A new history of ecclesiastical writers containing an account of the authors of the several books of the Old and New Testament, of the lives and writings of the primitive fathers, an abridgement and catalogue of their works ... also a compendious history of the councils, with chronological tables of the whole / written in French by Lewis Ellies du Pin.

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Title: A new history of ecclesiastical writers containing an account of the authors of the several books of the Old and New Testament, of the lives and writings of the primitive fathers, an abridgement and catalogue of their works ... also a compendious history of the councils, with chronological tables of the whole / written in French by Lewis Ellies du Pin.
Author: Du Pin, Louis Ellies, 1657-1719.
Publication: London :: Printed for Abel Swalle and Tim. Thilbe ...,; MDCXCIII [1693]
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Subject terms: Church history.; Fathers of the church -- Bio-bibliography.; Christian literature, Early -- Bio-bibliography.
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Of Alms-deeds.

THE first effect of Charity is to give Alms, and the Obligation to Alms-deeds, is inclu∣ded in the Commandment of Loving our Neighbours as our selves. S. Chrysostom re∣commends this Vertue in so many places, that he saith himself in the 89th. Homily upon S. Matthew, That they upbraided him with speaking of nothing else.

Giving of Alms (saith he in several places) renders Men like unto God, cleanseth from sin, and appeaseth the Anger of God. To give to the Poor, is to give unto God, it is to lend to him upon Use. We are not only advised, but commanded to give Alms. Men are not Masters but only Stewards of their Goods. God who is the Soveraign Lord hath entrusted them with the rich, that they might relieve the poor. All other good works are unprofitable with∣out Alms-deeds. Alms should be given with Joy, and in abundance. Men ought not to stay till Death to dispose of their Charity; but if they have done nothing in their Life-time, it is good to leave to the poor after Death, and give them as much as to a Child, or at least as to a Servant.

These Principles and Maxims S. Chrysostom repeateth often in his Homilies, as the Thirtieth Homily upon Genesis, that upon Psalm 101. the Second Ser∣mon concerning Lazarus, the Seventeenth Homily upon 2 Cor. the Sixth upon Titus, The 5th. 35th, 45th, 47th, 48th, 52d. 66th. 78th, 80th, 86th, upon S. Matth. The 23d, 25th, 27th, 40th, 76th, upon S. John, the Seventh upon Colos. the 11th, 15th, 18th, upon Rom. the 20th, 21st, and 43d, upon 1 Cor. the 5th, Homily of Penance, the Sermon upon the Petition of the Sons of Zebedee, the first Homily of Fasting, and in an infinite number of places besides.