Verus Christianus, or, Directions for private devotions and retirements dedicated to ... Gilbert Ld. Arch Bishop of Canterbury ... by David Stokes.
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Verus Christianus, or, Directions for private devotions and retirements dedicated to ... Gilbert Ld. Arch Bishop of Canterbury ... by David Stokes.
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Stokes, David, 1591?-1669.
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Oxford :: Printed by A. & L. Lichfield for R. Davis,
1668.
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"Verus Christianus, or, Directions for private devotions and retirements dedicated to ... Gilbert Ld. Arch Bishop of Canterbury ... by David Stokes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A61672.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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2. Mercy in relieving them.
Old Tobit made it his advise to his son.
Turne not thy face away from the poor, and the face of God shall not be turned away from thee. c. 4. 7.
Solomon had said it before him, in other termes.
He that stoppeth his ear at the cry of the poor: he also shall cry himself, but shal not be heard. Prov. 21. 19.
King Nebuchadnezer was therefore put in a fair way of preventing a sad punishment by Daniel's good counsel,
to break off his sins by alms-deeds, and mercy to the poor. Dan. 4. 27.
And Cornelius found the vertue of this, when he had the honour to be told by an Angel, that
his prayers were heard, and his Almes-deeds were had in remembrance in the sight of God.
Act. 10. 31. Ecclus 3. 30. & 4. 10.
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