               in
               any
               evil
               Circumstances
               ,
               such
               is
               the
               Contrivance
               and
               the
               Constitution
               of
               this
               World
               ,
               that
               no
               man
               can
               subsist
               of
               himself
               ,
               but
               stands
               in
               continual
               need
               of
               others
               both
               for
               their
               comfortable
               Society
               and
               their
               necessary
               Assistance
               in
               his
               Affairs
               .
               Now
               of
               all
               men
               living
               the
               Good
               man
               who
               maketh
               it
               his
               Business
               to
               oblige
               all
               about
               him
               ,
               is
               most
               likely
               to
               be
               the
               best
               befriended
               .
            
             
               To
               
                 do
                 good
              
               is
               the
               truest
               way
               to
               procure
               to
               a
               mans
               self
               a
               Good
               name
               and
               Reputation
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               which
               as
               it
               is
               a
               thing
               desirable
               upon
               many
               accounts
               ,
               so
               it
               is
               a
               singular
               Advantage
               to
               a
               man
               for
               the
               carrying
               on
               his
               secular
               designs
               .
               Nay
               to
               
                 do
                 good
              
               is
               to
               Embalm
               a
               mans
               name
               and
               to
               transmit
               it
               with
               a
               grateful
               Odour
               to
               posterity
               .
               
               
                 The
                 memory
                 of
                 a
                 good
                 man
                 shall
                 be
                 blessed
                 .
              
               And
               the
               sence
               of
               mankind
               has
               always
               been
               ,
               that
               too
               much
               honour
               could
               not
               be
               given
               to
               the
               name
               of
               those
               that
               have
               done
               good
               in
               their
               generation
               .
            
             
               But
               which
               is
               a
               great
               deal
               more
               than
               all
               this
               ,
               to
               
                 do
                 good
              
               is
               the
               most
               certain
               effectual
               means
               to
               procure
               the
               blessing
               of
               God
               upon
               our
               endeavours
               ,
               and
               to
               entitle
               our selves
               to
               his
               more
               especial
               care
               and
               providence
               and
               Protection
               :
               So
               that
               let
               what
               will
               come
               ;
               in
               all
               circumstances
               and
               conditions
               
               the
               good
               man
               has
               the
               greatest
               assurance
               that
               all
               things
               shall
               at
               least
               be
               tolerably
               well
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               shall
               never
               be
               miserable
               .
               
               
                 Trust
                 in
                 the
                 Lord
              
               (
               saith
               David
               )
               
                 and
                 be
                 doing
                 good
              
               ,
               so
               
                 shalt
                 thou
                 dwell
                 in
                 the
                 Land
                 ,
                 and
                 verily
                 thou
                 shalt
                 be
                 fed
                 .
              
            
             
               Nay
               further
               ,
               to
               
                 do
                 good
              
               is
               to
               entail
               a
               blessing
               upon
               our
               Children
               after
               us
               .
               
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 young
                 and
                 now
                 am
                 old
              
               (
               saith
               the
               same
               Psalmist
               )
               
                 yet
                 saw
                 I
                 never
                 the
                 Righteous
              
               (
               that
               is
               the
               merciful
               and
               good
               man
               ,
               
               for
               that
               is
               the
               Notion
               of
               the
               word
               in
               that
               place
               and
               in
               most
               others
               )
               such
               an
               one
               saw
               I
               never
               
                 forsaken
                 nor
                 his
                 seed
                 begging
                 their
                 bread
                 .
              
            
             
               Lastly
               to
               conclude
               this
               point
               ,
               To
               
                 do
                 good
              
               (
               besides
               all
               these
               advantages
               that
               attend
               it
               )
               is
               most
               to
               consult
               our
               own
               peace
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               the
               best
               provision
               possible
               for
               our
               pleasure
               and
               delight
               .
               Charity
               (
               as
               Dr.
               Hammond
               used
               to
               say
               )
               is
               really
               a
               piece
               of
               Sensuality
               .
               And
               Epicurus
               himself
               the
               great
               Master
               of
               Voluptuousness
               would
               confess
               that
               it
               was
               not
               only
               more
               Brave
               but
               more
               Pleasant
               to
               do
               kindnesses
               than
               to
               receive
               them
               .
               And
               certainly
               every
               good
               man
               will
               find
               it
               so
               ,
               for
               as
               the
               exercise
               of
               Charity
               and
               Beneficence
               is
               as
               truly
               a
               gratification
               of
               our
               Natural
               Inclinations
               and
               Appetites
               as
               any
               other
               action
               or
               thing
               that
               causeth
               pleasure
               to
               us
               :
               So
               is
               it
               also
               a
               gratification
               of
               those
               Appetites
               which
               are
               the
               highest
               and
               the
               noblest
               
               we
               have
               .
               Now
               by
               how
               much
               the
               appetite
               that
               is
               gratifi'd
               is
               more
               noble
               and
               divine
               ;
               by
               so
               much
               must
               the
               delight
               that
               ariseth
               from
               that
               gratification
               be
               more
               exquisite
               .
               So
               that
               it
               was
               no
               very
               great
               Hyperbole
               of
               our
               Divine
               Poet
               when
               he
               said
               that
               
                 
                   —
                   All
                   joys
                   go
                   less
                
                 
                   Than
                   that
                   one
                   joy
                   of
                   doing
                   kindnesses
                   .
                
              
            
             
               And
               which
               is
               further
               to
               be
               considered
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               with
               this
               pleasure
               as
               it
               is
               with
               most
               others
               that
               vanish
               with
               the
               enjoyment
               ,
               nay
               often
               leave
               bitterness
               and
               melancholy
               upon
               the
               mind
               after
               they
               are
               gone
               off
               .
               For
               to
               
                 do
                 good
              
               is
               a
               permanent
               pleasure
               ,
               a
               pleasure
               that
               will
               last
               as
               long
               as
               our
               lives
               .
               The
               memory
               of
               our
               good
               actions
               will
               always
               be
               accompanied
               with
               Delight
               and
               Satisfaction
               ;
               when
               all
               our
               other
               pass'd
               Enjoyments
               prove
               matters
               of
               anguish
               and
               torment
               to
               us
               upon
               our
               reflections
               on
               them
               ,
               these
               will
               be
               a
               refreshment
               ;
               and
               the
               nearer
               we
               approach
               to
               death
               ,
               still
               the
               more
               comfort
               we
               shall
               find
               in
               them
               .
               Would
               we
               therefore
               treasure
               up
               to
               our selves
               a
               stock
               of
               lasting
               peace
               and
               joy
               to
               support
               us
               in
               all
               conditions
               of
               our
               life
               and
               so
               make
               our
               passage
               easie
               at
               our
               death
               ,
               let
               us
               do
               all
               the
               good
               we
               can
               .
            
             
             
               I
               think
               I
               have
               said
               enough
               to
               convince
               any
               one
               of
               the
               truth
               of
               Solomons
               Proposition
               that
               
                 there
                 is
                 nothing
                 better
                 for
                 a
                 man
                 ,
              
               nothing
               that
               more
               concerns
               him
               either
               in
               point
               of
               duty
               or
               happiness
               
                 than
                 to
                 do
                 good
                 in
                 his
                 life
                 .
              
               Much
               more
               might
               be
               said
               ,
               and
               what
               hath
               been
               said
               might
               have
               been
               said
               with
               more
               advantage
               ,
               and
               greater
               evidence
               if
               it
               had
               been
               fit
               to
               insist
               upon
               every
               particular
               :
               but
               I
               will
               pursue
               this
               argument
               no
               further
               ,
               but
               proceed
               to
               the
               second
               general
               point
               I
               propos'd
               which
               is
               to
               set
               before
               you
               the
               practicableness
               of
               this
               great
               duty
               ,
               by
               shewing
               the
               several
               wayes
               which
               every
               person
               though
               in
               the
               meanest
               Circumstance
               ,
               is
               capable
               of
               doing
               good
               .
            
             
               A
               great
               many
               there
               are
               that
               are
               as
               strongly
               convinced
               as
               may
               be
               that
               't
               is
               both
               their
               Interest
               and
               duty
               to
               be
               doing
               good
               in
               their
               lives
               ,
               but
               they
               complain
               that
               it
               is
               not
               in
               their
               power
               ,
               they
               have
               not
               any
               Means
               or
               Opportunities
               for
               it
               ,
               and
               they
               bemoan
               themselves
               sadly
               upon
               this
               account
               ,
               as
               thinking
               their
               lives
               useless
               because
               they
               have
               not
               those
               visible
               Capacities
               of
               being
               serviceable
               to
               the
               world
               that
               others
               have
               .
            
             
               To
               such
               as
               these
               let
               me
               say
               this
               in
               the
               general
               :
               There
               is
               no
               condition
               in
               the
               world
               so
               mean
               and
               despicable
               ,
               but
               yields
               us
               Opportunities
               of
               doing
               good
               .
               There
               is
               neither
               Old
               nor
               Young
               ,
               Man
               nor
               
               Woman
               ,
               Rich
               nor
               Poor
               ,
               High
               nor
               Low
               ,
               Learned
               nor
               Unlearned
               ,
               but
               in
               their
               Sphere
               ,
               by
               a
               good
               husbandry
               of
               those
               Talents
               that
               God
               has
               intrusted
               to
               their
               care
               and
               management
               they
               may
               be
               very
               useful
               to
               others
               ,
               and
               prove
               instruments
               of
               much
               good
               to
               their
               generations
               .
            
             
               This
               truth
               St.
               Paul
               most
               elegantly
               sets
               forth
               in
               1
               Cor.
               12.
               where
               he
               compares
               the
               Society
               of
               Christians
               to
               a
               Natural
               body
               .
               There
               he
               shews
               that
               as
               in
               the
               Natural
               body
               there
               are
               many
               members
               ,
               and
               all
               those
               members
               have
               not
               the
               same
               dignity
               and
               honour
               ,
               nor
               the
               same
               use
               or
               office
               :
               and
               yet
               every
               member
               (
               even
               the
               meanest
               )
               hath
               its
               particular
               use
               by
               which
               it
               doth
               real
               service
               to
               the
               body
               ;
               nay
               so
               useful
               it
               is
               that
               the
               body
               cannot
               be
               without
               it
               :
               so
               it
               is
               with
               the
               Church
               of
               Christ
               and
               with
               every
               body
               politick
               .
               There
               is
               a
               necessity
               both
               in
               the
               Church
               and
               in
               the
               State
               ,
               that
               there
               should
               be
               variety
               of
               functions
               and
               callings
               ,
               and
               degrees
               ,
               and
               conditions
               .
               There
               must
               be
               some
               to
               govern
               and
               some
               to
               be
               governed
               ;
               there
               must
               be
               some
               more
               conspicuous
               ,
               some
               more
               obscure
               ;
               some
               whose
               gifts
               and
               endowments
               lay
               this
               way
               ,
               and
               some
               whose
               Talents
               lay
               in
               another
               way
               ;
               and
               yet
               there
               is
               not
               one
               of
               these
               but
               in
               his
               degree
               and
               station
               ,
               either
               is
               or
               may
               be
               as
               useful
               as
               any
               that
               belong
               to
               the
               Society
               .
               
                 So
                 that
                 the
                 eye
                 cannot
                 say
                 to
                 the
                 hand
              
               (
               as
               our
               Apostle
               there
               expresseth
               it
               )
               
                 I
                 have
                 no
                 
                 need
                 of
                 thee
                 .
              
               Nor
               again
               the
               head
               to
               the
               feet
               ,
               I
               have
               no
               need
               of
               you
               ,
               nay
               more
               ,
               
                 those
                 members
                 of
                 the
                 body
              
               (
               as
               he
               continues
               )
               
                 that
                 seem
                 to
                 be
                 most
                 feeble
                 are
                 yet
                 very
                 necessary
                 .
              
            
             
               To
               reduce
               the
               Apostles
               notion
               to
               its
               particulars
               ,
               or
               to
               shew
               in
               how
               many
               respects
               every
               individual
               person
               that
               is
               a
               Member
               of
               a
               Society
               is
               necessary
               to
               the
               publick
               ,
               and
               either
               doth
               or
               may
               serve
               the
               Weal
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               so
               do
               good
               in
               his
               life
               ,
               is
               a
               task
               too
               great
               for
               me
               to
               undertake
               at
               this
               time
               ,
               let
               it
               suffice
               at
               the
               present
               to
               propose
               to
               you
               these
               general
               heads
               .
            
             
               First
               of
               all
               none
               can
               want
               opportunities
               of
               doing
               good
               that
               is
               in
               a
               capacity
               of
               performing
               any
               acts
               of
               mercy
               or
               charity
               strictly
               so
               called
               whether
               that
               charity
               be
               shew'd
               to
               the
               bodies
               or
               souls
               of
               men
               .
               Now
               the
               instances
               and
               expressions
               of
               this
               way
               of
               doing
               good
               are
               infinite
               ,
               as
               infinite
               as
               are
               the
               wants
               and
               necessities
               of
               mankind
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               bodies
               of
               men
               we
               do
               good
               when
               ever
               we
               contribute
               to
               the
               relieving
               and
               easing
               them
               of
               the
               outward
               pressures
               and
               wants
               ,
               and
               necessities
               they
               lie
               under
               :
               Such
               as
               Sickness
               ,
               Pain
               ,
               Poverty
               ,
               Hunger
               ,
               Nakedness
               ,
               Debts
               ,
               Imprisonment
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               outward
               affliction
               that
               falls
               upon
               them
               ;
               whether
               that
               ease
               and
               relief
               be
               effected
               by
               our
               purse
               ,
               or
               by
               our
               counsel
               and
               advice
               ,
               or
               by
               our
               labour
               and
               pains
               .
            
             
             
               And
               sure
               some
               one
               of
               these
               three
               things
               there
               is
               none
               so
               mean
               or
               inconsiderable
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               in
               his
               power
               to
               benefit
               his
               poor
               Neighbour
               with
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               Souls
               of
               men
               we
               do
               good
               ,
               whenever
               by
               our
               discourses
               or
               other
               endeavours
               we
               make
               men
               better
               or
               wiser
               ;
               when
               we
               instruct
               the
               ignorant
               ,
               when
               we
               satisfie
               the
               doubtful
               ,
               when
               we
               reduce
               those
               that
               are
               misled
               by
               error
               ,
               when
               we
               establish
               the
               weak
               ,
               when
               we
               reprove
               those
               that
               do
               amiss
               ,
               in
               a
               word
               ,
               all
               our
               attempts
               and
               endeavours
               in
               what
               way
               soever
               to
               reclaim
               men
               from
               vice
               ,
               and
               to
               bring
               them
               to
               wisdom
               and
               sobriety
               is
               a
               Charity
               to
               their
               Souls
               ;
               and
               whether
               our
               designs
               succeed
               or
               not
               we
               shall
               be
               rewarded
               as
               those
               that
               have
               done
               good
               in
               the
               world
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               All
               the
               acts
               of
               Beneficence
               and
               kindness
               ,
               nay
               even
               of
               Civility
               and
               good
               Nature
               ,
               are
               to
               be
               accounted
               among
               the
               instances
               of
               doing
               good
               .
               A
               man
               doth
               good
               not
               only
               by
               acts
               of
               Charity
               properly
               so
               called
               ,
               but
               by
               every
               courtesie
               that
               he
               doth
               to
               another
               ;
               He
               doth
               good
               by
               shewing
               his
               respect
               and
               good
               will
               to
               all
               about
               him
               ,
               by
               reconciling
               differences
               among
               neighbours
               ,
               and
               promoting
               peace
               ,
               friendship
               and
               society
               as
               much
               as
               he
               can
               ;
               by
               being
               Generous
               and
               Liberal
               and
               Hospitable
               according
               to
               his
               ability
               ;
               by
               forgiving
               injuries
               ,
               and
               if
               it
               be
               possible
               making
               friends
               of
               those
               that
               did
               them
               ;
               by
               
               being
               easie
               of
               access
               ,
               and
               sweet
               and
               obliging
               in
               his
               carriage
               ;
               by
               complying
               with
               the
               infirmities
               of
               those
               he
               converseth
               with
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               word
               ,
               by
               contributing
               any
               way
               to
               make
               the
               lives
               of
               others
               more
               easie
               and
               comfortable
               to
               them
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               A
               man
               also
               doth
               good
               when
               he
               makes
               use
               of
               that
               acquaintance
               or
               friendship
               or
               interest
               ,
               that
               he
               hath
               with
               others
               to
               stir
               them
               up
               to
               the
               doing
               of
               that
               good
               which
               he
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               narrowness
               of
               his
               condition
               ,
               or
               for
               want
               of
               Opportunity
               cannot
               do
               himself
               .
               This
               is
               a
               very
               considerable
               instance
               of
               doing
               good
               how
               slight
               soever
               it
               may
               seem
               ;
               the
               man
               that
               exercises
               himself
               this
               way
               is
               doubly
               a
               benefactor
               ;
               for
               he
               is
               not
               only
               an
               instrument
               of
               good
               to
               the
               person
               or
               persons
               for
               whom
               he
               beg'd
               the
               kindness
               or
               the
               charity
               ;
               but
               he
               does
               also
               a
               real
               kindness
               to
               the
               man
               himself
               whom
               he
               puts
               upon
               the
               benefaction
               ,
               for
               God
               will
               not
               less
               reward
               his
               good
               will
               for
               being
               excited
               by
               another
               .
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               Another
               way
               to
               do
               good
               is
               to
               be
               careful
               and
               diligent
               ,
               and
               conscientious
               in
               the
               discharge
               of
               all
               those
               Publick
               Offices
               which
               we
               are
               call'd
               upon
               to
               execute
               in
               the
               place
               where
               we
               live
               .
               How
               burthensome
               soever
               these
               be
               ,
               and
               how
               much
               soever
               of
               our
               time
               they
               rob
               us
               of
               ,
               yet
               God
               by
               calling
               us
               to
               them
               ,
               hath
               put
               a
               
                 prize
                 into
                 our
                 hands
              
               ,
               (
               as
               the
               Wise
               man
               speaks
               )
               to
               do
               much
               good
               
                 if
                 we
                 have
                 hearts
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 thereof
                 .
              
            
             
             
               Fifthly
               ,
               We
               do
               good
               when
               being
               in
               a
               private
               Capacity
               we
               so
               carry
               our selves
               in
               all
               the
               Relations
               in
               which
               we
               stand
               as
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               Relation
               requireth
               .
               As
               for
               instance
               ,
               when
               being
               Subjects
               we
               conscientiously
               obey
               the
               Laws
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               and
               submit
               to
               our
               Governours
               ,
               and
               promote
               what
               we
               can
               the
               publick
               Peace
               both
               of
               Church
               and
               State.
               When
               being
               Masters
               of
               Families
               we
               take
               care
               of
               those
               under
               our
               Charge
               ,
               making
               sufficient
               provision
               both
               for
               their
               Souls
               and
               bodies
               :
               When
               being
               Husbands
               or
               Wives
               we
               discharge
               faithfully
               all
               the
               Conjugal
               duties
               :
               When
               being
               Parents
               we
               love
               our
               children
               ,
               and
               
                 bring
                 them
                 up
                 in
                 the
                 fear
                 and
                 nurture
                 of
                 the
                 Lord.
              
               When
               being
               children
               
                 we
                 obey
                 our
                 Parents
                 in
                 all
                 things
                 .
              
               When
               being
               servants
               
                 we
                 do
                 our
                 work
                 in
                 singleness
                 of
                 heart
                 ,
                 not
                 as
                 men-pleasers
                 but
                 as
                 those
                 that
                 account
                 they
                 have
                 a
                 Master
                 in
                 Heaven
                 .
              
