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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London :: Printed by Edward Griffin for Ralph Mabbe, and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Grey-hound,
1616.
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Charity -- Early works to 1800.
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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 13, 2024.
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Sect. 1. That he who releeueth the poore shall bee blessed in his posteritie.
AND thus haue I shewed, that if by giuing to the poore we lend vnto the Lord, we shall receiue full restitution with great aduan∣tage. Now we will consider wherein this resti∣tution is to be made, and in what things it princi∣pally consisteth; namely, in all blessings and be∣nefits both temporall and aeternall. The tempo∣rall benefits respect either our posteritie, or our selues; for if we bountifully relieue the poore, the
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reward of our charitie shall not only extend vnto vs, but also to our of-spring and progenie; accor∣ding to that in the second verse of this Psalme: His seede shall be mighty vpon earth, the generation of the vpright shall be blessed. So the Lord promiseth, Esa. 58. 10. 12. that if we will draw out our soule to* 1.1the hungry, and satisfie the afflicted soule; the Lord will not only satisfie our soules in drought and make fat our bones, but that those also that come of vs shall prosper vnto many generations. Now what better inheritance can we leaue to our children than the blessing of God, which like an euer-springing fountaine will nourish and comfort them in the time of drought, when as our owne prouision which we haue left vnto them may faile, and when the heate of affliction riseth, will like stan∣ding waters be dryed vp?