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A16763	A treatise of christian beneficence, and of that like christian thankefulnese which is due to the same The which, as they are duties of singular account with God, so are they of as necessarie vse to all christians, for the keeping of faith and a good conscience, as are fire and water for common vse and comfort to the naturall life of all men.	Allen, Robert, fl. 1596-1612.	1600 (1600)	STC 367; ESTC S112321	178,520	256

lap saith he to wit after that he had obteined of the richer sort who had dealt cruellie before that they promised thenceforth to deale mercifully toward their poore brethren and I said So let God shake out euery man that will not perfourme this promise from his house and from his labour that is that being thrust out of house and home he may also be vnprosperous in all his affaires euen thus saith Nehemiah let him be shaken out and emptied And all the Congregation said Amen and praised the Lord. Yea and the richer sort fearing the imprecation which was thus denounced in the name of God consented vnto of all they performe that which they had promised A blessed and sweete fruite of a heauie and bitter curse though vttered without all bitternesse in the most pure and temperate zeale of Gods holy Spirit as was obserued before And now further for our present purpose to shew that the iudgement of God watcheth ouer vnmercifull men for euill and not for good we haue ready at hand the example of Nabal that churle whom God cut off as an vnprofitable branch shortly after he had dealt so like himselfe that is like a profane and sottish miser against Dauid the good seruant of the Lord in that he not onelie denied to send him anie reliefe but also verie contemptuously reproched and reuiled him For about tenne daies after he had dealt thus the Lord smote Nabal that he dyed 1. Sam. 25.9 c. 38. wherefore when Dauid heard that Nabal was dead he sayd as one giuing glorie to God in his righteous iudgment Blessed be the Lord who hath iudged the cause of my rebuke of the hand of Nabal and hath kept his seruant from euil for the Lord hath recompenced the wickednes of Nabal vpon his owne head And in like manner Ier. 22.13 c. God doth by his Prophet threaten Shallum a wicked sonne of the good king Iosiah altogether degenerating from his fathers example and giuing himselfe to pleasure without all regard of relieuing the oppressed yea executing crueltie after the manner of wicked men Wo saith the Lord to him that buildeth his house by vnrighteousnes and his chambers without equitie hee vseth his neighbour without wages and giueth not him for his worke Hee saith I will build me a wide house with large chambers so he will make himselfe large windowes and sieling with Cedar and paint them with vermelion Shalt thou reigne saith the Lord to Shallum because thou closest thy selfe in Cedar c. No but as it followeth Thine eyes are onelie for thy couetousnesse and for to sheade innocent bloud and for oppression and for destruction euen to doo this Therefore thus saith the Lord against Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah king of Iudah who before was called by an other name Shallum They shall not lament him saying Alas my brother or Alas my sister neither shall they mourne for him saying Alas Lord or Alas for his glorie He shall be buried as an Asse is buried euen drawne and cast forth without the gates Ierusalem This iudgement fell vpon him in Babel The like dishonour euen for the like cause befell the King of Babel himselfe namelie Belshazzar Dan. ch 5. according to the prophesie of Isaiah against that whole cruell and bloudie monarchie ch 14. verses 3.4.5.6 In that day saith the Prophete to the faithfull among the Iewes when the Lord shall giue thee rest from thy sorrowe and from thy feare and from the sore bondage wherein thou diddest serue Then shalt thou take vp this Prouerbe against the king of Babel and say How hath the oppressour ceased and the gold-thirsty Babel rested The Lord hath broken the rod of the wicked c. And then verse 18. c. All the kings of the nations they all sleepe in glorie euery one in his owne house But thou art cast out of thy graue like an abominable branch like the rayment of those that are slaine and thrust through with a sword which go downe to the stones of the pit as a carkâ—sse troden vnder feete Thou shalt not be ioyned with them in the graue because thou hast destroyed thine owne land and slaine thy people the seede of the wicked shall not be renowmed for euer Prepare a slaughter for his children for the iniquitie of their fathers let them not rise nor possesse the land nor fill the face of the world with enemies c. And chap. 31.1 Wo to thee that spoyledst and wast not spoyled and doest wickeâ—ly but they did not wickedly against thee When thou shalt cease to spoyle thou shalt be spoyled when thou shâ—lt make an end to do wickedly they shall do wickedly against thee Whereunto also let vs ad prophesie of Habbakuk for another witnesse to the same purpose chap. 2. vers 6. c. Shall not all these saith the holy Prophet take vp a parable against him and a taunting prouerbe against him and say Ho he that increaseth that which is not his how long and he that ladeth himselfe with thicke clay or dirt for no better is ill gotten treasure then a troublesome burthen or as a myrie poole to fasten and ouerwhelme the couetous therein