               When
               having
               contracted
               friendships
               we
               are
               secret
               and
               faithful
               ,
               and
               prudent
               in
               the
               maintaining
               and
               preserving
               of
               them
               ;
               and
               so
               proportionably
               in
               all
               the
               other
               relations
               ,
               that
               we
               stand
               in
               .
               All
               these
               things
               though
               they
               appear
               little
               ,
               yet
               are
               they
               in
               their
               degree
               a
               real
               good
               and
               benefit
               to
               mankind
               ,
               and
               so
               necessary
               that
               there
               is
               no
               living
               tolerably
               without
               them
               .
            
             
               Sixthly
               ,
               We
               also
               do
               good
               by
               an
               honest
               and
               a
               diligent
               pursuit
               of
               our
               calling
               and
               employment
               .
               There
               is
               no
               Art
               or
               Trade
               that
               we
               are
               bred
               to
               ,
               but
               if
               it
               be
               a
               lawful
               one
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               of
               great
               use
               to
               the
               
               publick
               ,
               and
               by
               well
               minding
               it
               ,
               and
               fairly
               manageing
               it
               we
               may
               render
               our selves
               very
               profitable
               members
               of
               the
               Common-wealth
               .
            
             
               Seventhly
               and
               Lastly
               ,
               We
               may
               do
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               good
               by
               our
               good
               Examples
               ,
               by
               being
               to
               others
               Patterns
               of
               Piety
               and
               Prudence
               ,
               of
               Diligence
               and
               Industry
               ,
               of
               Peaceableness
               and
               Loyalty
               ,
               of
               Humility
               and
               Meekness
               and
               Temperance
               .
               In
               a
               word
               ,
               every
               man
               that
               will
               make
               himself
               Eminent
               in
               any
               Virtue
               will
               be
               a
               Light
               to
               the
               world
               ,
               his
               life
               will
               be
               a
               constant
               Sermon
               ,
               and
               he
               will
               often
               prove
               as
               effectual
               a
               Benefactor
               to
               those
               about
               him
               by
               his
               example
               as
               others
               are
               by
               their
               Counsels
               and
               Exhortations
               .
            
             
               And
               now
               all
               these
               things
               considered
               ,
               who
               is
               there
               among
               us
               in
               such
               deplorable
               Circumstances
               that
               he
               can
               reasonably
               pretend
               to
               want
               ability
               or
               opportunity
               to
               
                 do
                 good
                 in
                 his
                 life
              
               ?
               Sure
               I
               am
               he
               must
               live
               in
               a
               desart
               ,
               and
               have
               no
               Communication
               with
               mankind
               that
               cannot
               some
               or
               other
               of
               these
               ways
               be
               useful
               and
               beneficial
               to
               them
               .
               And
               thus
               much
               of
               our
               Second
               Head
               of
               Discourse
               .
            
             
               I
               now
               come
               in
               the
               Third
               and
               last
               place
               to
               make
               some
               Application
               of
               what
               hath
               been
               spoken
               .
            
             
               And
               First
               ,
               Since
               every
               man
               is
               so
               highly
               concern'd
               as
               we
               have
               seen
               ,
               to
               do
               good
               in
               his
               life
               ,
               let
               us
               all
               be
               perswaded
               seriously
               and
               heartily
               to
               apply
               our
               minds
               hereunto
               .
               Let
               us
               look
               upon
               it
               ,
               not
               as
               a
               by-work
               ,
               
               a
               thing
               to
               be
               done
               now
               and
               then
               as
               there
               is
               occasion
               after
               our
               own
               turns
               are
               served
               :
               But
               let
               us
               lay
               out
               our selves
               upon
               it
               ,
               let
               us
               propose
               it
               to
               our selves
               as
               the
               great
               Business
               of
               our
               lives
               .
               Let
               us
               take
               all
               opportunities
               for
               it
               ,
               let
               us
               contrive
               and
               manage
               all
               our
               affairs
               so
               that
               they
               may
               some
               way
               or
               other
               be
               subservient
               to
               the
               carrying
               on
               this
               great
               work
               .
            
             
               Let
               this
               be
               the
               end
               of
               our
               gathering
               riches
               ,
               and
               the
               measure
               of
               our
               expending
               them
               .
               To
               heap
               up
               riches
               that
               we
               may
               be
               rich
               ,
               or
               to
               throw
               them
               away
               upon
               our
               lusts
               are
               both
               equally
               intolerable
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               doing
               good
               with
               them
               that
               sanctifies
               both
               the
               getting
               and
               the
               spending
               them
               .
            
             
               Let
               this
               be
               the
               compass
               to
               steer
               and
               direct
               us
               in
               our
               pursuit
               after
               knowledge
               ,
               in
               our
               learning
               Arts
               and
               Sciences
               ,
               in
               the
               managery
               of
               our
               Trades
               and
               employments
               ;
               in
               a
               word
               ,
               in
               the
               choice
               and
               in
               the
               prosecution
               of
               every
               design
               that
               is
               proposed
               to
               us
               .
               In
               all
               these
               things
               ,
               the
               great
               enquiry
               is
               to
               be
               ,
               what
               good
               will
               they
               tend
               to
               ?
               How
               shall
               we
               be
               rendred
               more
               useful
               to
               the
               world
               ,
               if
               our
               designs
               and
               endeavours
               as
               to
               these
               matters
               do
               take
               effect
               ?
            
             
               Let
               this
               be
               the
               great
               rule
               by
               which
               we
               proceed
               in
               the
               Education
               of
               our
               Children
               and
               Relations
               ,
               and
               the
               provisions
               we
               make
               for
               them
               in
               the
               world
               .
               Let
               it
               be
               our
               first
               care
               to
               possess
               them
               with
               a
               deep
               sense
               of
               the
               duty
               they
               owe
               to
               the
               Publick
               ,
               and
               to
               furnish
               them
               with
               such
               qualities
               as
               will
               render
               them
               profitable
               members
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               to
               put
               them
               into
               such
               professions
               
               and
               employments
               as
               may
               afford
               them
               fair
               scope
               for
               the
               exercise
               of
               those
               qualities
               .
               If
               we
               thus
               provide
               for
               them
               ,
               though
               we
               otherwise
               leave
               them
               never
               so
               small
               an
               Estate
               ,
               yet
               with
               the
               Blessing
               of
               God
               they
               have
               a
               good
               Portion
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               let
               this
               design
               of
               doing
               good
               influence
               our
               very
               Offices
               of
               Religion
               .
               When
               we
               make
               our
               applications
               to
               the
               Throne
               of
               Grace
               ,
               let
               us
               be
               sure
               to
               have
               the
               Publick
               always
               in
               mind
               ;
               and
               even
               when
               we
               pray
               for
               our selves
               let
               it
               be
               with
               this
               design
               and
               resolution
               ,
               that
               as
               God
               in
               mercy
               bestows
               upon
               us
               the
               Blessings
               and
               the
               Grace
               we
               pray
               for
               ,
               we
               will
               employ
               them
               for
               the
               good
               of
               others
               .
            
             
               O
               that
               we
               would
               thus
               seriously
               concern
               our selves
               in
               doing
               good
               !
               O
               that
               we
               would
               once
               lay
               aside
               all
               our
               little
               selfish
               designs
               ,
               and
               that
               narrowness
               and
               penuriousness
               of
               Spirit
               with
               which
               most
               of
               us
               are
               bound
               up
               ;
               and
               with
               ardent
               Love
               and
               Charity
               set
               our selves
               
                 not
                 to
                 seek
                 his
                 own
                 but
                 every
                 man
                 anothers
                 good
                 ,
              
               
               as
               the
               Apostle
               exhorteth
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               if
               the
               doing
               good
               be
               so
               necessary
               a
               duty
               as
               hath
               been
               represented
               ,
               what
               must
               we
               say
               of
               those
               men
               that
               frame
               to
               themselves
               Models
               of
               Christianity
               without
               putting
               this
               duty
               into
               its
               notion
               ?
               There
               is
               a
               sort
               of
               Christianity
               which
               hath
               obtained
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               that
               is
               made
               up
               of
               Faith
               and
               knowledge
               of
               the
               Gospel
               Mysteries
               ,
               without
               any
               respect
               to
               Charity
               and
               good
               works
               .
               Nay
               have
               we
               not
               heard
               of
               a
               sort
               of
               Christianity
               ,
               the
               very
               perfection
               of
               which
               
               seems
               to
               consist
               in
               the
               disparaging
               this
               duty
               of
               doing
               good
               as
               much
               as
               is
               possible
               ;
               crying
               it
               down
               as
               a
               heathen
               virtue
               ,
               a
               poor
               blind
               piece
               of
               Morality
               ,
               a
               thing
               that
               will
               no
               way
               further
               our
               salvation
               ;
               nay
               ,
               so
               far
               from
               that
               ,
               that
               it
               often
               proves
               a
               hindrance
               to
               it
               ,
               by
               taking
               us
               off
               from
               that
               full
               relyance
               and
               recumbency
               that
               we
               ought
               to
               have
               on
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               only
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               our
               Salvation
               .
            
             
               But
               O
               how
               contrary
               are
               these
               Doctrines
               to
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Christ
               and
               his
               Apostles
               !
               How
               widely
               different
               a
               thing
               do
               they
               make
               Christianity
               to
               be
               from
               what
               it
               will
               appear
               if
               we
               take
               our
               notions
               of
               it
               from
               their
               Sermons
               and
               Practices
               !
               Is
               it
               possible
               that
               he
               that
               went
               about
               doing
               good
               himself
               ;
               made
               it
               his
               meat
               and
               drink
               ,
               the
               business
               and
               employment
               of
               his
               life
               ,
               should
               set
               so
               light
               by
               it
               in
               us
               that
               are
               his
               followers
               ?
            
             
               Is
               it
               possible
               that
               they
               that
               so
               often
               call
               upon
               us
               
                 to
                 do
                 good
              
               ,
               
               
                 to
                 be
                 rich
                 in
                 good
                 works
                 ,
                 above
                 all
                 things
                 to
                 have
                 fervent
                 charity
                 among
                 our selves
                 ,
              
               telling
               us
               that
               all
               
                 faith
                 is
                 nothing
                 ,
                 all
                 knowledge
                 of
                 Mysteries
              
               is
               nothing
               ,
               all
               gifts
               of
               Prophecy
               and
               Miracles
               are
               nothing
               ,
               but
               that
               Charity
               is
               all
               in
               all
               ,
               I
               say
               is
               it
               possible
               that
               they
               should
               think
               doing
               good
               so
               insignificant
               ,
               so
               unprofitable
               ,
               nay
               so
               dangerous
               a
               thing
               as
               these
               I
               spoke
               of
               do
               represent
               it
               ?
            
             
               But
               I
               need
               not
               further
               reprove
               these
               Opinions
               because
               I
               hope
               they
               find
               but
               few
               Patrons
               ;
               but
               this
               seriously
               ought
               to
               be
               reproved
               among
               us
               ,
               viz.
               that
               we
               do
               not
               generally
               lay
               that
               stress
               upon
               this
               duty
               we
               are
               speaking
               of
               that
               we
               ought
               to
               do
               .
            
             
             
               Many
               are
               ready
               enough
               to
               acknowledge
               their
               Obligations
               to
               do
               good
               ,
               and
               count
               it
               a
               very
               commendable
               thing
               ,
               and
               a
               work
               that
               God
               will
               bless
               them
               the
               better
               for
               ,
               yet
               they
               are
               loth
               to
               make
               it
               an
               essential
               ingredient
               of
               their
               Religion
               ,
               they
               think
               they
               may
               be
               Religious
               and
               serve
               God
               without
               it
               .
               If
               they
               be
               but
               sober
               in
               their
               lives
               ,
               and
               just
               in
               their
               dealings
               and
               come
               to
               Church
               at
               the
               usual
               times
               ,
               they
               have
               Religion
               enough
               to
               carry
               them
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               though
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               they
               continue
               covetous
               and
               hard
               and
               uncharitable
               ,
               without
               bowels
               of
               pity
               and
               compassion
               ,
               and
               make
               no
               use
               of
               their
               wealth
               ,
               or
               their
               power
               and
               interest
               ,
               or
               their
               Parts
               and
               industry
               ,
               or
               their
               other
               Talents
               committed
               to
               them
               ,
               for
               the
               doing
               good
               in
               the
               world
               .
            
             
               Far
               be
               it
               from
               any
               man
               to
               pretend
               to
               determine
               what
               vertues
               or
               degrees
               of
               them
               are
               precisely
               necessary
               to
               Salvation
               ,
               and
               what
               Vertues
               or
               degrees
               of
               them
               a
               man
               may
               safely
               be
               without
               :
               But
               this
               is
               certain
               ,
               that
               charity
               and
               doing
               good
               are
               none
               of
               those
               that
               can
               be
               spared
               .
               The
               Scripture
               hath
               every
               where
               declared
               these
               qualities
               to
               be
               as
               necessary
               in
               order
               to
               our
               Salvation
               as
               any
               condition
               of
               the
               Gospel
               .
               Nay
               if
               we
               will
               consult
               St.
               Matth.
               25.
               where
               the
               Process
               of
               the
               General
               Judgment
               is
               described
               ,
               we
               shall
               find
               these
               to
               be
               the
               great
               points
               that
               at
               the
               last
               day
               men
               shall
               be
               examined
               upon
               ,
               and
               upon
               which
               the
               whole
               case
               of
               their
               eternal
               state
               will
               turn
               .
               So
               that
               if
               we
               take
               the
               Scripture
               for
               our
               Guide
               ,
               these
               men
               at
               last
               
               will
               be
               found
               to
               be
               much
               mistaken
               ,
               and
               to
               have
               made
               a
               very
               false
               judgment
               both
               of
               Religion
               and
               of
               their
               own
               condition
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               From
               what
               hath
               been
               said
               about
               doing
               good
               ,
               we
               may
               gather
               wherein
               that
               Perfection
               of
               Christianity
               which
               we
               are
               to
               aspire
               after
               ,
               doth
               consist
               .
               It
               has
               been
               much
               disputed
               which
               is
               the
               most
               Perfect
               life
               ,
               to
               live
               in
               the
               world
               as
               other
               men
               do
               ,
               and
               to
               serve
               God
               in
               following
               our
               employments
               ,
               and
               taking
               care
               of
               our
               families
               ,
               and
               doing
               good
               offices
               to
               our
               neighbors
               ,
               and
               discharging
               all
               other
               duties
               that
               our
               relation
               to
               the
               publick
               requires
               of
               us
               ;
               or
               to
               retire
               from
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               to
               quit
               all
               our
               secular
               concernments
               ,
               and
               wholly
               to
               give
               up
               our selves
               to
               Prayer
               and
               Meditation
               ,
               and
               those
               other
               exercises
               of
               Religion
               properly
               so
               called
               .
            
             
               This
               latter
               kind
               of
               life
               is
               so
               magnified
               by
               the
               Romanists
               in
               comparison
               of
               the
               other
               ,
               that
               it
               hath
               engrossed
               to
               it self
               the
               name
               of
               Religious
               .
               None
               among
               them
               are
               thought
               worthy
               to
               be
               styled
               Religious
               persons
               but
               those
               that
               Cloyster
               up
               themselves
               in
               a
               Monastery
               .
               But
               whatever
               excellence
               may
               be
               pretended
               in
               this
               course
               of
               life
               ,
               it
               certainly
               falls
               much
               short
               of
               that
               which
               is
               led
               in
               a
               publick
               way
               .
               He
               serves
               God
               best
               that
               is
               most
               serviceable
               to
               his
               Generation
               .
               And
               no
               Prayers
               or
               Fasts
               or
               Mortifications
               are
               near
               so
               acceptable
               a
               Sacrifice
               to
               our
               Heavenly
               Father
               as
               to
               
                 do
                 good
                 in
                 our
                 lives
              
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               true
               ,
               to
               keep
               within
               doors
               and
               to
               attend
               our
               
               devotions
               (
               though
               those
               that
               are
               in
               appearance
               most
               abstracted
               from
               the
               world
               ,
               are
               not
               always
               the
               most
               devout
               persons
               )
               I
               say
               this
               kind
               of
               life
               is
               the
               most
               easie
               and
               the
               safer
               .
               A
               man
               is
               not
               then
               exposed
               so
               much
               to
               temptations
               ;
               he
               may
               with
               less
               difficulty
               preserve
               his
               innocence
               ;
               but
               where
               is
               the
               praise
               of
               such
               a
               vertue
               ?
               Vertue
               is
               then
               most
               glorious
               and
               shall
               be
               most
               rewarded
               ,
               when
               it
               meets
               with
               most
               tryals
               and
               oppositions
               .
            
             
               And
               as
               for
               the
               bravery
               of
               contemning
               the
               world
               and
               all
               the
               Pomps
               of
               it
               ,
               which
               they
               so
               magnifie
               in
               this
               kind
               of
               life
               ,
               alas
               it
               is
               rather
               an
               effect
               of
               pusillanimity
               and
               love
               of
               our
               ease
               ,
               and
               a
               desire
               to
               be
               free
               from
               cares
               and
               burdens
               ,
               than
               of
               any
               true
               nobleness
               of
               mind
               .
               If
               we
               would
               live
               to
               excellent
               purpose
               indeed
               ;
               if
               we
               would
               shew
               true
               bravery
               of
               spirit
               and
               true
               piety
               towards
               God
               ,
               let
               us
               live
               as
               our
               blessed
               Lord
               and
               his
               Apostles
               did
               .
               Let
               us
               not
               fly
               Temptations
               but
               overcome
               them
               ;
               let
               us
               not
               sit
               at
               home
               amusing
               our selves
               with
               our
               pleasing
               contemplations
               ,
               when
               we
               may
               be
               useful
               and
               beneficial
               abroad
               .
               Let
               us
               so
               order
               our
               devotions
               towards
               God
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               be
               a
               means
               of
               promoting
               our
               worldly
               business
               and
               affairs
               ,
               and
               doing
               good
               among
               men
               .
               Let
               us
               take
               our
               fit
               times
               of
               retirement
               and
               abstraction
               that
               we
               may
               the
               more
               freely
               converse
               with
               God
               and
               pour
               out
               our
               souls
               before
               him
               ;
               but
               let
               this
               be
               only
               to
               the
               end
               that
               we
               may
               appear
               abroad
               again
               more
               brisk
               and
               lively
               in
               vanquishing
               the
               Temptations
               that
               come
               in
               our
               
               way
               ,
               and
               more
               prompt
               and
               readily
               disposed
               to
               every
               good
               work
               :
               This
               is
               to
               imitate
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               to
               walk
               as
               we
               have
               him
               for
               an
               example
               .
               This
               is
               a
               life
               most
               sutable
               to
               the
               contrivance
               and
               the
               genius
               of
               his
               Religion
               ,
               which
               is
               more
               accommodated
               to
               Cities
               and
               publick
               Societies
               ,
               than
               to
               Cloysters
               and
               Deserts
               .
               And
               lastly
               this
               is
               to
               walk
               in
               a
               conformity
               to
               his
               command
               who
               hath
               bid
               us
               
                 make
                 our
                 light
                 so
                 to
                 shine
                 before
                 men
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 see
                 our
                 good
                 works
                 and
                 glorifie
                 our
                 Father
                 which
                 is
                 in
                 Heaven
              
               
               .
            
             
               But
               Fourthly
               and
               lastly
               ,
               If
               it
               be
               a
               thing
               so
               necessary
               that
               every
               man
               should
               do
               good
               in
               his
               life
               as
               hath
               been
               represented
               ,
               then
               how
               much
               to
               be
               Reproved
               are
               they
               that
               do
               no
               good
               till
               their
               death
               !
               That
               live
               scrapingly
               and
               uncharitably
               and
               uselesly
               to
               the
               world
               all
               their
               lives
               long
               ,
               and
               then
               when
               they
               come
               to
               dye
               ,
               think
               to
               Atone
               for
               their
               sins
               and
               neglects
               of
               this
               kind
               ,
               by
               shewing
               some
               extraordinary
               Bounty
               to
               the
               poor
               ,
               or
               devoting
               some
               part
               of
               their
               estates
               to
               publick
               or
               pious
               uses
               .
            
