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[ 1126] To be Charitable to the poor and needy.

THe Iewes at this day,* 1.1 though outed their own Country, and destitute of a Leviticall Priesthood, yet those that will be reputed religious amongst them, distribute the tenth of their increase unto the poor, being perswaded, that God doth blesse their encrease the more; for their usuall proverb is, Decima, ut dives ••ias, pay thy Tithes, that thou maist be rich.* 1.2 Nay, saies Philo the Jew, They came so willingly to give up their Tithes unto God, as if they had been to have recei∣ved a gratuity from men. If then there be such devout Iewes, that having neither house nor home,* 1.3 Priest or Temple, and without Christ in the world, so charitable to the poor, then how much more suitable will it be for Christians, that live in Gospell-times, to relieve the poor members of Iesus Christ, to honour the Lord wi•••• their substance, freely expending it in pious and charitable uses, whereby their barns shall be filled, and they made great gainers in the end.

Notes

• * 1.1

  ••. Plantavi•• Florileg. Rab.
• * 1.2

  Philo d•• Sa∣cerdot. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 lib. 2.
• * 1.3

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 semper clemen∣te•• p••rrige dextram. Eccles. 7.