Sect 4. That it is vn∣lawful for those that want dis∣cretion to giue almes.
In regard of the latter, those who are not of sufficient age and discretion, though they haue right to the goods they giue, yet are restrained
The plea of the poore. Or A treatise of benificence and almes-deeds teaching how these Christian duties are rightly to be performed, and perswading to the frequent doing of them. Necessary for these times, wherein the workes of mercy are so much neglected, or so vndiscreetly practized. Published by Iohn Downame Bachelour in Diuinitie.
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- The plea of the poore. Or A treatise of benificence and almes-deeds teaching how these Christian duties are rightly to be performed, and perswading to the frequent doing of them. Necessary for these times, wherein the workes of mercy are so much neglected, or so vndiscreetly practized. Published by Iohn Downame Bachelour in Diuinitie.
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- Downame, John, d. 1652.
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"The plea of the poore. Or A treatise of benificence and almes-deeds teaching how these Christian duties are rightly to be performed, and perswading to the frequent doing of them. Necessary for these times, wherein the workes of mercy are so much neglected, or so vndiscreetly practized. Published by Iohn Downame Bachelour in Diuinitie." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20764.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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from bestowing of them by the equitie of law, because they want iudgement to bestow them well. In which respect it is vnlawfull for children vnder age and vnder guardians, or for fooles, mad men, and impotent persons to giue almes, because for want of discretion they may waste their state, or bestow their gifts vpon vnfit and vnworthy persons.