             
               I
               must
               confess
               this
               kind
               of
               proceeding
               doth
               to
               me
               seem
               just
               like
               the
               business
               of
               putting
               off
               a
               mans
               repentance
               to
               his
               death-bed
               .
               It
               is
               absolutely
               necessary
               that
               a
               man
               should
               repent
               though
               it
               be
               never
               so
               late
               ;
               and
               so
               it
               is
               that
               he
               should
               do
               good
               :
               if
               he
               have
               done
               little
               good
               in
               his
               life
               ,
               he
               is
               bound
               as
               he
               loves
               his
               soul
               to
               shew
               some
               extraordinary
               uncommon
               instances
               of
               Charity
               and
               a
               Publick
               spirit
               ,
               when
               he
               comes
               to
               die
               .
               But
               then
               it
               is
               here
               as
               it
               is
               with
               the
               long
               
               delaying
               of
               Repentance
               ,
               the
               deferring
               it
               so
               long
               has
               robbed
               the
               man
               of
               the
               greatest
               part
               of
               the
               praise
               and
               the
               comfort
               he
               might
               have
               expected
               from
               it
               .
               His
               Rewards
               in
               heaven
               will
               be
               much
               less
               though
               his
               good
               deeds
               should
               be
               accepted
               ,
               but
               he
               is
               infinitely
               uncertain
               whether
               they
               will
               or
               no.
               It
               must
               be
               a
               very
               great
               act
               of
               Generosity
               and
               Charity
               that
               can
               obtain
               a
               pardon
               for
               a
               whole
               life
               of
               uncharitableness
               .
            
             
               Let
               us
               all
               therefore
               labour
               and
               study
               
                 to
                 do
                 good
                 in
                 our
                 lives
                 ,
              
               let
               us
               be
               daily
               giving
               evidences
               to
               the
               world
               of
               our
               kind
               and
               charitable
               disposition
               ,
               and
               let
               not
               that
               be
               the
               first
               which
               is
               discovered
               in
               our
               last
               Will
               and
               testament
               .
               If
               God
               hath
               blessed
               us
               with
               worldly
               goods
               ,
               let
               us
               distribute
               them
               as
               we
               see
               occasion
               in
               our
               life
               time
               ,
               when
               every
               one
               may
               see
               we
               do
               it
               voluntarily
               ;
               and
               not
               stay
               till
               we
               must
               be
               forced
               to
               part
               with
               them
               whether
               we
               will
               or
               no
               ,
               for
               that
               will
               blast
               the
               credit
               of
               our
               good
               deeds
               both
               with
               God
               and
               man.
               
            
             
               I
               have
               said
               enough
               concerning
               the
               first
               point
               recommended
               in
               the
               Text
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 doing
                 Good.
              
               I
               now
               come
               briefly
               to
               Treat
               of
               the
               other
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               Rejoycing
               ,
               which
               is
               equally
               a
               part
               of
               the
               business
               of
               this
               day
               .
            
             
               
                 There
                 is
                 no
                 good
              
               (
               saith
               
                 Solomon
                 )
                 in
                 any
                 earthly
                 thing
              
               ;
               or
               
                 there
                 is
                 nothing
                 better
                 for
                 any
                 man
                 than
                 to
                 rejoyce
                 and
                 to
                 do
                 good
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Rejoycing
               here
               recommended
               ,
               is
               capable
               of
               two
               sences
               ,
               the
               first
               more
               general
               and
               more
               concerning
               us
               as
               Christians
               ,
               the
               other
               more
               particular
               and
               which
               more
               immediately
               concerns
               us
               as
               we
               are
               here
               met
               upon
               this
               occasion
               .
            
             
             
               In
               the
               first
               place
               by
               Rejoycing
               we
               may
               take
               to
               be
               meant
               ,
               a
               constant
               habit
               of
               joy
               and
               chearfulness
               ,
               so
               that
               we
               are
               always
               contented
               and
               well
               pleased
               ,
               always
               free
               from
               those
               anxieties
               and
               disquiets
               and
               uncomfortable
               reflections
               that
               make
               the
               lives
               of
               mankind
               miserable
               .
               This
               now
               is
               the
               Perfection
               of
               Rejoycing
               and
               it
               is
               the
               utmost
               degree
               of
               Happiness
               that
               we
               are
               here
               capable
               of
               .
               It
               must
               be
               granted
               indeed
               that
               not
               many
               do
               arrive
               to
               this
               state
               ,
               but
               yet
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               that
               it
               is
               a
               state
               that
               may
               be
               attained
               at
               least
               in
               a
               great
               measure
               in
               this
               world
               .
               Otherwise
               the
               Holy
               men
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               particularly
               the
               Apostles
               of
               our
               Lord
               would
               never
               have
               recommended
               it
               to
               us
               so
               often
               as
               they
               have
               done
               .
               
                 Rejoyce
                 ever
                 more
              
               ,
               
               saith
               S.
               Paul
               to
               the
               Thessalonians
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Philippians
               ,
               
               
                 Rejoyce
                 in
                 the
                 Lord
                 always
                 ,
                 and
                 again
                 I
                 say
                 rejoyce
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               way
               to
               attain
               to
               this
               happy
               condition
               doth
               consist
               chiefly
               in
               these
               three
               things
               :
               First
               a
               great
               innocence
               and
               virtue
               ,
               a
               behaving
               our selves
               so
               in
               the
               world
               that
               our
               Consciences
               shall
               not
               reproach
               us
               .
               This
               St.
               Paul
               lays
               as
               the
               Foundation
               of
               
                 Rejoycing
                 ,
                 This
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 is
                 our
                 rejoycing
              
               ,
               
               
                 the
                 Testimony
                 of
                 our
                 Conscience
                 that
                 in
                 simplicity
                 and
                 godly
                 sincerity
                 I
                 have
                 had
                 my
                 conversation
                 in
                 this
                 world
                 .
              
               It
               is
               in
               vain
               to
               think
               of
               any
               true
               solid
               Joy
               or
               Peace
               or
               Contentment
               without
               a
               hearty
               practice
               of
               all
               the
               duties
               of
               our
               Religion
               ,
               so
               that
               we
               can
               satisfie
               our selves
               of
               our
               own
               sincerity
               before
               God.
               
            
             
               And
               then
               secondly
               to
               make
               us
               capable
               of
               this
               constant
               Rejoycing
               besides
               the
               innocence
               of
               our
               lives
               there
               must
               go
               a
               firm
               and
               hearty
               perswasion
               of
               Gods
               
               particular
               Providence
               ;
               a
               belief
               that
               he
               not
               only
               dispenseth
               all
               events
               that
               come
               to
               pass
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               even
               the
               most
               inconsiderable
               ;
               but
               that
               the
               measure
               of
               the
               Dispensations
               of
               his
               Providence
               is
               infinite
               Wisdom
               and
               Goodness
               and
               nothing
               else
               :
               so
               that
               nothing
               doth
               or
               ever
               can
               happen
               to
               us
               in
               particular
               ,
               or
               to
               the
               world
               in
               general
               but
               what
               is
               for
               the
               best
               .
               Now
               when
               we
               firmly
               believe
               this
               and
               frequently
               attend
               to
               it
               ,
               how
               can
               we
               be
               either
               solicitous
               for
               the
               future
               or
               discontented
               at
               the
               present
               events
               of
               things
               ,
               let
               them
               fall
               out
               never
               so
               cross
               to
               our
               desires
               and
               expectations
               ?
               This
               is
               the
               best
               Antidote
               in
               the
               world
               (
               and
               an
               effectual
               one
               it
               is
               )
               against
               all
               trouble
               and
               vexation
               and
               uneasiness
               that
               can
               happen
               to
               us
               upon
               any
               occasion
               whatsoever
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               the
               consideration
               that
               all
               things
               are
               managed
               by
               an
               infinitely
               Wise
               and
               good
               God
               ,
               and
               will
               at
               last
               prove
               for
               the
               best
               ,
               how
               unaccountable
               soever
               they
               appear
               to
               us
               at
               present
               .
               And
               this
               is
               that
               which
               the
               wise
               man
               insinuates
               in
               the
               verse
               before
               the
               Text
               when
               he
               saith
               that
               
                 God
                 hath
                 made
                 every
                 thing
                 beautiful
                 in
                 his
                 season
                 .
              
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               Another
               requisite
               both
               for
               the
               procuring
               and
               preserving
               this
               continual
               chearfulness
               and
               rejoycing
               ,
               is
               a
               frequent
               and
               fixed
               attention
               to
               the
               great
               rewards
               of
               the
               other
               world
               ,
               which
               God
               hath
               promised
               to
               all
               that
               truly
               love
               him
               and
               endeavour
               to
               please
               him
               .
               This
               consideration
               will
               extreamly
               add
               to
               our
               comfort
               and
               contribute
               to
               our
               Rejoycing
               under
               all
               the
               miseries
               and
               afflictions
               that
               we
               can
               possibly
               fall
               into
               ,
               namely
               ,
               that
               whatsoever
               condition
               we
               are
               in
               here
               
               we
               shall
               certainly
               in
               a
               little
               time
               be
               in
               a
               most
               happy
               and
               glorious
               one
               ,
               and
               the
               worse
               our
               circumstances
               are
               in
               this
               life
               ,
               the
               greater
               (
               if
               we
               be
               good
               )
               shall
               be
               our
               happiness
               in
               the
               next
               ,
               
               for
               
                 these
                 light
                 afflictions
              
               (
               as
               S.
               Paul
               tells
               us
               )
               
                 which
                 indure
                 but
                 for
                 a
                 moment
                 ,
                 do
                 work
                 for
                 us
                 a
                 far
                 more
                 exceeding
                 weight
                 of
                 glory
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               then
               is
               the
               joy
               that
               we
               are
               to
               endeavour
               after
               in
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               to
               be
               constantly
               well
               pleas'd
               and
               contented
               with
               our
               present
               condition
               ,
               whatever
               it
               be
               ,
               and
               these
               are
               the
               ways
               to
               attain
               to
               it
               .
            
             
               But
               secondly
               ,
               there
               is
               another
               more
               particular
               Notion
               of
               Rejoycing
               ,
               and
               which
               I
               conceive
               Solomon
               doth
               chiefly
               intend
               in
               the
               words
               of
               the
               Text
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               the
               free
               and
               comfortable
               enjoyment
               of
               the
               good
               things
               of
               this
               life
               that
               God
               hath
               blessed
               us
               with
               ,
               in
               opposition
               to
               a
               pinching
               and
               penurious
               way
               of
               living
               .
               This
               I
               say
               seems
               to
               be
               the
               notion
               of
               Rejoycing
               that
               the
               Text
               speaks
               of
               ,
               as
               appears
               by
               the
               following
               verse
               .
               Solomon
               having
               told
               us
               in
               the
               text
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               nothing
               better
               for
               a
               man
               than
               to
               rejoyce
               and
               
                 do
                 good
              
               ,
               he
               adds
               by
               way
               of
               explication
               of
               what
               he
               meant
               by
               rejoycing
               ,
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 that
                 every
                 man
                 should
                 eat
                 and
                 drink
                 and
                 enjoy
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 all
                 his
                 labours
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 gift
                 of
                 God.
              
               And
               frequently
               in
               this
               Book
               of
               Ecclesiastes
               doth
               he
               perswade
               to
               this
               kind
               of
               rejoycing
               .
               Thus
               in
               Chap.
               2.
               ver
               .
               24.
               
                 there
                 is
                 nothing
                 better
                 for
                 a
                 man
                 ,
                 than
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 eat
                 and
                 drink
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 make
                 his
                 soul
                 enjoy
                 good
                 in
                 his
                 labour
                 ,
                 this
                 also
                 I
                 saw
                 it
                 was
                 from
                 the
                 hand
                 of
                 God.
              
               And
               in
               Chap.
               5.
               v.
               18.
               
               
                 Behold
                 that
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 good
                 and
                 comely
                 for
                 one
                 to
                 eat
                 and
                 
                 drink
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 enjoy
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 all
                 his
                 labours
                 that
                 he
                 taketh
                 under
                 the
                 sun
                 all
                 the
                 days
                 of
                 his
                 life
                 which
                 God
                 giveth
                 him
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 his
                 portion
                 .
              
               And
               in
               Chap.
               6.
               v.
               1
               ,
               2.
               he
               represents
               it
               as
               a
               
                 great
                 evil
                 that
                 he
                 hath
                 seen
                 under
                 the
                 sun
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 such
                 an
                 evil
                 as
                 is
                 common
                 among
                 men
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 man
                 to
                 whom
                 God
                 hath
                 given
                 riches
                 ,
                 and
                 wealth
                 ,
                 and
                 honour
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 he
                 wanteth
                 nothing
                 for
                 his
                 soul
                 of
                 all
                 that
                 he
                 desireth
                 ,
                 yet
                 God
                 giveth
                 him
                 not
                 power
                 to
                 eat
                 thereof
                 ,
                 but
                 a
                 stranger
                 eateth
                 it
                 ,
                 this
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 is
                 vanity
                 and
                 an
                 evil
                 disease
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               there
               is
               certainly
               great
               reason
               in
               what
               he
               saith
               .
               For
               to
               have
               a
               plentiful
               portion
               of
               the
               good
               things
               of
               this
               life
               and
               not
               to
               have
               the
               heart
               to
               make
               use
               of
               them
               for
               the
               enjoyment
               of
               our selves
               and
               friends
               ;
               for
               the
               refreshing
               us
               under
               the
               toyl
               that
               this
               life
               doth
               expose
               us
               to
               ;
               for
               the
               promoting
               Acquaintance
               and
               Society
               ,
               and
               the
               rendering
               our
               condition
               as
               easie
               as
               may
               be
               ,
               is
               as
               unaccountable
               a
               folly
               as
               we
               can
               be
               guilty
               of
               ,
               and
               makes
               us
               really
               as
               poor
               and
               necessitous
               as
               those
               that
               want
               bread
               ,
               but
               only
               not
               so
               pitiable
               .
            
             
               Taking
               now
               this
               to
               be
               the
               sence
               of
               rejoycing
               in
               the
               Text
               ,
               (
               as
               I
               believe
               it
               is
               )
               we
               have
               from
               hence
               a
               good
               warrant
               for
               this
               days
               Meeting
               ,
               for
               we
               come
               together
               to
               rejoyce
               in
               Solomons
               sence
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               
                 to
                 eat
                 and
                 drink
                 and
                 to
                 enjoy
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 our
                 labours
                 ,
              
               it
               being
               
                 the
                 gift
                 of
                 God
              
               so
               to
               do
               .
            
             
               And
               this
               practice
               of
               ours
               is
               not
               only
               reasonable
               in
               it self
               ,
               but
               is
               commended
               to
               us
               by
               the
               example
               of
               Gods
               people
               both
               under
               the
               Law
               and
               the
               Gospel
               .
               The
               Iews
               by
               the
               appointment
               of
               God
               himself
               were
               to
               meet
               every
               year
               three
               times
               at
               Ierusalem
               ,
               the
               Capital
               
               City
               of
               the
               Nation
               
                 to
                 feast
                 and
                 to
                 rejoyce
                 before
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
              
               
               as
               we
               have
               it
               in
               the
               express
               words
               of
               Moses
               .
               And
               the
               Christians
               for
               near
               two
               hundred
               years
               after
               our
               Saviour
               had
               their
               Agapa
               ,
               their
               Feasts
               of
               charity
               wherein
               they
               met
               together
               both
               poor
               and
               rich
               to
               enjoy
               and
               make
               merry
               one
               with
               another
               .
               It
               is
               true
               these
               Feasts
               were
               at
               length
               left
               off
               by
               common
               consent
               ,
               because
               there
               grew
               abuses
               in
               them
               ;
               they
               became
               occasions
               of
               Luxury
               and
               excess
               ,
               and
               so
               matters
               of
               scandal
               to
               our
               Religion
               .
               But
               this
               was
               not
               an
               ill
               reflection
               upon
               the
               thing
               it self
               ,
               which
               was
               innocent
               and
               commendable
               ,
               but
               upon
               the
               abuse
               of
               the
               thing
               .
               A
               good
               and
               laudable
               institution
               was
               perverted
               to
               evil
               purposes
               .
               However
               this
               very
               consideration
               ought
               to
               make
               us
               very
               careful
               of
               our
               carriage
               and
               behaviour
               in
               these
               our
               Meetings
               ,
               lest
               we
               fall
               under
               the
               same
               inconveniencies
               ,
               which
               that
               we
               may
               prevent
               ,
               Two
               things
               are
               especially
               needful
               to
               be
               taken
               care
               of
               by
               us
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               That
               we
               do
               not
               exceed
               the
               bounds
               of
               rejoycing
               prescribed
               to
               Christians
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               that
               we
               avoid
               all
               excess
               ,
               and
               use
               the
               Creatures
               of
               God
               ,
               soberly
               and
               temperately
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               give
               offence
               to
               none
               ,
               nor
               to
               
                 make
                 provision
                 for
                 the
                 flesh
                 to
                 fulfil
                 the
                 lusts
                 thereof
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               secondly
               ,
               That
               we
               take
               care
               to
               perform
               and
               make
               good
               the
               ends
               and
               designs
               of
               these
               Feasts
               of
               rejoycing
               ;
               which
               ends
               ,
               if
               we
               will
               take
               our
               measures
               from
               those
               Laws
               that
               God
               gave
               to
               his
               own
               People
               in
               the
               Old
               Testament
               ,
               and
               which
               the
               modern
               Iews
               themselves
               in
               their
               Commentaries
               take
               notice
               of
               ;
               and
               which
               are
               
               so
               reasonable
               in
               themselves
               that
               without
               any
               Authority
               they
               do
               recommend
               themselves
               to
               us
               ,
               are
               these
               four
               following
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               That
               we
               Rejoyce
               before
               the
               Lord
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               that
               we
               make
               our
               humble
               acknowledgments
               and
               return
               our
               due
               praises
               and
               thanks
               to
               him
               for
               all
               the
               good
               things
               he
               hath
               blessed
               us
               with
               in
               our
               lives
               ,
               confessing
               that
               all
               we
               have
               is
               from
               his
               free
               bounty
               and
               goodness
               ,
               and
               that
               our
               Meeting
               together
               is
               to
               praise
               his
               name
               upon
               that
               account
               .
               And
               this
               was
               the
               thing
               that
               was
               meant
               by
               those
               solemn
               Sacrifices
               that
               the
               Iews
               were
               bound
               to
               offer
               at
               Ierusalem
               at
               their
               Annual
               Feasts
               .
            
             
               The
               second
               end
               of
               these
               Feasts
               is
               to
               take
               occasion
               from
               hence
               to
               learn
               our
               duty
               ,
               to
               be
               instructed
               in
               all
               the
               branches
               of
               that
               obedience
               we
               owe
               unto
               God.
               For
               as
               Maimonides
               observes
               ,
               that
               was
               one
               of
               the
               principal
               reasons
               of
               Gods
               calling
               together
               all
               the
               people
               of
               the
               Iews
               to
               appear
               at
               the
               Feast
               of
               Tabernacles
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               hear
               the
               Law
               read
               unto
               them
               ;
               and
               this
               design
               is
               I
               suppose
               pursued
               by
               us
               in
               our
               chusing
               this
               Place
               to
               Assemble
               in
               .
            
             
               A
               third
               end
               of
               these
               Feasts
               (
               as
               the
               same
               Maimonides
               tells
               us
               )
               &
               is
               manifest
               from
               Scripture
               is
               to
               promote
               acquaintance
               &
               Friendship
               ,
               and
               brotherly
               love
               one
               with
               another
               .
               And
               this
               is
               a
               very
               noble
               end
               ,
               and
               serves
               many
               excellent
               purposes
               ,
               and
               nothing
               can
               be
               beyond
               it
               except
            
             
               The
               fourth
               and
               last
               end
               of
               these
               Meetings
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               
                 do
                 good
              
               ;
               to
               exercise
               our
               Charity
               towards
               our
               poor
               indigent
               Brethren
               .
               No
               man
               at
               the
               Solemn
               Feasts
               of
               the
               
               Iews
               ,
               
               
                 was
                 to
                 appear
                 before
                 the
                 Lord
                 empty
                 .
              
               He
               was
               to
               bring
               his
               offering
               not
               only
               to
               God
               by
               way
               of
               recognition
               and
               acknowledgment
               to
               him
               :
               but
               for
               the
               poor
               also
               that
               they
               might
               rejoyce
               as
               well
               as
               he
               .
               This
               is
               well
               observed
               by
               Maimonides
               from
               Deut.
               16.14
               .
               where
               it
               is
               thus
               said
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 rejoyce
                 in
                 thy
                 feast
                 ,
                 thou
                 and
                 thy
                 son
                 ,
                 and
                 thy
                 daughter
                 ,
                 thy
                 man-servant
                 and
                 thy
                 maid-servant
                 ,
                 the
                 Levite
                 and
                 the
                 stranger
                 ,
                 the
                 fatherless
                 and
                 the
                 widow
                 that
                 are
                 within
                 thy
                 gates
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               then
               is
               the
               great
               end
               of
               our
               Assembly
               ,
               that
               not
               only
               we
               ,
               but
               the
               Fatherless
               and
               the
               widow
               ;
               all
               of
               our
               Countrey
               ,
               that
               need
               our
               Charity
               ,
               may
               rejoyce
               with
               us
               and
               for
               us
               .
               And
               this
               is
               that
               which
               Solomon
               joyns
               with
               rejoycing
               in
               the
               Text
               ,
               
                 There
                 is
                 no
                 good
                 in
                 them
                 but
                 for
                 a
                 man
                 to
                 rejoyce
                 and
                 do
                 good
              
               :
               and
               what
               that
               man
               who
               by
               the
               sentence
               of
               God
               was
               declared
               the
               wisest
               of
               all
               men
               hath
               thus
               joyned
               together
               ,
               let
               none
               of
               us
               presume
               to
               put
               asunder
               .
               These
               are
               the
               Rules
               ,
               and
               these
               are
               the
               ends
               that
               we
               are
               to
               observe
               in
               this
               our
               Feast
               ;
               and
               let
               us
               all
               for
               the
               Honour
               of
               Christs
               Religion
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               credit
               of
               our
               particular
               Countrey
               ,
               charge
               the
               observation
               of
               them
               upon
               our selves
               :
               which
               if
               we
               can
               all
               resolve
               to
               do
               ,
               I
               can
               safely
               apply
               to
               every
               one
               of
               you
               ,
               that
               saying
               of
               Solomon
               in
               the
               9
               th
               Chapter
               of
               this
               book
               of
               Ecclesiastes
               ,
               and
               the
               7
               th
               verse
               ,
               with
               which
               I
               shall
               conclude
               :
               
                 Go
                 thy
                 way
                 ,
                 eat
                 thy
                 bread
                 with
                 joy
                 ,
                 and
                 drink
                 thy
                 wine
                 with
                 a
                 merry-heart
                 ,
                 for-God
                 now
                 accepteth
                 thy
                 work
                 .
              
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               ERRATA
               .
            
             
               PAge
               8.1.6
               .
               
                 it
                 that
              
               ,
               r.
               
                 it
                 is
                 that
              
               .
               p.
               9
               1
               penult
               .
               for
               in
               r.
               is
               .
               p.
               13.1.10
               .
               r.
               proposed
               .
               p.
               14.1.23
               ,
               24.
               for
               lay
               ,
               r.
               ly
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               A
               SERMON
               PREACHED
               Before
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               THE
               Lord
               MAYOR
               AND
               ALDERMEN
               OF
               LONDON
               At
               the
               SPITTLE
               ,
               April
               14.
               1680.
               
            
             
               By
               
                 IOHN
                 SHARPE
              
               ,
               D.
               D.
               Rector
               of
               St.
               Giles
               in
               the
               Fields
               ,
               and
               Chaplain
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Lord
               High
               Chancellour
               of
               England
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 Walter
                 Kettilby
              
               at
               the
               Bishop's-Head
               ,
               in
               St.
               Paul's
               Church-Yard
               .
               1680.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
               To
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Sir
               
                 ROBERT
                 CLAYTON
              
               ,
               Lord
               MAYOR
               OF
               LONDON
               And
               to
               His
               LADY
               .
            
             
               
                 RIGHT
                 HONOURABLE
                 ,
              
            
             
               I
               Make
               bold
               to
               prefix
               both
               Your
               Names
               tot
               his
               Sermon
               ,
               though
               it
               was
               at
               Your
               Request
               ,
               Madam
               ,
               that
               I
               published
               it
               ,
               not
               only
               because
               I
               have
               received
               many
               Obligations
               from
               You
               both
               ,
               which
               I
               take
               this
               Opportunity
               to
               acknowledge
               and
               thank
               You
               for
               :
               But
               also
               because
               You
               are
               both
               known
               to
               be
               
               Eminent
               Examples
               of
               that
               Virtue
               which
               is
               in
               the
               following
               Discourse
               Recommended
               .
               May
               all
               in
               Your
               Circumstances
               imitate
               You
               herein
               ;
               and
               may
               You
               always
               be
               in
               a
               condition
               to
               be
               Patterns
               to
               others
               .
               Thus
               prayeth
               ,
            
             
               
                 Your
                 most
                 Obliged
                 and
                 Humble
                 Servant
                 ,
                 I.
                 SHARPE
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               A
               SERMON
               PREACHED
               At
               the
               SPITTLE
               .
            
             
               
                 1
                 Tim.
                 vi
                 .
                 17
                 ,
                 18
                 ,
                 19.
                 
              
               
                 
                   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
                   ,
                   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
                   .
                
              
            
             
               GROTIUS
               his
               Note
               upon
               this
               Text
               is
               this
               ,
               that
               St.
               Paul
               now
               having
               finished
               this
               his
               Epistle
               to
               Timothy
               ,
               it
               comes
               into
               his
               mind
               that
               there
               was
               need
               of
               some
               more
               particular
               application
               to
               be
               made
               ,
               and
               admonition
               to
               be
               given
               to
               those
               Wealthy
               Merchants
               ,
               with
               which
               the
               City
               of
               Ephesus
               (
               where
               Timothy
               resided
               )
               did
               then
               
               abound
               ;
               and
               upon
               this
               consideration
               he
               inserts
               those
               words
               I
               have
               now
               read
               ,
               
                 charge
                 them
                 that
                 are
                 rich
                 in
                 this
                 world
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               How
               famous
               soever
               the
               City
               of
               Ephesus
               was
               at
               that
               time
               for
               Wealth
               or
               Trade
               ;
               there
               is
               little
               doubt
               to
               be
               made
               ,
               that
               this
               City
               of
               ours
               (
               praised
               be
               God
               for
               it
               )
               doth
               in
               those
               respects
               ,
               at
               this
               day
               ,
               equal
               ,
               if
               not
               much
               exceed
               it
               .
               And
               therefore
               that
               which
               S.
               Paul
               thought
               of
               so
               great
               importance
               as
               to
               give
               especial
               orders
               to
               Timothy
               ,
               to
               press
               upon
               the
               Ephesian
               Citizens
               ,
               will
               always
               be
               very
               fit
               to
               be
               seriously
               recommended
               to
               you
               in
               this
               place
               ;
               and
               more
               especially
               at
               this
               time
               ,
               since
               it
               is
               the
               proper
               work
               of
               the
               day
               .
               Waving
               therefore
               wholly
               the
               argument
               of
               our
               Saviours
               Resurrection
               ,
               upon
               which
               you
               have
               before
               been
               entertained
               ;
               I
               apply
               my self
               without
               farther
               preface
               to
               conclude
               this
               Easter
               .
               Solemnity
               with
               that
               ,
               with
               which
               St.
               Paul
               concludes
               his
               Epistle
               ,
               viz.
               with
               a
               short
               discourse
               of
               the
               
                 Rich
                 mans
                 great
                 duty
                 and
                 concernment
                 ,
              
               which
               is
               in
               these
               words
               plainly
               set
               forth
               to
               us
               .
            
             
               In
               them
               we
               may
               take
               notice
               of
               these
               three
               Generals
               ,
               which
               I
               shall
               make
               the
               heads
               of
               my
               following
               discourse
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               The
               duty
               it self
               incumbent
               upon
               those
               
                 that
                 are
                 rich
                 in
                 this
                 world
                 ,
              
               expressed
               in
               several
               particulars
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               the
               great
               Obligation
               that
               lies
               upon
               them
               to
               the
               performance
               of
               it
               ,
               which
               we
               may
               gather
               
               from
               the
               vehemence
               and
               the
               Authority
               with
               which
               St.
               Paul
               orders
               Timothy
               to
               press
               it
               ,
               
                 charge
                 them
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 that
                 are
                 rich
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 be
                 not
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               the
               mighty
               encouragement
               they
               have
               to
               observe
               this
               charge
               ,
               for
               hereby
               ,
               
                 they
                 lay
                 up
                 to
                 themselves
                 in
                 store
                 a
                 good
                 foundation
                 against
                 the
                 time
                 to
                 come
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 lay
                 hold
                 on
                 eternal
                 life
                 .
              
            
             
               First
               ,
               I
               begin
               with
               the
               Rich
               mans
               duty
               ,
               which
               is
               here
               expressed
               in
               Four
               points
               ,
               two
               of
               them
               Negative
               ,
               teaching
               what
               things
               he
               ought
               to
               avoid
               ;
               the
               other
               two
               positive
               ,
               teaching
               what
               he
               ought
               to
               practise
               .
               They
               are
               these
               ,
            
             
               
                 I.
                 That
                 he
                 should
                 not
                 be
                 high
                 minded
                 .
              
               
                 II.
                 That
                 he
                 should
                 not
                 trust
                 in
                 uncertain
                 riches
                 .
              
               
                 III.
                 That
                 he
                 should
                 trust
                 in
                 the
                 living
                 God.
                 
              
               
                 IV.
                 That
                 he
                 should
                 do
                 good
                 ,
                 be
                 rich
                 in
                 good
                 works
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               The
               First
               thing
               that
               is
               given
               in
               charge
               to
               all
               those
               that
               are
               
                 rich
                 in
                 this
                 world
              
               ,
               is
               that
               
                 they
                 be
                 not
                 high
                 minded
              
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               that
               they
               do
               not
               think
               too
               well
               of
               themselves
               for
               being
               rich
               ,
               and
               take
               occasion
               from
               thence
               to
               despise
               others
               that
               are
               in
               meaner
               circumstances
               than
               they
               .
               They
               are
               not
               to
               value
               themselves
               a
               jot
               the
               more
               ,
               or
               to
               think
               worse
               of
               others
               upon
               account
               of
               that
               outward
               fortune
               they
               are
               possessed
               of
               ,
               but
               are
               in
               all
               their
               conversation
               to
               
               express
               the
               same
               moderation
               and
               humanity
               and
               easiness
               and
               obligingness
               of
               temper
               to
               those
               they
               have
               to
               do
               with
               ,
               even
               the
               meanest
               and
               the
               poorest
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               stood
               with
               them
               upon
               the
               same
               level
               .
            
             
               And
               with
               very
               great
               reason
               hath
               St.
               Paul
               given
               this
               caution
               to
               rich
               men
               .
               For
               by
               the
               experience
               of
               the
               world
               it
               hath
               been
               always
               found
               ,
               that
               wealth
               is
               apt
               to
               puff
               up
               ,
               to
               make
               men
               look
               big
               ,
               and
               to
               breed
               in
               them
               a
               contempt
               of
               others
               ;
               but
               what
               little
               ground
               there
               is
               for
               this
               ,
               is
               easily
               seen
               by
               any
               that
               will
               give
               themselves
               leave
               to
               consider
               .
            
             
               For
               what
               doth
               any
               of
               these
               worldly
               goods
               (
               which
               make
               us
               keep
               at
               distance
               )
               really
               add
               to
               a
               man
               in
               point
               of
               true
               worth
               and
               value
               ?
               do
               they
               either
               recommend
               him
               more
               to
               God
               or
               to
               wise
               men
               or
               even
               to
               himself
               ,
               if
               he
               have
               a
               grain
               of
               sense
               in
               him
               ,
               than
               if
               he
               was
               without
               them
               ?
               certainly
               they
               do
               not
               .
               For
               that
               for
               which
               either
               God
               approves
               us
               ,
               or
               wise
               men
               esteem
               us
               ,
               or
               we
               can
               speak
               peace
               and
               content
               to
               our selves
               ,
               is
               not
               any
               thing
               without
               us
               ,
               any
               thing
               that
               fortune
               hath
               given
               to
               us
               ;
               but
               something
               that
               we
               may
               more
               truly
               call
               our
               own
               ,
               something
               that
               we
               were
               neither
               born
               with
               ,
               nor
               could
               any
               body
               hinder
               us
               of
               ,
               nor
               can
               be
               taken
               from
               us
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               the
               Riches
               of
               our
               minds
               ,
               our
               Virtuous
               and
               commendable
               qualities
               .
            
             
               A
               man
               is
               no
               more
               a
               fit
               object
               of
               esteem
               ,
               meerly
               for
               being
               rich
               ,
               than
               the
               beast
               he
               rides
               on
               (
               if
               I
               may
               
               use
               the
               old
               comparison
               )
               is
               of
               commendation
               for
               the
               costly
               Trappings
               he
               wears
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               Another
               caution
               given
               to
               those
               that
               are
               rich
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 not
                 trust
                 in
                 uncertain
                 riches
                 .
              
               This
               likewise
               is
               a
               temptation
               to
               which
               they
               are
               exposed
               ,
               and
               our
               Saviour
               hath
               very
               lively
               set
               it
               forth
               to
               us
               in
               the
               Parable
               of
               the
               
                 Rich
                 man
              
               in
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               who
               having
               got
               mighty
               possessions
               ,
               and
               filled
               his
               barns
               ,
               thought
               of
               nothing
               further
               ;
               but
               presently
               saith
               to
               himself
               ,
               
               
                 soul
                 take
                 thy
                 ease
                 ,
                 eat
                 ,
                 drink
                 and
                 be
                 merry
                 ,
                 for
                 thou
                 hast
                 goods
                 laid
                 up
                 for
                 many
                 years
              
               :
               But
               the
               conclusion
               of
               that
               parable
               doth
               sufficiently
               shew
               the
               vanity
               and
               ridiculousness
               of
               this
               
                 trusting
                 in
                 our
                 riches
              
               ,
               for
               a
               message
               comes
               to
               him
               from
               God
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 fool
                 ,
                 this
                 night
                 shall
                 thy
                 soul
                 be
                 required
                 of
                 thee
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 whose
                 shall
                 all
                 these
                 things
                 be
                 that
                 thou
                 hast
                 provided
              
               ?
               It
               is
               the
               greatest
               madness
               in
               the
               world
               to
               please
               ,
               or
               speak
               peace
               to
               our selves
               upon
               account
               of
               that
               ,
               which
               we
               are
               not
               sure
               to
               enjoy
               a
               day
               ,
               but
               we
               may
               for
               any
               thing
               we
               know
               be
               snatch'd
               away
               the
               next
               moment
               into
               another
               world
               ,
               and
               so
               must
               leave
               the
               joy
               and
               pride
               of
               our
               hearts
               to
               we
               know
               not
               whom
               .
            
             
               But
               supposing
               we
               had
               some
               certainty
               of
               our
               lives
               ,
               and
               could
               promise
               our selves
               that
               we
               should
               not
               leave
               our
               wealth
               for
               some
               competent
               time
               ,
               yet
               we
               have
               no
               certainty
               that
               our
               wealth
               will
               not
               leave
               
               us
               .
               How
               prosperous
               soever
               our
               present
               circumstances
               be
               ,
               yet
               we
               cannot
               ensure
               the
               continuance
               of
               them
               ;
               there
               are
               a
               thousand
               accidents
               may
               happen
               every
               day
               which
               may
               strip
               us
               as
               naked
               as
               when
               we
               came
               into
               the
               world
               ;
               and
               we
               may
               be
               reduced
               to
               the
               extremities
               of
               those
               who
               are
               now
               the
               greatest
               objects
               of
               our
               compassion
               and
               charity
               ;
               and
               this
               is
               that
               which
               St.
               Paul
               in
               the
               Text
               insinuates
               when
               he
               calls
               them
               
                 uncertain
                 riches
              
               .
               But
               what
               are
               we
               then
               to
               trust
               in
               ,
               if
               not
               in
               these
               things
               ?
               this
               St.
               Paul
               shews
               in
               the
               words
               following
               which
               make
            
             
               The
               Third
               instance
               of
               the
               Rich
               mans
               duty
               ,
               
                 Let
                 them
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 trust
                 in
                 the
                 living
                 God
                 ,
                 who
                 giveth
                 to
                 all
                 men
                 richly
                 to
                 enjoy
                 .
              
               The
               sence
               of
               it
               is
               this
               :
               Let
               them
               from
               the
               bottom
               of
               their
               hearts
               acknowledge
               God
               to
               be
               the
               Author
               and
               giver
               of
               all
               that
               they
               possess
               :
               How
               much
               soever
               their
               Heads
               projected
               ,
               or
               their
               Hands
               laboured
               ,
               or
               their
               Parents
               and
               Friends
               were
               kind
               to
               them
               ;
               yet
               it
               is
               the
               Providence
               of
               the
               Almighty
               to
               which
               they
               owe
               all
               .
               The
               same
               divine
               foresight
               and
               contrivance
               that
               feeds
               the
               Fowls
               of
               the
               air
               ,
               and
               clothes
               the
               Flowers
               of
               the
               field
               ,
               doth
               also
               
                 give
                 them
                 richly
                 all
                 things
                 to
                 enjoy
              
               ;
               and
               therefore
               upon
               that
               Providence
               are
               they
               entirely
               to
               depend
               ,
               as
               much
               exercising
               Faith
               in
               God
               ,
               and
               reposing
               confidence
               in
               him
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               had
               no
               visible
               provisions
               made
               for
               them
               :
               And
               as
               heartily
               returning
               thanks
               to
               their
               
               great
               Benefactor
               for
               every
               blessing
               they
               have
               (
               seem
               it
               never
               so
               much
               their
               own
               already
               ,
               )
               as
               a
               hungry
               man
               that
               knows
               not
               where
               to
               get
               a
               meal
               ,
               would
               to
               him
               that
               should
               give
               him
               a
               plentiful
               entertainment
               .
               In
               a
               word
               ,
               those
               that
               have
               all
               things
               in
               this
               world
               must
               as
               devoutly
               look
               up
               to
               God
               ,
               both
               in
               gratefully
               ascribing
               to
               him
               every
               enjoyment
               either
               past
               or
               present
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               full
               trust
               and
               relyance
               upon
               him
               for
               what
               is
               to
               come
               ,
               as
               those
               that
               live
               from
               hand
               to
               mouth
               ;
               since
               it
               is
               the
               same
               divine
               Providence
               that
               seeds
               and
               maintains
               both
               the
               Poor
               and
               the
               Rich
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               infinite
               goodness
               gives
               to
               all
               that
               fear
               him
               ,
               even
               to
               the
               poor
               as
               well
               as
               the
               rich
               ,
               all
               things
               to
               enjoy
               ;
               and
               though
               to
               the
               one
               more
               plentifully
               ,
               yet
               to
               the
               other
               perhaps
               with
               as
               much
               content
               though
               not
               in
               so
               great
               abundance
               .
            
             
               The
               Fourth
               and
               last
               part
               of
               the
               Rich
               mans
               duty
               here
               mentioned
               concerns
               the
               right
               use
               of
               that
               wealth
               that
               God
               hath
               given
               him
               .
               Now
               the
               right
               use
               of
               Riches
               according
               to
               the
               Text
               doth
               consist
               in
               these
               things
               .
               That
               those
               that
               have
               them
               
                 do
                 good
              
               with
               them
               ,
               
                 that
                 they
                 be
                 rich
                 in
                 good
                 works
                 ,
              
               that
               they
               be
               
                 ready
                 to
                 distribute
                 ,
                 willing
                 to
                 communicate
                 .
              
            
             
               If
               we
               suppose
               every
               one
               of
               these
               distinct
               phrases
               in
               the
               Text
               ,
               to
               denote
               a
               distinct
               thing
               ,
               then
               we
               are
               to
               give
               this
               account
               of
               the
               passage
               ,
               That
               S.
               Paul
               here
               useth
               a
               gradation
               in
               his
               speech
               ,
               begins
               with
               
               the
               lowest
               and
               most
               general
               expressions
               of
               Charity
               ,
               and
               so
               goes
               on
               to
               higher
               degrees
               of
               it
               ;
               in
               each
               following
               phrase
               intending
               to
               say
               something
               more
               great
               or
               particular
               than
               what
               he
               had
               said
               in
               the
               former
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               most
               usual
               and
               elegant
               scheme
               of
               Rhetorick
               .
               According
               to
               this
               account
               (
               as
               the
               words
               are
               very
               capable
               of
               it
               )
               there
               are
               four
               things
               here
               prescribed
               to
               the
               rich
               man
               in
               the
               use
               of
               his
               riches
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               That
               he
               do
               good
               with
               them
               ,
               that
               is
               the
               most
               general
               point
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               that
               he
               imploy
               them
               some
               way
               or
               other
               for
               the
               benefit
               of
               others
               .
               He
               must
               not
               live
               to
               himself
               alone
               ,
               he
               must
               design
               greater
               things
               than
               the
               getting
               an
               estate
               ,
               or
               the
               raising
               a
               family
               ;
               if
               others
               be
               not
               advantaged
               by
               him
               ,
               he
               is
               rich
               to
               no
               purpose
               .
               And
               therefore
               it
               will
               concern
               him
               to
               do
               kindnesses
               and
               good
               offices
               where
               he
               can
               ,
               to
               be
               liberal
               and
               Hospitable
               ,
               to
               oblige
               his
               Friends
               and
               Relations
               all
               ways
               possible
               ,
               to
               assist
               all
               about
               him
               with
               his
               counsel
               ,
               to
               encourage
               them
               by
               his
               example
               ;
               in
               a
               word
               ,
               to
               make
               use
               of
               that
               Interest
               and
               Reputation
               that
               his
               fortune
               hath
               given
               him
               above
               others
               ,
               to
               do
               kindnesses
               to
               them
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               He
               must
               not
               think
               it
               sufficient
               to
               do
               this
               good
               now
               and
               then
               ,
               upon
               particular
               and
               more
               rare
               occasions
               ;
               but
               he
               must
               abound
               in
               acts
               of
               goodness
               .
               That
               is
               the
               meaning
               of
               the
               Apostles
               second
               expression
               of
               being
               
                 rich
                 in
                 good
                 works
              
               .
               He
               must
               so
               study
               and
               improve
               in
               the
               Art
               of
               doing
               good
               ,
               that
               
               his
               good
               deeds
               do
               equal
               his
               riches
               ,
               nay
               the
               words
               import
               that
               his
               true
               riches
               are
               only
               placed
               in
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               measured
               by
               his
               good
               deeds
               .
               He
               is
               not
               to
               think
               himself
               farther
               rich
               than
               he
               is
               rich
               in
               good
               works
               .
               The
               more
               plentifully
               God
               hath
               blessed
               him
               with
               worldly
               wealth
               ,
               the
               more
               diligent
               and
               industrious
               and
               solicitous
               he
               must
               be
               to
               do
               good
               with
               it
               ,
               otherwise
               he
               is
               poorer
               than
               those
               that
               perhaps
               he
               now
               and
               then
               out
               of
               charity
               relieves
               .
            
             
               And
               3
               ly
               ,
               Lest
               this
               
                 doing
                 good
              
               ,
               and
               
                 being
                 rich
                 in
                 good
                 works
              
               should
               only
               be
               interpreted
               of
               doing
               such
               kindnesses
               and
               good
               deeds
               that
               cost
               us
               nothing
               but
               the
               expence
               of
               our
               time
               or
               the
               employment
               of
               our
               pains
               ,
               or
               the
               use
               of
               our
               interest
               with
               others
               ;
               the
               Apostle
               adds
               this
               further
               thing
               ,
               that
               the
               Rich
               man
               must
               be
               
                 ready
                 to
                 distribute
              
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               very
               free
               to
               part
               with
               his
               money
               according
               to
               the
               proportion
               God
               hath
               blessed
               him
               with
               ,
               upon
               every
               occasion
               of
               real
               and
               useful
               charity
               ;
               whether
               that
               charity
               be
               of
               a
               more
               publick
               nature
               ,
               as
               for
               instance
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               expressed
               for
               the
               advancing
               Religion
               and
               the
               service
               of
               God
               ,
               or
               for
               the
               making
               standing
               provisions
               for
               the
               poor
               ,
               or
               lastly
               ,
               any
               way
               for
               the
               serving
               the
               necessities
               ,
               or
               increasing
               the
               conveniencies
               of
               the
               place
               where
               we
               live
               ,
               by
               any
               publick
               useful
               benefaction
               :
               Or
               2
               ly
               ,
               whether
               this
               charity
               be
               of
               a
               more
               private
               nature
               ,
               extending
               no
               farther
               than
               to
               particular
               persons
               that
               come
               in
               our
               way
               ,
               whom
               
               we
               are
               convinced
               to
               be
               real
               objects
               of
               it
               ;
               to
               these
               likewise
               we
               must
               be
               ready
               to
               distribute
               ;
               every
               poor
               necessitous
               person
               hath
               a
               right
               to
               part
               of
               what
               we
               have
               ,
               if
               we
               can
               really
               satisfie
               our selves
               ,
               that
               our
               alms
               will
               do
               him
               a
               real
               good
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               be
               any
               great
               prejudice
               to
               us
               .
            
             
               But
               4
               thly
               and
               lastly
               ,
               the
               Apostle
               adds
               another
               thing
               to
               all
               this
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               ,
               that
               the
               Rich
               man
               must
               
                 be
                 willing
                 to
                 communicate
              
               .
               If
               the
               sence
               of
               this
               phrase
               be
               different
               from
               the
               former
               it
               will
               seem
               to
               import
               yet
               a
               higher
               degree
               of
               Liberality
               .
               It
               will
               import
               that
               Rich
               men
               should
               be
               of
               such
               publick
               spirits
               ,
               and
               so
               little
               esteem
               their
               wealth
               their
               own
               ,
               that
               it
               should
               in
               a
               manner
               be
               made
               a
               common
               thing
               ,
               wherein
               all
               should
               share
               as
               there
               was
               occasion
               .
               This
               is
               the
               notion
               of
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               or
               communicating
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               used
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               Christianity
               .
               S.
               Luke
               in
               Acts
               2.
               having
               told
               us
               that
               the
               first
               Christians
               continued
               in
               the
               Apostles
               doctrine
               ,
               and
               in
               communicating
               ,
               presently
               explains
               what
               he
               meant
               by
               that
               communion
               .
               All
               (
               saith
               he
               v.
               44.
               )
               
                 that
                 believed
                 were
                 together
                 and
                 had
                 all
                 things
                 common
                 ,
                 and
                 sold
                 their
                 possessions
                 and
                 goods
                 ,
                 and
                 parted
                 them
                 to
                 all
                 men
                 as
                 every
                 man
                 had
                 need
                 .
              
            
             
               God
               be
               thanked
               the
               Church
               of
               Christ
               is
               not
               now
               in
               such
               circumstances
               that
               it
               is
               either
               needful
               or
               reasonable
               precisely
               to
               observe
               the
               practice
               of
               those
               times
               as
               to
               this
               matter
               .
               We
               are
               not
               only
               not
               obliged
               to
               
               part
               with
               the
               propriety
               of
               our
               estate
               ,
               and
               to
               live
               in
               common
               as
               the
               first
               persecuted
               Christians
               did
               ,
               but
               we
               should
               be
               highly
               indiscreet
               ,
               not
               to
               say
               injurious
               ,
               both
               to
               our selves
               and
               the
               publick
               ,
               if
               we
               did
               .
               But
               this
               notwithstanding
               ,
               their
               practice
               and
               the
               charge
               here
               laid
               upon
               us
               to
               be
               communicative
               will
               thus
               far
               oblige
               us
               ,
               viz.
               that
               we
               Christians
               should
               always
               retain
               that
               publick
               generous
               spirit
               that
               they
               in
               the
               first
               times
               were
               acted
               with
               .
               We
               should
               sit
               so
               loose
               from
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               so
               unconcerned
               in
               the
               distinction
               of
               meum
               and
               tuum
               ,
               that
               we
               should
               make
               it
               our
               business
               to
               do
               good
               with
               what
               we
               have
               ,
               thinking
               our
               wealth
               best
               employed
               when
               it
               is
               put
               to
               that
               use
               .
               And
               when
               the
               cause
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               common
               interest
               of
               our
               Christian
               Brethren
               doth
               require
               it
               ,
               we
               should
               then
               as
               freely
               part
               with
               all
               we
               have
               as
               our
               Predecessors
               in
               Christianity
               did
               .
               Following
               herein
               the
               Precept
               of
               our
               Lord
               to
               the
               young
               man
               who
               came
               to
               enquire
               of
               him
               what
               he
               should
               do
               that
               he
               might
               inherit
               eternal
               life
               ,
               and
               who
               was
               thus
               answered
               by
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               that
               though
               he
               had
               kept
               the
               Commandments
               ,
               yet
               he
               wanted
               one
               thing
               to
               make
               him
               perfect
               (
               that
               is
               to
               make
               him
               a
               True
               Christian
               )
               and
               that
               was
               ,
               
                 to
                 sell
                 all
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 and
                 give
                 to
                 the
                 poor
                 and
                 come
                 and
                 follow
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 he
                 should
                 have
                 treasure
                 in
                 Heaven
                 ,
              
               Mat.
               19.21
               .
            
             
             
               Thus
               have
               I
               given
               you
               a
               brief
               account
               of
               each
               particular
               of
               the
               Rich
               mans
               duty
               as
               it
               is
               summ'd
               up
               in
               the
               Text
               ;
               and
               some
               perhaps
               will
               think
               it
               is
               severe
               enough
               ;
               whether
               it
               be
               so
               or
               no
               ,
               I
               now
               dispute
               not
               ,
               but
               I
               am
               sure
               it
               is
               severely
               required
               of
               them
               .
               This
               we
               may
               gather
               from
               S.
               Pauls
               way
               of
               urging
               it
               ,
               
                 charge
                 them
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 that
                 are
                 rich
                 in
                 this
                 world
                 that
                 they
                 be
                 not
                 high
                 minded
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               He
               doth
               not
               say
               ,
               recommend
               this
               to
               them
               as
               a
               thing
               that
               is
               very
               reasonable
               in
               it self
               ,
               and
               will
               highly
               become
               them
               ;
               he
               doth
               not
               say
               ,
               put
               them
               in
               mind
               of
               it
               as
               a
               thing
               by
               which
               they
               may
               gain
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               Honour
               and
               reputation
               to
               their
               Religion
               ;
               he
               doth
               not
               say
               ,
               exhort
               and
               perswade
               them
               to
               it
               ,
               as
               a
               thing
               that
               will
               at
               last
               conduce
               to
               their
               own
               advantage
               :
               But
               he
               saith
               ,
               
                 charge
                 it
                 upon
                 them
              
               ,
               intimating
               that
               there
               was
               a
               necessity
               they
               should
               thus
               practise
               ,
               it
               was
               a
               duty
               indispensably
               incumbent
               upon
               all
               of
               them
               ;
               and
               this
               is
               the
               Second
               General
               Point
               I
               am
               to
               insist
               on
               .
            
             
               And
               certainly
               this
               order
               of
               S.
               Paul
               to
               Timothy
               is
               a
               standing
               warrant
               ,
               a
               perpetual
               commission
               to
               all
               Ministers
               of
               the
               Gospel
               to
               charge
               the
               same
               thing
               upon
               all
               Rich
               men
               in
               all
               places
               and
               times
               .
               But
               in
               the
               pressing
               and
               enforcing
               this
               charge
               I
               shall
               not
               so
               much
               have
               regard
               to
               the
               three
               former
               duties
               as
               to
               the
               last
               ,
               which
               concerns
               the
               doing
               good
               with
               our
               wealth
               ,
               the
               exercising
               acts
               of
               Bounty
               and
               
               Charity
               as
               we
               have
               opportunity
               .
               
                 Charge
                 them
                 that
                 are
                 rich
                 in
                 this
                 world
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 do
                 good
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 be
                 rich
                 in
                 good
                 works
                 ,
                 ready
                 to
                 distribute
                 ,
                 willing
                 to
                 communicate
                 .
              
            
             
               Now
               in
               Four
               respects
               especially
               ,
               Rich
               men
               are
               thus
               to
               be
               charged
               ,
               and
               a
               necessity
               lies
               upon
               them
               to
               practise
               accordingly
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               In
               point
               of
               
                 
                   Gratitude
                   ,
                
                 
                   Iustice
                   ,
                
                 
                   Religion
                   ,
                
                 
                   Self-preservation
                   .
                
              
            
             
               If
               all
               these
               put
               together
               do
               not
               make
               the
               obligation
               indispensable
               I
               know
               not
               what
               will.
               I
               will
               speak
               briefly
               of
               each
               particular
               ,
            
             
               First
               ,
               if
               Rich
               men
               do
               not
               thus
               employ
               their
               wealth
               ,
               they
               are
               guilty
               of
               great
               Ingratitude
               .
               That
               is
               the
               least
               evil
               imputation
               they
               fall
               under
               ,
               and
               yet
               to
               any
               ingenuous
               man
               it
               is
               heavy
               enough
               ,
               for
               to
               call
               a
               man
               Unthankful
               is
               as
               great
               a
               reproach
               as
               you
               can
               cast
               upon
               him
               .
            
             
               Whoever
               acknowledgeth
               the
               Being
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               owns
               his
               Providence
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               must
               necessarily
               believe
               that
               all
               that
               portion
               of
               good
               things
               which
               he
               enjoys
               in
               this
               life
               doth
               proceed
               from
               that
               God
               as
               the
               Author
               and
               Fountain
               ,
               though
               they
               be
               immediately
               conveyed
               to
               him
               by
               the
               Ministery
               of
               second
               
               Causes
               ;
               and
               his
               Reason
               and
               Humanity
               will
               suggest
               to
               him
               ,
               that
               there
               are
               some
               returns
               of
               Gratitude
               to
               be
               made
               to
               Him
               that
               of
               his
               free
               bounty
               hath
               thus
               obliged
               him
               ;
               but
               what
               returns
               can
               he
               make
               to
               God
               for
               his
               blessings
               ,
               other
               than
               in
               communicating
               those
               blessings
               among
               his
               fellow
               creatures
               ?
               To
               think
               that
               a
               verbal
               acknowledgment
               of
               
               God's
               favours
               is
               a
               suitable
               return
               ,
               is
               against
               the
               common
               sence
               of
               mankind
               ,
               who
               know
               that
               there
               goes
               more
               to
               a
               mans
               being
               truly
               grateful
               than
               the
               entertaining
               the
               person
               that
               obliged
               him
               with
               fair
               speeches
               and
               professions
               of
               his
               Obligations
               :
               And
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               to
               think
               of
               requiting
               God
               in
               a
               proper
               sence
               ,
               by
               returning
               real
               kindnesses
               to
               him
               ,
               for
               those
               he
               hath
               done
               to
               us
               ,
               is
               equally
               absurd
               ;
               for
               all
               the
               services
               we
               can
               pay
               to
               him
               ,
               cannot
               add
               any
               thing
               to
               his
               infinite
               Blessedness
               .
               How
               then
               must
               we
               express
               our
               thankfulness
               for
               the
               wealth
               that
               he
               hath
               bestowed
               upon
               us
               ?
               why
               he
               himself
               hath
               prescribed
               the
               way
               to
               us
               .
               He
               hath
               devolved
               his
               right
               to
               our
               kindness
               upon
               our
               Brethren
               .
               He
               hath
               deputed
               them
               to
               receive
               the
               real
               testimonies
               of
               our
               gratitude
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               whatsoever
               obligations
               we
               put
               upon
               them
               ,
               he
               takes
               them
               as
               an
               expression
               of
               our
               Love
               and
               thankfulness
               to
               him
               .
            
             
               This
               our
               Saviour
               himself
               hath
               told
               us
               in
               express
               words
               ,
               in
               the
               25
               of
               S.
               
                 Matt.
                 In
                 as
                 much
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 as
                 ye
                 have
                 done
                 it
              
               ,
               i.
               e.
               done
               acts
               of
               kindness
               and
               charity
               
                 to
                 
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 least
                 of
                 these
                 my
                 brethren
                 ,
                 ye
                 have
                 done
                 it
                 unto
                 me
                 .
              
               And
               the
               charitable
               contributions
               of
               the
               Hebrew
               Christians
               to
               their
               indigent
               brethren
               ,
               is
               by
               S.
               Paul
               styled
               
                 a
                 work
                 and
                 labour
                 of
                 love
                 shewed
                 to
                 God
              
               himself
               ,
               Heb.
               6.
               
               If
               therefore
               Rich
               men
               would
               not
               be
               unkind
               and
               ingrateful
               to
               him
               that
               gave
               them
               all
               they
               have
               ;
               there
               is
               a
               necessity
               they
               should
               do
               good
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               The
               Practice
               of
               this
               must
               likewise
               be
               charged
               upon
               them
               in
               point
               of
               Iustice
               as
               well
               as
               Gratitude
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               piece
               of
               dishonesty
               not
               to
               do
               good
               with
               the
               wealth
               that
               God
               hath
               given
               us
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               a
               falsifying
               our
               trust
               ,
               it
               is
               an
               embezling
               our
               Masters
               goods
               ,
               and
               putting
               them
               to
               quite
               other
               uses
               than
               those
               he
               gave
               us
               them
               for
               .
               We
               are
               not
               to
               think
               that
               God
               ever
               made
               a
               man
               rich
               for
               his
               own
               sake
               alone
               ,
               for
               the
               serving
               his
               own
               turns
               ,
               and
               the
               satisfaction
               of
               his
               own
               private
               desires
               without
               respect
               to
               the
               community
               .
               No
               at
               the
               best
               we
               are
               but
               the
               Stewards
               of
               Gods
               blessings
               .
               A
               stock
               of
               Talents
               he
               hath
               committed
               to
               all
               of
               us
               ,
               to
               some
               in
               greater
               and
               to
               others
               in
               smaller
               proportions
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               this
               stock
               he
               hath
               given
               us
               leave
               to
               make
               provision
               for
               the
               necessities
               and
               conveniencies
               of
               our selves
               and
               our
               families
               ;
               but
               we
               must
               not
               think
               all
               our
               own
               that
               accrues
               to
               us
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               is
               at
               our
               liberty
               whether
               we
               will
               hoard
               it
               up
               or
               spend
               it
               profusely
               .
               No
               ,
               we
               must
               have
               regard
               to
               the
               rest
               of
               our
               Masters
               servants
               .
               After
               we
               have
               served
               our
               own
               needs
               we
               
               must
               dispense
               the
               surplusage
               among
               the
               family
               of
               God
               ,
               otherwise
               we
               are
               false
               and
               wicked
               Stewards
               ,
               we
               abuse
               and
               misemploy
               our
               Masters
               Talents
               ,
               and
               a
               severe
               account
               we
               shall
               one
               day
               render
               for
               so
               doing
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               Mens
               Religion
               and
               Christianity
               are
               also
               deeply
               concerned
               in
               this
               point
               .
               Works
               of
               Charity
               are
               so
               essential
               to
               all
               Religion
               ,
               and
               more
               especially
               to
               that
               which
               we
               call
               Christian
               ,
               that
               without
               them
               it
               is
               but
               an
               empty
               name
               in
               whosoever
               professes
               it
               .
               Let
               men
               pretend
               what
               they
               will
               ,
               let
               them
               be
               never
               so
               Orthodox
               in
               their
               belief
               ,
               or
               regular
               in
               their
               conversation
               ,
               or
               strict
               in
               the
               performance
               of
               those
               duties
               that
               relate
               to
               the
               worship
               of
               God
               ,
               yet
               if
               they
               be
               hard
               hearted
               and
               uncharitable
               ,
               if
               God
               hath
               given
               them
               wealth
               ,
               and
               they
               have
               not
               hearts
               to
               do
               good
               with
               it
               ,
               they
               have
               no
               true
               piety
               towards
               God.
               They
               may
               have
               a
               name
               to
               live
               ,
               but
               they
               are
               really
               dead
               .
               An
               unmerciful
               Christian
               ,
               or
               a
               Religious
               covetous
               man
               ,
               are
               terms
               that
               imply
               a
               contradiction
               .
               For
               the
               satisfying
               you
               of
               this
               ,
               I
               shall
               but
               need
               to
               put
               these
               following
               questions
               .
            
             
               Can
               that
               man
               be
               accounted
               Religious
               that
               neither
               loves
               God
               nor
               his
               neighbour
               ?
               sure
               he
               cannot
               ,
               for
               these
               two
               things
               are
               the
               whole
               of
               Religion
               as
               the
               Holy
               Scripture
               often
               assures
               us
               ;
               but
               now
               the
               Covetous
               man
               neither
               doth
               the
               one
               nor
               the
               other
               .
               His
               neighbors
               he
               doth
               not
               love
               ,
               that
               is
               certain
               ;
               for
               
               if
               he
               did
               they
               would
               find
               some
               fruits
               of
               it
               ;
               unless
               this
               be
               to
               be
               accounted
               love
               to
               give
               them
               good
               words
               ,
               
                 to
                 say
                 to
                 a
                 brother
                 or
                 a
                 sister
                 that
                 is
                 naked
                 and
                 destitute
                 of
                 daily
                 food
                 ,
              
               
               
                 depart
                 in
                 peace
                 ,
                 be
              
               ye
               
                 warmed
                 and
                 filled
                 ,
                 when
                 notwithstanding
                 they
                 give
                 them
                 not
                 those
                 things
                 that
                 be
                 needful
                 for
                 the
                 body
                 .
              
               But
               this
               kind
               of
               love
               S.
               Iames
               hath
               long
               ago
               declared
               not
               to
               be
               worth
               any
               thing
               .
               And
               as
               for
               the
               love
               of
               God
               another
               Apostle
               hath
               put
               it
               out
               of
               doubt
               ,
               that
               the
               uncharitable
               man
               hath
               no
               such
               thing
               in
               him
               .
               
               Whoso
               (
               saith
               S.
               
                 Iohn
                 )
                 hath
                 this
                 worlds
                 good
                 and
                 seeth
                 his
                 brother
                 have
                 need
                 ,
                 and
                 shutteth
                 up
                 his
                 bowels
                 of
                 compassion
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 how
                 dwelleth
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 him
                 ?
              
               
               
                 For
                 he
                 that
                 loveth
                 not
                 his
                 brother
                 whom
                 he
                 hath
                 seen
                 ,
                 how
                 can
                 he
                 love
                 God
                 whom
                 he
                 hath
                 not
                 seen
                 ?
              
            
             
               Can
               he
               be
               thought
               a
               Religious
               man
               or
               a
               true
               Christian
               ,
               that
               wants
               the
               two
               main
               qualifications
               that
               go
               to
               the
               making
               up
               a
               Disciple
               of
               Christ
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               Faith
               and
               Repentance
               ?
               yet
               this
               doth
               he
               that
               is
               
                 rich
                 in
                 this
                 world
                 ,
                 but
                 is
                 not
                 rich
                 in
                 good
                 works
                 .
              
               Good
               works
               are
               the
               very
               soul
               of
               Faith
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               no
               more
               alive
               without
               them
               than
               the
               Body
               is
               without
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               
               as
               S.
               Iames
               has
               expresly
               told
               us
               .
               If
               we
               mean
               that
               our
               Faith
               should
               avail
               us
               any
               thing
               ,
               it
               must
               work
               (
               or
               be
               made
               perfect
               )
               
                 by
                 Charity
              
               ,
               
               saith
               S.
               Paul
               ,
               for
               though
               a
               man
               
                 have
                 all
                 faith
              
               so
               
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 remove
                 mountains
              
               ,
               i.
               e.
               though
               he
               be
               so
               heartily
               perswaded
               of
               the
               truth
               of
               Christs
               Religion
               as
               in
               
               the
               strength
               of
               his
               belief
               to
               be
               able
               to
               work
               miracles
               ,
               as
               was
               usual
               in
               the
               first
               times
               of
               Christianity
               ,
               
                 yet
                 if
                 he
                 have
                 not
                 charity
                 his
                 Faith
                 is
                 nothing
                 .
              
               
               If
               it
               be
               said
               that
               the
               charity
               that
               S.
               Paul
               makes
               so
               necessary
               to
               effectual
               Faith
               ,
               is
               not
               giving
               alms
               but
               quite
               another
               thing
               ,
               
               for
               according
               to
               him
               a
               
                 man
                 may
                 give
                 all
                 his
                 goods
                 to
                 feed
                 the
                 poor
                 ,
              
               and
               yet
               want
               the
               Charity
               that
               he
               speaks
               of
               :
               I
               answer
               ,
               it
               is
               true
               a
               man
               may
               give
               alms
               ,
               and
               very
               largely
               ,
               and
               yet
               want
               that
               Charity
               that
               S.
               Paul
               here
               so
               much
               recommends
               ;
               but
               then
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               none
               can
               have
               that
               Charity
               that
               he
               speaks
               of
               ,
               but
               they
               will
               certainly
               express
               it
               in
               alms
               and
               bounty
               as
               they
               have
               ability
               and
               opportunity
               :
               so
               that
               for
               all
               this
               suggestion
               Alms
               and
               bounty
               are
               absolutely
               necessary
               to
               the
               efficacy
               of
               Faith
               if
               there
               be
               opportunity
               of
               doing
               them
               :
               The
               plain
               account
               of
               this
               matter
               is
               this
               ,
               S.
               Paul
               speaks
               of
               Charity
               with
               respect
               to
               its
               inward
               principle
               in
               the
               heart
               ,
               which
               consists
               in
               an
               universal
               kindness
               and
               good
               will
               to
               the
               whole
               Creation
               of
               God
               ;
               and
               we
               speak
               of
               it
               with
               respect
               to
               the
               outward
               fruits
               of
               it
               in
               the
               life
               and
               conversation
               ,
               which
               are
               all
               sorts
               of
               good
               works
               ,
               especially
               works
               of
               mercy
               and
               bounty
               :
               but
               both
               these
               come
               to
               the
               same
               thing
               as
               to
               our
               purpose
               ,
               for
               the
               one
               always
               follows
               the
               other
               ;
               whereever
               there
               is
               charity
               in
               the
               heart
               it
               must
               of
               necessity
               shew
               it self
               in
               these
               kind
               of
               actions
               as
               there
               is
               occasion
               ,
               otherwise
               the
               
               charity
               is
               not
               true
               but
               only
               pretended
               ,
               for
               as
               S.
               Iohn
               hath
               told
               us
               ,
               
                 He
                 that
                 loveth
                 (
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 )
                 in
                 truth
                 ,
                 must
                 love
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 in
                 work
                 and
                 in
                 deed
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               then
               as
               for
               Repentance
               ;
               Charity
               and
               Alms-giving
               is
               a
               necessary
               ingredient
               into
               that
               also
               .
               When
               S.
               Iohn
               Baptist
               came
               preaching
               Repentance
               unto
               Israel
               ,
               
               the
               people
               asked
               him
               saying
               
                 what
                 shall
                 we
                 do
              
               ?
               meaning
               in
               what
               manner
               they
               should
               express
               their
               Repentance
               :
               his
               answer
               was
               this
               ,
               
                 He
                 that
                 hath
                 two
                 coats
                 let
                 him
                 impart
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 hath
                 none
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 that
                 hath
                 meat
                 let
                 him
                 do
                 so
                 likewise
              
               ;
               and
               suitable
               to
               this
               was
               the
               Prophets
               advice
               to
               the
               King
               of
               Babylon
               ,
               when
               he
               exhorteth
               him
               to
               Repentance
               ,
               
                 break
                 off
                 thy
                 sins
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 by
                 righteousness
              
               ,
               
               
                 and
                 thy
                 iniquity
                 by
                 shewing
                 mercy
                 to
                 the
                 poor
                 ,
              
               that
               is
               ,
               evidence
               thy
               Repentance
               by
               thy
               Alms-giving
               and
               Charity
               .
            
             
               Furthermore
               ,
               can
               he
               be
               either
               a
               good
               man
               or
               a
               good
               Christian
               ,
               that
               lives
               in
               the
               habitual
               neglect
               of
               that
               ,
               which
               of
               all
               other
               virtues
               God
               in
               Scripture
               seems
               to
               set
               the
               greatest
               value
               upon
               ;
               and
               contrariwise
               practiseth
               that
               which
               God
               hath
               most
               particularly
               declared
               his
               hatred
               and
               aversion
               to
               ?
               yet
               thus
               doth
               he
               that
               is
               not
               charitable
               with
               what
               he
               hath
               .
               So
               highly
               acceptable
               to
               God
               are
               works
               of
               mercy
               and
               charity
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               declared
               to
               be
               
                 the
                 sacrifices
                 with
                 which
                 he
                 is
                 well
                 pleased
                 ,
                 Heb.
              
               13.8
               .
               
                 the
                 things
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 doth
                 delight
                 ,
                 Ierem.
              
               9.24
               .
               and
               blessed
               and
               happy
               are
               they
               pronounced
               that
               do
               them
               ,
               Prov.
               22.9
               .
               
               cap.
               14.21
               .
               for
               hereby
               men
               become
               
                 the
                 children
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 Luke
              
               6.35
               .
               and
               entitled
               to
               his
               more
               especial
               care
               and
               protection
               ,
               Ps.
               41.1
               ,
               &c.
               nay
               so
               dear
               do
               they
               render
               a
               man
               to
               his
               Maker
               ,
               that
               the
               wise
               son
               of
               Sirach
               scrupled
               not
               to
               recommend
               the
               practice
               of
               them
               in
               these
               terms
               ,
               
               
                 Be
                 thou
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 a
                 Father
                 to
                 the
                 fatherless
                 and
                 instead
                 of
                 a
                 husband
                 unto
                 their
                 mother
                 ,
                 so
                 shalt
                 thou
                 be
                 as
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 high
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 shall
                 love
                 thee
                 more
                 than
                 thy
                 own
                 mother
                 doth
                 .
              
            
             
               On
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               if
               we
               will
               believe
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               there
               is
               nothing
               more
               odious
               to
               God
               than
               the
               contrary
               qualities
               and
               practices
               .
               
               
                 The
                 love
                 of
                 money
              
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               foundation
               of
               all
               uncharitableness
               ,
               is
               in
               Scripture
               called
               
                 the
                 root
                 of
                 all
                 evil
              
               ;
               as
               certainly
               the
               greatest
               evils
               and
               mischiefs
               in
               the
               world
               do
               often
               take
               their
               beginning
               from
               thence
               .
               Those
               that
               are
               covetous
               are
               styled
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Idolaters
               ,
               
               than
               which
               no
               more
               hateful
               appellation
               can
               be
               given
               to
               a
               man
               in
               the
               Sacred
               language
               .
               
               It
               is
               said
               of
               the
               covetous
               that
               
                 God
                 abhorreth
                 them
              
               ;
               which
               implies
               the
               utmost
               aversion
               that
               the
               Divine
               nature
               is
               capable
               of
               ,
               to
               any
               sort
               of
               men
               or
               things
               .
               The
               uncharitable
               and
               hard-hearted
               men
               God
               hath
               declared
               he
               will
               have
               no
               mercy
               on
               ;
               
               
                 but
                 they
                 shall
                 have
                 judgment
                 without
                 mercy
                 that
                 have
                 shewed
                 no
                 mercy
                 .
              
            
             
               Fourthly
               and
               lastly
               ,
               a
               necessity
               there
               is
               ,
               that
               
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 rich
                 in
                 this
                 world
                 ,
                 should
                 do
                 good
                 and
                 be
                 rich
                 in
                 good
                 works
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               upon
               their
               own
               account
               .
               Though
               
               there
               were
               no
               other
               tye
               upon
               them
               ,
               yet
               self-love
               and
               self-preservation
               would
               oblige
               them
               to
               it
               .
               I
               meddle
               not
               here
               ,
               how
               far
               in
               point
               of
               worldly
               interest
               they
               are
               concerned
               to
               be
               charitable
               ;
               though
               even
               the
               motives
               drawn
               from
               hence
               are
               very
               considerable
               .
               For
               certainly
               ,
               charity
               is
               a
               means
               not
               only
               to
               preserve
               and
               secure
               to
               them
               what
               they
               have
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               them
               enjoy
               it
               more
               comfortably
               ,
               but
               also
               to
               increase
               their
               store
               .
               No
               man
               is
               ever
               poorer
               for
               what
               he
               gives
               away
               in
               useful
               charity
               ,
               but
               on
               the
               contrary
               he
               thrives
               better
               for
               it
               .
               God
               seldom
               fails
               ,
               in
               this
               world
               amply
               to
               repay
               what
               is
               thus
               lent
               to
               him
               ,
               besides
               the
               other
               blessings
               that
               accompany
               his
               store
               ,
               and
               go
               along
               with
               it
               to
               his
               children
               after
               him
               .
               This
               I
               am
               sure
               is
               solemnly
               promised
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               ordinary
               dispensations
               of
               Providence
               we
               see
               it
               generally
               made
               good
               :
               whereas
               to
               the
               greedy
               and
               penurious
               man
               ,
               all
               things
               fall
               out
               quite
               contrary
               ;
               he
               may
               have
               wealth
               ,
               but
               he
               hath
               little
               comfort
               in
               it
               ;
               for
               a
               curse
               generally
               attends
               it
               ,
               of
               which
               he
               feels
               the
               sad
               effects
               in
               a
               variously
               miserable
               and
               vexatious
               life
               ,
               and
               often
               in
               either
               having
               none
               ,
               or
               an
               unfortunate
               posterity
               .
            
             
               But
               this
               is
               not
               the
               thing
               that
               I
               mean
               to
               insist
               on
               .
               This
               world
               lasts
               but
               for
               a
               while
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               no
               great
               matter
               how
               we
               fare
               in
               it
               ;
               but
               we
               have
               souls
               that
               must
               live
               for
               ever
               .
               If
               therefore
               men
               have
               any
               kindness
               for
               them
               ,
               if
               they
               mean
               not
               to
               be
               undone
               .
               
               to
               all
               eternity
               ,
               it
               is
               absolutely
               necessary
               they
               should
               do
               good
               with
               what
               they
               have
               .
               O
               that
               uncharitable
               Rich
               men
               would
               think
               upon
               that
               woe
               that
               our
               Saviour
               pronounceth
               against
               them
               .
               
               
                 Wo
                 unto
                 you
                 that
                 are
                 rich
                 ,
                 for
                 ye
                 have
                 received
                 your
                 consolation
                 .
              
               O
               that
               they
               would
               seriously
               consider
               and
               often
               remember
               those
               words
               of
               Abraham
               to
               the
               Rich
               man
               in
               Hell
               ,
               
               Son
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 remember
                 that
                 thou
                 in
                 thy
                 life
                 receivedst
                 thy
                 good
                 things
                 ,
                 and
              
               Lazarus
               
                 evil
                 things
                 ;
                 but
                 now
                 he
                 is
                 comforted
                 and
                 thou
                 art
                 tormented
                 .
              
               Not
               that
               it
               is
               a
               crime
               to
               be
               rich
               ,
               or
               to
               have
               good
               things
               in
               our
               life
               ;
               no
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               inordinate
               love
               of
               their
               wealth
               (
               to
               which
               those
               that
               have
               it
               are
               too
               frequently
               prone
               )
               and
               their
               not
               imploying
               it
               to
               those
               purposes
               of
               doing
               good
               for
               which
               it
               was
               given
               ;
               it
               is
               these
               things
               that
               bring
               these
               curses
               upon
               them
               ,
               and
               really
               
                 make
                 it
                 easier
              
               ,
               without
               an
               Hyperbole
               ,
               
                 for
                 a
                 Camel
                 to
                 go
                 through
                 the
                 eye
                 of
                 a
                 needle
                 than
                 for
                 a
                 rich
                 man
                 to
                 enter
                 into
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 Luke
              
               18.25
               .
               Certain
               it
               is
               there
               is
               no
               one
               sin
               that
               can
               be
               named
               ,
               doth
               more
               fatally
               exclude
               from
               Salvation
               than
               this
               we
               are
               speaking
               of
               .
               We
               never
               find
               the
               Prophets
               ,
               or
               the
               Apostles
               giving
               a
               list
               of
               those
               black
               crimes
               that
               will
               involve
               all
               that
               are
               guilty
               of
               them
               in
               inevitable
               destruction
               ,
               but
               we
               are
               sure
               to
               meet
               with
               covetousness
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               attendants
               of
               it
               among
               them
               ;
               as
               many
               instances
               might
               be
               given
               .
               Nay
               so
               great
               is
               this
               sin
               of
               uncharitableness
               ,
               and
               not
               doing
               
               good
               with
               our
               wealth
               ,
               that
               God
               in
               the
               final
               sentence
               that
               he
               shall
               pass
               upon
               wicked
               men
               ,
               to
               their
               condemnation
               at
               the
               last
               day
               ,
               seems
               to
               take
               no
               notice
               of
               the
               other
               sins
               and
               crimes
               of
               their
               life
               ,
               but
               only
               to
               censure
               them
               for
               this
               .
               
               Thus
               we
               find
               that
               when
               the
               King
               ,
               having
               gathered
               all
               nations
               before
               him
               ,
               comes
               to
               pronounce
               the
               sentence
               upon
               those
               on
               his
               left
               hand
               ;
               who
               are
               those
               that
               are
               doomed
               to
               everlasting
               fire
               ;
               there
               is
               no
               mention
               made
               of
               their
               criminal
               actions
               ;
               they
               are
               not
               condemned
               for
               fraud
               and
               oppression
               ,
               for
               unbelief
               and
               irreligion
               ,
               for
               lewdness
               and
               debauchery
               ,
               though
               any
               of
               these
               be
               enough
               to
               damn
               a
               man
               :
               but
               meerly
               for
               their
               not
               doing
               good
               ,
               for
               their
               not
               relieving
               the
               necessitous
               ,
               and
               exercising
               other
               acts
               of
               Charity
               when
               it
               was
               in
               their
               power
               .
            
             
               Since
               now
               from
               these
               Considerations
               it
               doth
               appear
               how
               necessary
               ,
               how
               indispensable
               a
               duty
               it
               is
               to
               
                 do
                 good
              
               with
               what
               we
               have
               ,
               to
               be
               
                 rich
                 in
                 good
                 works
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 ready
                 to
                 distribute
                 ,
                 and
                 willing
                 to
                 communicate
              
               ;
               let
               me
               at
               this
               time
               charge
               all
               of
               you
               that
               are
               
                 rich
                 in
                 this
                 world
              
               ,
               as
               you
               would
               not
               be
               unthankful
               to
               your
               great
               Benefactor
               ,
               nor
               unjust
               to
               your
               neighbours
               ;
               as
               you
               have
               any
               piety
               towards
               God
               ,
               or
               any
               care
               of
               your
               own
               souls
               ,
               that
               you
               put
               it
               in
               practice
               .
               And
               two
               instances
               of
               this
               great
               duty
               the
               present
               occasion
               ,
               and
               the
               exigence
               of
               things
               doth
               
               oblige
               me
               more
               particularly
               to
               recommend
               to
               you
               .
            
             
               The
               first
               is
               the
               business
               of
               the
               Hospitals
               ;
               the
               encouraging
               and
               promoting
               that
               Charity
               which
               the
               piety
               of
               our
               Ancestors
               begun
               ,
               and
               whose
               examples
               their
               Successors
               have
               hitherto
               worthily
               followed
               ,
               and
               of
               which
               we
               see
               excellent
               effects
               at
               this
               day
               ;
               for
               this
               we
               need
               no
               better
               proof
               than
               the
               Report
               given
               in
               of
               the
               great
               number
               of
               poor
               Children
               ,
               and
               other
               poor
               people
               maintained
               in
               the
               several
               Hospitals
               ,
               under
               the
               pious
               care
               of
               the
               Lord
               Mayor
               ,
               Commonalty
               ,
               and
               Citizens
               of
               London
               the
               year
               last
               past
               .
            
             
               For
               these
               so
               great
               instances
               of
               Charity
               what
               have
               we
               to
               do
               ,
               but
               with
               all
               Gratitude
               to
               commemorate
               those
               noble
               and
               publick
               spirits
               that
               first
               began
               them
               ;
               and
               with
               all
               devotion
               to
               put
               up
               our
               prayers
               to
               God
               for
               all
               those
               now
               alive
               that
               have
               been
               promoters
               and
               encouragers
               of
               such
               good
               works
               ;
               and
               lastly
               ,
               with
               all
               chearfulness
               and
               diligence
               to
               follow
               these
               Patterns
               by
               liberally
               contributing
               to
               their
               Maintenance
               and
               advancement
               .
               These
               are
               the
               Publick
               Banks
               and
               Treasuries
               in
               which
               we
               may
               safely
               lodge
               that
               money
               which
               we
               lend
               out
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               may
               from
               him
               expect
               the
               Interest
               .
               O
               what
               comfort
               will
               it
               be
               to
               us
               when
               we
               come
               to
               dye
               ,
               to
               be
               able
               to
               say
               to
               our selves
               ,
               That
               
               portion
               of
               goods
               that
               God
               hath
               in
               his
               Providence
               dispensed
               to
               me
               ,
               I
               have
               neither
               kept
               unprofitably
               in
               a
               Napkin
               ,
               nor
               squander'd
               it
               away
               upon
               my
               lusts
               ,
               but
               part
               of
               it
               I
               have
               put
               out
               towards
               the
               restoring
               my
               miserable
               Brethren
               to
               the
               right
               use
               of
               their
               reason
               and
               understanding
               ;
               part
               of
               it
               to
               the
               amending
               mens
               manners
               ,
               and
               from
               idle
               and
               dissolute
               persons
               ,
               redeeming
               them
               to
               virtue
               and
               sobriety
               ,
               and
               making
               them
               someway
               profitable
               to
               the
               Publick
               ;
               part
               of
               it
               for
               the
               healing
               the
               sick
               ,
               and
               curing
               the
               wounded
               ,
               and
               relieving
               the
               miserable
               and
               necessitous
               ;
               and
               lastly
               ,
               another
               part
               of
               it
               towards
               the
               Educating
               poor
               helpless
               Children
               in
               useful
               arts
               for
               their
               bodies
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Principles
               of
               True
               Religion
               for
               their
               Souls
               ,
               that
               so
               both
               in
               their
               Bodies
               and
               Spirits
               they
               may
               be
               in
               a
               capacity
               to
               Glorifie
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               serve
               their
               Countrey
               .
               These
               are
               all
               great
               things
               ,
               and
               in
               which
               way
               soever
               of
               them
               we
               lay
               out
               our selves
               ,
               we
               serve
               excellent
               ends
               of
               Charity
               .
            
             
               But
               there
               is
               another
               point
               of
               useful
               publick
               Charity
               ,
               which
               though
               the
               occasion
               of
               this
               meeting
               hath
               nothing
               to
               do
               with
               it
               ,
               yet
               the
               present
               necessity
               of
               the
               thing
               doth
               oblige
               me
               seriously
               to
               recommend
               to
               you
               .
               There
               are
               few
               I
               believe
               in
               this
               City
               either
               ignorant
               ,
               or
               insensible
               of
               the
               extreme
               numerousness
               of
               Beggars
               in
               our
               Streets
               ,
               and
               unless
               care
               be
               taken
               ,
               their
               number
               is
               likely
               to
               increase
               
               for
               this
               seems
               to
               be
               a
               growing
               evil
               .
               I
               dare
               not
               lay
               the
               fault
               of
               this
               upon
               the
               defectiveness
               of
               our
               Laws
               ,
               nor
               dare
               I
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               provisions
               made
               for
               the
               poor
               ,
               are
               incompetent
               or
               disproportionable
               to
               the
               number
               of
               them
               ,
               for
               perhaps
               the
               usual
               publick
               Taxes
               ,
               and
               private
               Free-will
               offerings
               discretely
               managed
               ,
               would
               go
               a
               great
               way
               towards
               the
               curing
               this
               evil
               ;
               supposing
               the
               richer
               Parishes
               to
               contribute
               to
               the
               maintaining
               the
               poorer
               .
               But
               here
               is
               the
               misery
               ,
               we
               do
               not
               sufficiently
               distinguish
               between
               our
               poor
               ;
               nor
               take
               care
               to
               make
               provisions
               for
               them
               ,
               according
               to
               their
               respective
               necessities
               .
               There
               are
               some
               that
               by
               reason
               either
               of
               old
               age
               ,
               or
               evil
               accidents
               ,
               are
               perfectly
               unable
               to
               earn
               a
               livelihood
               for
               themselves
               ;
               or
               to
               be
               any
               way
               useful
               to
               the
               publick
               ,
               except
               by
               their
               Prayers
               and
               their
               good
               examples
               ;
               and
               to
               see
               such
               go
               a
               begging
               is
               a
               shame
               to
               our
               Christianity
               ,
               and
               a
               reproach
               to
               our
               Government
               .
               There
               are
               others
               that
               are
               fit
               to
               labour
               ,
               and
               might
               prove
               useful
               members
               of
               the
               Commonwealth
               many
               ways
               ,
               if
               they
               were
               rightly
               managed
               :
               now
               the
               True
               Charity
               to
               these
               is
               not
               to
               relieve
               them
               ,
               to
               the
               encouragement
               of
               their
               idleness
               ;
               but
               to
               employ
               them
               ,
               to
               put
               them
               into
               such
               a
               way
               that
               they
               may
               both
               maintain
               themselves
               and
               help
               towards
               the
               maintaining
               of
               others
               ;
               and
               if
               they
               refuse
               this
               ,
               let
               them
               suffer
               for
               their
               folly
               ;
               for
               there
               is
               no
               reason
               
                 that
                 those
                 should
                 eat
                 that
                 will
                 not
                 work
              
               
               if
               they
               be
               able
               .
               A
               necessity
               therefore
               there
               is
               if
               ever
               this
               scandalous
               publick
               nusance
               of
               common
               begging
               be
               redressed
               ,
               that
               these
               four
               things
               be
               taken
               care
               of
               .
               1.
               
               That
               those
               that
               cannot
               work
               be
               maintained
               without
               begging
               .
               2.
               
               That
               those
               that
               can
               work
               and
               are
               willing
               ,
               have
               such
               publick
               provisions
               made
               that
               they
               may
               be
               employed
               in
               one
               way
               or
               other
               ,
               according
               as
               they
               are
               capable
               ,
               and
               every
               one
               receive
               fruits
               of
               his
               labour
               proportionable
               to
               his
               industry
               .
               3.
               
               That
               those
               that
               can
               work
               and
               will
               not
               ,
               be
               prosecuted
               according
               to
               the
               Laws
               ,
               as
               Rogues
               and
               Vagrants
               and
               pests
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               .
               And
               lastly
               ,
               after
               such
               publick
               provisions
               are
               made
               for
               the
               maintaining
               both
               sorts
               of
               Poor
               that
               are
               objects
               of
               Charity
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               helpless
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               endeavour
               to
               help
               themselves
               ;
               that
               all
               persons
               be
               exhorted
               and
               directed
               to
               put
               their
               private
               Charity
               in
               the
               right
               Channel
               ,
               wholly
               withdrawing
               it
               from
               the
               lazy
               and
               the
               lusty
               Beggars
               ,
               lest
               they
               be
               thereby
               encouraged
               in
               their
               infamous
               course
               of
               life
               ,
               and
               giving
               it
               to
               those
               who
               by
               publick
               order
               shall
               be
               recommended
               to
               them
               .
            
             
               These
               things
               I
               hope
               I
               may
               without
               offence
               recommend
               to
               the
               Wisdom
               and
               Care
               of
               the
               Government
               of
               this
               Honourable
               City
               ,
               since
               there
               are
               both
               Heads
               enough
               to
               contrive
               the
               particular
               ways
               of
               curing
               these
               evils
               ,
               and
               Hands
               enough
               that
               will
               be
               open
               to
               contribute
               what
               is
               needful
               to
               so
               useful
               a
               
               work
               .
               Certain
               it
               is
               the
               thing
               is
               practicable
               ,
               since
               it
               hath
               been
               ,
               and
               is
               practised
               in
               some
               Towns
               of
               this
               Nation
               ,
               and
               in
               several
               beyond
               the
               Seas
               .
               And
               that
               it
               is
               needful
               ,
               there
               is
               none
               that
               hath
               any
               true
               sense
               of
               Charity
               (
               which
               consists
               as
               much
               in
               taking
               care
               to
               prevent
               the
               miseries
               and
               necessities
               of
               mankind
               ,
               as
               in
               relieving
               them
               ;
               )
               there
               is
               none
               that
               hath
               any
               regard
               to
               the
               Reputation
               of
               our
               Religion
               ,
               or
               the
               Honour
               and
               good
               Government
               of
               this
               City
               or
               Kingdom
               ,
               but
               must
               needs
               acknowledge
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               one
               of
               the
               great
               Glories
               of
               this
               City
               ,
               that
               as
               they
               have
               been
               always
               faithful
               and
               prudent
               in
               the
               management
               of
               those
               Publick
               Charities
               that
               they
               have
               been
               entrusted
               with
               ,
               so
               have
               they
               been
               very
               ready
               to
               encrease
               and
               to
               add
               to
               them
               .
               And
               God
               without
               doubt
               hath
               blessed
               them
               the
               more
               for
               this
               very
               thing
               ;
               as
               indeed
               the
               best
               atonement
               that
               any
               people
               can
               make
               for
               the
               many
               sins
               that
               the
               place
               is
               guilty
               of
               ,
               is
               the
               Sacrifice
               of
               Alms
               and
               Charity
               .
               And
               I
               hope
               that
               which
               condemned
               Sodom
               ;
               to
               wit
               ,
               that
               
                 there
                 were
                 not
                 ten
                 righteous
                 men
                 found
                 in
                 it
              
               (
               that
               is
               ,
               men
               that
               were
               of
               a
               Publick
               spirit
               ,
               that
               were
               truly
               Liberal
               ,
               and
               Bountiful
               ,
               and
               Charitable
               ,
               for
               that
               is
               an
               usual
               Notion
               of
               Righteousness
               in
               the
               Old
               Testament
               ,
               and
               there
               are
               some
               passages
               in
               this
               History
               which
               make
               it
               probable
               that
               it
               may
               be
               the
               notion
               of
               it
               here
               )
               I
               say
               that
               very
               thing
               it
               is
               to
               be
               hoped
               ,
               hath
               ,
               and
               will
               preserve
               this
               City
               of
               ours
               ;
               
               because
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               we
               can
               gather
               ,
               there
               are
               in
               it
               many
               times
               ten
               such
               Righteous
               persons
               .
               In
               truth
               if
               there
               were
               not
               several
               good
               men
               among
               us
               ,
               that
               by
               the
               exemplarity
               of
               their
               lives
               ,
               and
               their
               Charity
               ,
               do
               stand
               in
               the
               gap
               between
               the
               reigning
               sins
               of
               the
               times
               ,
               and
               the
               Judgments
               of
               God
               that
               threaten
               us
               for
               them
               ;
               it
               would
               be
               a
               melancholy
               thing
               to
               think
               what
               would
               become
               of
               us
               .
               But
               so
               long
               as
               God
               is
               pleased
               to
               continue
               to
               us
               a
               succession
               of
               those
               that
               fear
               God
               ,
               and
               hate
               covetousness
               ;
               that
               make
               it
               their
               business
               to
               do
               good
               and
               to
               serve
               their
               generation
               ,
               there
               is
               hopes
               that
               he
               will
               yet
               continue
               to
               bless
               us
               .
               And
               so
               gracious
               hath
               God
               been
               to
               our
               City
               and
               Kingdom
               in
               this
               respect
               ,
               that
               (
               to
               the
               glory
               of
               his
               name
               be
               it
               spoken
               )
               whatever
               boasts
               they
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               are
               wont
               to
               make
               of
               the
               Charitableness
               of
               their
               Religion
               ,
               in
               opposition
               to
               the
               penuriousness
               of
               ours
               ;
               and
               reproach
               us
               with
               the
               bounty
               and
               munificence
               of
               our
               Popish
               Ancestors
               ,
               and
               the
               barrenness
               of
               their
               Protestant
               Successors
               :
               yet
               we
               may
               safely
               affirm
               that
               there
               have
               been
               more
               publick
               works
               of
               Charity
               done
               in
               this
               City
               and
               Kingdom
               since
               the
               Reformation
               ,
               than
               can
               be
               proved
               to
               have
               been
               done
               in
               the
               same
               compass
               of
               years
               during
               all
               the
               time
               that
               Popery
               prevailed
               among
               us
               .
            
             
               O
               therefore
               let
               us
               go
               on
               to
               do
               this
               Honour
               to
               our
               Religion
               ,
               let
               us
               go
               on
               by
               our
               good
               works
               to
               
               adorn
               the
               doctrine
               of
               God
               that
               we
               prosess
               .
               Let
               us
               not
               only
               equal
               but
               labour
               to
               exceed
               the
               Piety
               and
               the
               Publick-spiritedness
               of
               our
               Forefathers
               .
               Let
               every
               one
               both
               Magistrates
               and
               People
               in
               their
               several
               capacities
               ,
               be
               zealous
               and
               vigorous
               both
               in
               consulting
               ,
               in
               contriving
               ,
               and
               in
               acting
               for
               the
               publick
               good
               as
               much
               as
               is
               possible
               .
            
             
               And
               for
               your
               greater
               incouragement
               thus
               to
               do
               ,
               let
               it
               be
               remembred
               ,
               in
               the
               last
               place
               ,
               that
               besides
               the
               outward
               advantages
               both
               publick
               and
               private
               that
               we
               reap
               by
               being
               charitable
               ;
               this
               is
               the
               best
               course
               we
               can
               take
               to
               secure
               our
               everlasting
               Happiness
               in
               the
               world
               to
               come
               .
               For
               
                 to
                 do
                 good
              
               with
               our
               wealth
               ,
               
                 to
                 be
                 rich
                 in
                 good
                 works
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 ready
                 to
                 distribute
                 ,
                 willing
                 to
                 communicate
                 ,
                 is
              
               (
               as
               the
               Apostle
               in
               the
               Text
               tells
               us
               )
               
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 lay
                 up
                 to
                 our selves
                 in
                 store
                 a
                 good
                 Foundation
                 against
                 the
                 time
                 to
                 come
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 may
                 lay
                 hold
                 on
                 eternal
                 life
                 .
              
               And
               this
               is
               the
               Third
               thing
               I
               am
               to
               insist
               on
               from
               the
               Text.
               
            
             
               I
               mean
               not
               here
               to
               trouble
               you
               with
               the
               Criticisms
               about
               the
               word
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               in
               the
               Text
               ,
               by
               disputing
               whether
               it
               should
               be
               render'd
               Foundation
               as
               it
               is
               in
               our
               Translation
               ;
               though
               to
               lay
               up
               a
               foundation
               seems
               an
               unusual
               way
               of
               speaking
               ;
               we
               do
               not
               lay
               up
               Foundations
               but
               build
               upon
               them
               :
               or
               whether
               the
               word
               should
               be
               taken
               to
               signifie
               the
               Bond
               or
               the
               Evidence
               that
               God
               hath
               given
               us
               for
               the
               
               performance
               of
               his
               part
               of
               the
               Covenant
               ;
               as
               it
               is
               used
               by
               this
               Apostle
               elsewhere
               ,
               where
               he
               tells
               us
               that
               the
               
                 Foundation
                 of
                 God
                 standeth
                 sure
                 having
                 this
                 seal
                 ,
              
               
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               that
               Covenant
               or
               Indenture
               ,
               that
               God
               hath
               made
               with
               mankind
               ,
               standeth
               sure
               ,
               and
               hath
               this
               seal
               put
               to
               it
               ;
               for
               men
               do
               not
               put
               seals
               to
               foundations
               but
               to
               Covenants
               :
               Or
               lastly
               ,
               whether
               the
               word
               should
               be
               rendred
               a
               Treasure
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               read
               the
               Text
               thus
               ,
               
                 laying
                 up
                 to
                 themselves
                 a
                 good
                 Treasure
                 against
                 the
                 time
                 to
                 come
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 lay
                 hold
                 on
                 eternal
                 life
              
               ]
               The
               original
               word
               (
               say
               the
               Learned
               )
               is
               capable
               of
               being
               Translated
               all
               these
               ways
               ,
               
               and
               the
               last
               seems
               as
               natural
               as
               any
               ;
               for
               to
               lay
               up
               Treasure
               to
               our selves
               against
               the
               time
               to
               come
               ,
               is
               a
               proper
               way
               of
               speaking
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               our
               Saviour
               frequently
               useth
               in
               that
               very
               thing
               we
               are
               here
               treating
               of
               .
               But
               it
               matters
               not
               much
               which
               of
               them
               we
               pitch
               upon
               ,
               for
               they
               all
               come
               to
               one
               sence
               ;
               and
               that
               is
               this
               ,
               That
               to
               be
               very
               charitable
               in
               this
               world
               is
               a
               good
               means
               to
               secure
               to
               our selves
               a
               title
               to
               eternal
               happiness
               in
               the
               next
               .
            
             
               But
               to
               prevent
               all
               misunderstanding
               ,
               that
               may
               happen
               of
               this
               point
               ,
               I
               desire
               before
               I
               speak
               directly
               to
               it
               ,
               to
               premise
               these
               two
               things
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               Though
               we
               do
               maintain
               with
               the
               Ancient
               Church
               ,
               the
               efficacy
               of
               Charity
               and
               good
               works
               for
               the
               furthering
               a
               mans
               Salvation
               ,
               yet
               we
               utterly
               reject
               those
               doctrines
               which
               the
               Modern
               
               Romanists
               have
               advanced
               in
               this
               matter
               .
               The
               Popish
               doctrines
               about
               good
               works
               are
               these
               three
               following
               ,
               That
               good
               works
               are
               meritorious
               ;
               do
               deserve
               the
               Favour
               and
               the
               Rewards
               of
               God
               Almighty
               .
               Again
               ,
               that
               the
               surplusage
               of
               a
               mans
               good
               works
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               the
               merits
               of
               so
               many
               of
               his
               good
               deeds
               ,
               as
               are
               over
               and
               above
               what
               is
               sufficient
               to
               save
               his
               own
               soul
               ,
               may
               by
               the
               Church
               be
               dispensed
               out
               to
               the
               benefit
               of
               others
               ,
               they
               being
               part
               of
               the
               Churches
               treasure
               ;
               and
               upon
               this
               foundation
               they
               ground
               their
               Indulgences
               .
               And
               lastly
               ,
               that
               good
               works
               ,
               
                 i.
                 e.
              
               the
               Alms
               of
               dying
               persons
               ,
               that
               are
               given
               to
               the
               Church
               or
               Clergy
               ,
               will
               by
               the
               means
               of
               the
               Masses
               and
               Diriges
               that
               they
               purchase
               to
               be
               said
               for
               them
               ,
               be
               effectual
               for
               the
               freeing
               their
               souls
               out
               of
               the
               Torments
               of
               Purgatory
               .
               These
               are
               the
               Popish
               doctrines
               concerning
               good
               works
               ,
               which
               we
               all
               justly
               reject
               ,
               as
               having
               no
               foundation
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               or
               good
               Antiquity
               ;
               and
               being
               apparently
               contrived
               for
               the
               promoting
               their
               secular
               gain
               and
               advantage
               .
               But
               then
               as
               for
               the
               necessity
               ,
               or
               the
               conduciveness
               of
               good
               works
               to
               a
               mans
               Salvation
               ,
               which
               is
               all
               we
               here
               plead
               for
               ,
               I
               know
               no
               good
               Protestant
               but
               doth
               as
               earnestly
               contend
               for
               it
               as
               any
               of
               that
               Communion
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               Whatever
               efficacy
               we
               attribute
               to
               works
               of
               Charity
               as
               a
               means
               for
               the
               obtaining
               eternal
               life
               ;
               we
               would
               not
               be
               understood
               hereby
               to
               
               exclude
               the
               necessary
               concurrence
               of
               other
               virtues
               and
               graces
               to
               that
               end
               .
               It
               doth
               not
               from
               hence
               follow
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               an
               indifferent
               matter
               ,
               what
               Religion
               a
               man
               is
               of
               ,
               or
               what
               kind
               of
               life
               he
               leads
               ,
               if
               he
               be
               but
               mighty
               bountiful
               to
               the
               poor
               ,
               and
               do
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               good
               in
               his
               life
               .
               No
               ,
               how
               acceptable
               to
               God
               soever
               the
               Sacrifice
               of
               Alms
               and
               Charity
               be
               ,
               yet
               we
               are
               not
               to
               expect
               ,
               it
               shall
               be
               available
               to
               our
               Salvation
               ,
               unless
               it
               proceed
               from
               a
               pure
               heart
               ,
               and
               be
               offered
               with
               a
               lively
               Faith
               in
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               accompanied
               with
               a
               sincere
               endeavour
               to
               obey
               all
               Gods
               Commandments
               .
               Eternal
               Happiness
               is
               not
               proposed
               in
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               as
               a
               reward
               of
               any
               one
               single
               virtue
               ,
               no
               not
               of
               the
               greatest
               ,
               but
               of
               all
               of
               them
               together
               ;
               if
               indeed
               there
               can
               be
               any
               true
               virtue
               where
               there
               is
               not
               a
               conjunction
               of
               all
               ;
               I
               say
               if
               there
               can
               be
               ,
               for
               S.
               Iames
               seems
               to
               affirm
               that
               there
               cannot
               .
               
               Whosoever
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 shall
                 keep
                 the
                 whole
                 Law
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 offend
                 in
                 one
                 point
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 guilty
                 of
                 all
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               now
               having
               said
               this
               by
               way
               of
               caution
               to
               prevent
               all
               occasion
               that
               any
               may
               take
               from
               our
               so
               earnestly
               pressing
               Charity
               ,
               to
               undervalue
               and
               neglect
               other
               duties
               :
               It
               cannot
               be
               denyed
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               that
               very
               great
               effects
               are
               by
               our
               Saviour
               and
               his
               Apostles
               ,
               ascribed
               to
               this
               virtue
               with
               respect
               to
               mens
               Salvation
               in
               the
               other
               world
               .
            
             
             
               In
               the
               6
               th
               of
               S.
               Luke
               ,
               
               our
               Lord
               thus
               adviseth
               ,
               Love
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 your
                 enemies
                 ,
                 give
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 asketh
                 ,
                 do
                 good
                 ,
                 and
                 lend
                 ,
                 hoping
                 for
                 nothing
                 again
                 ,
                 so
                 shall
                 your
                 reward
                 be
                 great
                 ,
                 and
                 ye
                 shall
                 be
                 the
                 children
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 highest
                 .
              
               Now
               sure
               to
               be
               entitled
               to
               
                 great
                 rewards
              
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               the
               
                 children
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 high
              
               doth
               look
               farther
               than
               this
               present
               world
               .
               Our
               Saviour
               without
               doubt
               means
               the
               same
               thing
               here
               ,
               that
               he
               expresses
               upon
               the
               same
               occasion
               in
               another
               place
               ,
               
               
                 viz.
                 They
              
               (
               those
               that
               you
               do
               good
               to
               )
               
                 cannot
                 recompence
                 you
                 ,
                 but
                 you
                 shall
                 be
                 recompenced
                 at
                 the
                 Resurrection
                 of
                 the
                 just
                 .
              
            
             
               
               Again
               the
               Parable
               of
               the
               
                 unjust
                 Steward
              
               ,
               that
               provided
               so
               well
               for
               himself
               ,
               against
               a
               bad
               time
               ,
               out
               of
               his
               Masters
               goods
               ;
               is
               wholly
               designed
               to
               this
               purpose
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               Application
               of
               it
               sufficiently
               shews
               ,
               for
               our
               Saviour
               having
               said
               that
               the
               Lord
               of
               this
               Steward
               commended
               him
               for
               his
               providence
               and
               care
               of
               himself
               ,
               he
               thus
               applies
               it
               to
               all
               his
               Disciples
               .
               
               
                 Wherefore
                 I
                 say
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 make
                 you
                 friends
                 to
                 your selves
                 of
                 the
                 Mammon
                 of
                 unrighteousness
              
               (
               
                 i.
                 e.
              
               of
               these
               false
               deceitful
               riches
               )
               
                 that
                 when
                 you
                 fail
                 you
                 may
                 be
                 received
                 into
                 everlasting
                 habitations
                 ,
              
               plainly
               declaring
               ,
               that
               the
               best
               provision
               that
               rich
               men
               can
               make
               for
               themselves
               ,
               against
               the
               time
               of
               their
               death
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               their
               reception
               into
               the
               other
               world
               ,
               must
               be
               the
               charitable
               actions
               they
               do
               with
               their
               wealth
               while
               they
               live
               here
               .
            
             
             
               Lastly
               ,
               
               In
               another
               place
               our
               Saviour
               saith
               the
               very
               same
               thing
               in
               effect
               ,
               that
               is
               said
               in
               the
               Text
               ;
               for
               this
               is
               his
               counsel
               to
               all
               that
               mean
               to
               be
               happy
               in
               the
               next
               life
               ,
               viz.
               that
               they
               
                 sell
                 that
                 they
                 have
              
               (
               that
               is
               when
               the
               times
               are
               such
               that
               it
               is
               reasonable
               so
               to
               do
               )
               that
               
                 they
                 give
                 alms
                 ;
                 for
                 thereby
                 they
                 provide
                 to
                 themselves
                 bags
                 which
                 wax
                 not
                 old
                 ,
                 a
                 Treasure
                 in
                 the
                 Heavens
                 where
                 no
                 thief
                 approacheth
                 nor
                 moth
                 corrupteth
                 .
              
            
             
               To
               these
               three
               Texts
               of
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               I
               shall
               add
               three
               others
               of
               three
               of
               his
               Apostles
               which
               speak
               just
               to
               the
               same
               effect
               ,
               and
               with
               them
               I
               shall
               conclude
               .
               The
               first
               is
               that
               of
               S.
               Paul
               in
               his
               Epistle
               to
               the
               Hebrews
               ;
               where
               having
               spoken
               most
               severe
               things
               ,
               and
               denounced
               no
               less
               than
               Hell
               fire
               against
               the
               false
               brethren
               among
               them
               ,
               yet
               thus
               he
               comforts
               the
               Church
               to
               whom
               he
               writes
               .
               
               
                 But
                 beloved
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 we
                 are
                 perswaded
                 better
                 things
                 of
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 things
                 that
                 do
                 accompany
                 salvation
                 ,
                 though
                 we
                 thus
                 speak
                 .
              
               And
               what
               I
               pray
               is
               the
               reason
               he
               is
               thus
               perswaded
               ?
               Verily
               this
               ,
               
                 For
                 God
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 is
                 not
                 unrighteous
              
               ,
               
               
                 to
                 forget
                 your
                 work
                 and
                 labor
                 of
                 love
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 have
                 shewed
                 to
                 his
                 name
                 ,
                 in
                 that
                 ye
                 have
                 ministred
                 to
                 the
                 Saints
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 do
                 minister
                 .
              
               It
               was
               purely
               their
               Charity
               to
               the
               brethren
               ,
               that
               made
               him
               have
               these
               good
               hopes
               of
               them
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               in
               a
               state
               of
               Salvation
               .
               Though
               that
               Church
               as
               to
               other
               things
               was
               in
               a
               very
               degenerate
               condition
               ,
               yet
               considering
               they
               had
               been
               laborious
               and
               diligent
               in
               the
               exercise
               
               of
               Charity
               ,
               and
               still
               continued
               so
               to
               be
               ,
               
                 God
                 would
                 not
                 forget
                 them
              
               ,
               nay
               he
               was
               not
               so
               
                 unrighteous
                 as
                 to
                 forget
                 them
              
               .
               And
               then
               ,
               that
               which
               follows
               in
               the
               next
               verse
               ,
               
               is
               very
               observable
               ;
               
                 And
                 we
                 desire
                 that
                 every
                 one
                 of
                 you
                 do
                 shew
                 the
                 same
                 diligence
              
               (
               to
               wit
               ,
               in
               the
               practice
               of
               charity
               )
               
                 to
                 the
                 full
                 assurance
                 of
                 hope
                 unto
                 the
                 end
                 .
              
               If
               they
               would
               have
               their
               hopes
               of
               a
               future
               life
               assured
               to
               them
               ,
               the
               way
               to
               do
               it
               was
               to
               persevere
               in
               their
               diligent
               attendance
               to
               works
               of
               mercy
               and
               kindness
               and
               charity
               .
            
             
               
               The
               second
               passage
               is
               that
               of
               S.
               
                 Iohn
                 .
                 Hereby
              
               (
               faith
               he
               )
               
                 perceive
                 we
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 God
                 towards
                 us
                 ,
                 because
                 he
                 laid
                 down
                 his
                 life
                 for
                 us
                 ;
                 and
                 we
                 ought
                 to
                 lay
                 down
                 our
                 lives
                 for
                 the
                 brethren
                 .
                 But
                 whoso
                 hath
                 this
                 worlds
                 good
                 ,
                 and
                 seeth
                 his
                 brother
                 hath
                 need
                 ,
                 and
                 shutteth
                 up
                 his
                 bowels
                 of
                 compassion
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 how
                 dwelleth
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 him
                 ?
                 My
                 little
                 children
                 ,
                 let
                 us
                 not
                 love
                 in
                 word
                 neither
                 in
                 tongue
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 deed
                 and
                 in
                 truth
                 ;
                 and
                 hereby
                 we
                 know
                 that
                 we
                 are
                 of
                 the
                 truth
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 assure
                 our
                 hearts
                 before
                 him
                 ,
              
               I
               pray
               mind
               that
               .
               By
               our
               charitable
               disposition
               and
               doing
               good
               to
               our
               brethren
               ,
               by
               this
               we
               know
               we
               are
               true
               disciples
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               this
               is
               that
               ,
               that
               
                 will
                 assure
                 our
                 hearts
              
               ,
               will
               give
               us
               confidence
               to
               appear
               before
               God
               at
               the
               last
               day
               when
               he
               comes
               to
               judge
               the
               world
               .
               And
               this
               is
               a
               point
               that
               the
               Apostle
               thinks
               so
               considerable
               ,
               that
               he
               goes
               over
               with
               it
               again
               in
               the
               next
               verse
               ,
               
                 Beloved
                 if
                 our
                 hearts
                 condemn
                 us
                 not
              
               (
               
                 i.
                 e.
              
               condemn
               us
               not
               as
               
               to
               this
               point
               of
               love
               and
               charity
               )
               
                 then
                 have
                 we
                 confidence
                 towards
                 God
                 ;
                 and
                 whatsoever
                 we
                 ask
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 receive
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 because
                 we
                 do
                 those
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 pleasing
                 in
                 his
                 sight
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               last
               Text
               to
               this
               purpose
               that
               I
               desire
               may
               be
               taken
               notice
               of
               ,
               
               is
               that
               of
               S.
               
                 Peter
                 ,
                 Above
                 all
                 things
                 my
                 brethren
                 have
                 fervent
                 charity
                 among
                 your selves
                 ,
                 for
                 charity
                 shall
                 cover
                 the
                 multitude
                 of
                 sins
                 .
              
               O
               how
               comfortable
               are
               these
               words
               !
               there
               is
               none
               of
               us
               ,
               even
               the
               best
               ,
               but
               hath
               a
               multitude
               of
               sins
               to
               answer
               for
               ;
               by
               what
               means
               now
               must
               we
               obtain
               ,
               that
               these
               sins
               shall
               be
               covered
               ?
               
               that
               is
               ,
               shall
               be
               forgiven
               ;
               for
               covering
               of
               sins
               is
               the
               forgiveness
               of
               them
               in
               the
               Scripture-language
               .
               Why
               ,
               the
               Apostle
               hath
               directed
               us
               to
               the
               method
               ,
               
                 above
                 all
                 things
                 put
                 on
                 charity
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 charity
                 that
                 shall
                 cover
                 the
                 multitude
                 of
                 sins
                 .
              
               Charity
               is
               of
               that
               power
               with
               God
               ,
               that
               it
               alone
               ,
               is
               able
               to
               overcome
               the
               malignity
               of
               many
               of
               our
               sins
               and
               frailties
               ,
               that
               would
               otherwise
               do
               us
               mischief
               .
               If
               any
               thing
               can
               make
               atonement
               for
               the
               carelesness
               and
               the
               many
               failings
               of
               our
               lives
               ;
               and
               prevent
               the
               punishment
               that
               is
               due
               to
               them
               ;
               it
               is
               to
               be
               very
               charitable
               ,
               and
               to
               do
               much
               good
               :
               
                 Charity
                 covers
                 a
                 multitude
                 of
                 sins
                 in
                 this
                 life
                 .
              
               A
               great
               many
               temporal
               judgments
               ,
               that
               would
               otherwise
               have
               fallen
               upon
               us
               for
               our
               sins
               are
               hereby
               prevented
               ,
               and
               that
               not
               only
               private
               ones
               but
               publick
               too
               :
               And
               I
               think
               it
               no
               Popery
               to
               affirm
               that
               
                 Charity
                 will
                 cover
                 a
                 multitude
                 of
                 sins
                 in
                 the
                 other
                 life
                 also
                 .
              
               That
               is
               ,
               whoever
               is
               of
               a
               truly
               charitable
               disposition
               ,
               and
               doth
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               good
               in
               his
               generation
               ,
               
               though
               he
               may
               have
               a
               great
               many
               infirmities
               and
               miscarriages
               to
               answer
               for
               ;
               yet
               if
               he
               be
               sincerely
               virtuous
               in
               the
               main
               ,
               and
               so
               capable
               of
               the
               rewards
               of
               the
               other
               world
               ;
               his
               other
               failings
               will
               be
               overlooked
               ,
               they
               will
               be
               buried
               in
               his
               good
               deeds
               ,
               and
               the
               man
               shall
               be
               rewarded
               not
               withstanding
               .
               Or
               if
               he
               be
               a
               vitious
               person
               ,
               and
               so
               must
               of
               necessity
               fall
               short
               of
               the
               glory
               that
               shall
               be
               revealed
               ;
               yet
               still
               in
               proportion
               ,
               the
               good
               he
               hath
               done
               in
               his
               life
               
                 will
                 cover
                 the
                 multitude
                 of
                 sins
                 .
              
               Though
               it
               will
               not
               be
               available
               for
               the
               making
               him
               happy
               ,
               because
               he
               is
               not
               capable
               of
               being
               so
               ;
               yet
               it
               will
               be
               for
               the
               lessening
               his
               punishment
               .
               He
               shall
               be
               in
               a
               much
               more
               supportable
               condition
               among
               the
               miserable
               ,
               than
               those
               that
               have
               been
               unmerciful
               ,
               or
               cruel
               or
               uncharitable
               in
               their
               lives
               .
               O
               therefore
               what
               remains
               ,
               but
               that
               considering
               all
               these
               things
               ,
               
               we
               should
               
                 be
                 stedfast
                 ,
                 unmoveable
                 ,
                 always
                 abounding
                 in
                 these
                 works
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 for
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 we
                 know
                 that
                 our
                 labour
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 in
                 vain
                 in
                 the
                 Lord.
              
               
               
                 Giving
                 all
                 diligence
                 to
                 add
                 to
                 Faith
                 ,
                 Virtue
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 virtue
                 ,
                 Knowledge
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 knowledge
                 ,
                 Temperance
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 temperance
                 ,
                 Patience
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 patience
                 ,
                 Godliness
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 godliness
                 Brotherly
                 kindness
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 brotherly
                 kindness
                 ,
                 Charity
                 .
                 By
                 our
                 good
                 works
                 making
                 our
                 calling
                 and
                 election
                 sure
                 ,
              
               (
               so
               some
               Copies
               have
               the
               10
               
                 th
                 ver
              
               .
               of
               1
               Pet.
               1.
               )
               
                 that
                 doing
                 these
                 things
                 we
                 may
                 never
                 fall
              
               ;
               
               
                 but
                 an
                 entrance
                 may
                 be
                 ministred
                 to
                 us
                 abundantly
                 into
                 the
                 everlasting
                 kingdom
                 of
                 our
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 Christ.
                 
              
            
             
               THE
               END
               .
            
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A59548-e660
           
             Eccles.
             1.13
             .
          
           
             ver
             .
             18.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             2.
             ver
             .
             1
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             ver
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             ver
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             ver
             .
             8.
             
          
           
             ver
             .
             11.
             
          
           
             1
             Iob.
             4.8
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             44
             ,
             45.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             13.34
             ,
             35.
             
          
           
             1
             Iob.
             3.16
             
          
           
             Prov.
             10.7
             
          
           
             Psal.
             37.
             ver
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             
               Ibid.
               v.
            
             2●
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             10.24
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Tim.
             6.18
             .
             1
             Pet.
             4.8
             .
             1
             Cor.
             13.2.13
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             5.16
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Thess.
             5.16
             .
          
           
             Phil.
             4.4
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             1.12
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             4.17
             .
          
           
             
               See
               Deut.
            
             16.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             23.15
             .
          
           
             〈…〉
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A59548-e4350
           
             Luke
             12.16
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Iames
             2.14
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             1
             Iohn
             3.17
             .
          
           
             cap.
             4.20
             .
          
           
             Iames
             2.26
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             5.6
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             13.2
             .
          
           
             ver
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             Luke
             3.10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             4.27
             .
          
           
             Eccles.
             4.10
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             6.10
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             5.5
             .
          
           
             Ps.
             10.3
             .
          
           
             Iam.
             2.13
             .
          
           
             Luke
             6.24
             .
          
           
             Luke
             16.25
             .
          
           
             Matth.
             25.31
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.19
             .
          
           
             
               Vid.
               Dr.
            
             Hammond
             
               in
               loc
            
             .
          
           
             Iam.
             2.10
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             6.30
             ,
             35.
             
          
           
             Luke
             14.14
             .
          
           
             Luke
             16.
             
          
           
             ver
             .
             9.
             
          
           
             Luk
             12.33
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             6.9
             .
          
           
             ver
             .
             10.
             
          
           
             ver
             .
             11.
             
          
           
             1
             Iohn
             3.16
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             4.8
             .
          
           
             Ps.
             33.1
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             15.58
             .
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.5
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             ver
             .
             10.