Shall they not rise vp sodainly that shall bite thee and awake that shall vexe thee and thou shalt be their pray or trampled on by them continually as it were clay in the streetes Because thou hast spoyled many nations all the remnant of the people shall spoyle thee because of mens bloud and for the wrong done in the land in the citie and vnto all that dwell therein Ho he that coueteth an euill couetousnesse to his house that he may set his nest on high to escape from the power of euill Thou hast consulted shame to thine owne house by destroying many people and thou hast sinned against thine own soule For the stone shall cry out of the wall and the beame or knurle of the timber shall answer it or giue witnesse to it Wo vnto him that buildeth a towne with bloud and erecteth a citie by iniquitie Behold is it not of the Lord of Hostes that the people that is such a wicked people shall labour for fire and that the nations should wearie themselues for meere vanitie Nowe according to the threatening contained in these Prophesies against the Kinges of Babel and their Monarchie the Lord hath made them that lifted themselues vp in the greatest height of pride and of couetous and mercilesse dealing the most euident spectacles to all the world of his glorious iudgement executed vpon them for the same For all this was confirmed in that ouerthrowe which God gaue them once for euer by the Medes and Persians whom hee raised vp and sent in battell against them So then let this kinde of mercilesse and cruell people be neuer so stronglie rooted let them bee growne vp neuer so high let them be maintained and vpheld neuer so stronglie euen with the power of a mightie monarchie yet shall neither they nor their

things which we haue done but that we may receiue a full reward Neither is it a small vertue in the Giuer specially if he be bounteous to take in good part such poore tokens of thankfulnesse as their Alumni and foster children do at any time offer vnto them Finally thankfulnesse to God is a vertue belonging to him that is truly beneficial in so much as God hath not only made him able but which is a greater grace hath made him willing and carefull yea hath furnished him with many graces to the perfourmance of this most excellent dutie These vertues are diligently to be regarded of all Benefactors lest any should reioyce in a false and deceiueable liberality such as will affoord no sound comfort before the Lord. For as we reade in the holy Prouerb Many men will boast euery one of his owne goodnesse but who shall find a faithful man As though the wise king should say He is a rare man in comparison of the rest whosoeuer is a good man indeede Neuerthelesse to the end wee may see that God from time to time hath had his number who haue practised true beneficence and goodnesse it shall be to good purpose to gather together such examples whereby God in his holy Scriptures hath exemplified the same vnto vs that they might be patternes to all other of his good seruants to prouoke them to the imitation of them In the 18. chap. of Genesis ver 1.2 c. We haue Abraham a father of the faithfull commended vnto vs for one very notable example And chap. 19.1 c. We haue righteous Lot for another Of the which two the Apostle to the Hebrues chap. 13.2 saith that for a fruite and blessing of their hospitality they receiued Angels into their houses at vnawares in steede of men and by that reason moueth Christians that they would not be forgetful to lodge strangers Gen. chap. 20.14 15.16 Abimelech a heathen king sheweth great kindnesse to Abraham hee gaue him both seruants and cattell and siluer and libertie also to dwell to his best liking where he would in his countrey Gen. chap. 47.12 Ioseph whom God made a foster-father to many nations was also a nourisher of his owne father and brethren and his whole family in the land of Egypt in the time of the famine And Pharaoh himselfe though a heathen king gaue them a countrie to dwell in Exod. chap. 2.5.6.7.8.9 Pharaohs daughter likewise though a heathen woman taketh compassion of an Hebrue infant which was otherwise in great danger to haue perished and causeth it to bee honourably noursed and brought vp at her cost and charges And in the same chap. verses 20.21 Reuel the Prince of Midian giueth Moses though a stranger vnto him very friendly and kind entertainment whereupon also concerning further good liking he giueth the daughter of his sonne Iethro to wife vnvnto him yea though Moses was at time of no worldly wealth Exod. chap. 18. Moses for the same cause sheweth all kindnesse and good dutie to Iethro his father in law after that he was aduaunced to be the Gouernour of the people of God And Numb 10.29 Come with vs saith Moses and me will do thee good for the Lord hath promised good to Israel and vers 32. And if thou go with vs looke what good the Lord shall shew vnto vs the same will we shew vnto thee In the 19. chap. of the Iudges verses 16.17 an old man comming from his worke out of the field at euen giueth a man and a woman their seruant lodging other good entertainmeÌ„t who otherwise being benighted in a strange place should likely haue lyed abroad in the fields In the second chapter of the booke of Ruth verses 8.9 14.15.16.17 Boaz giueth leaue to Ruth a poore mayd and a stranger not only to gleane in his field next after the reapers whom he willed to leaue good gleanings for her but also he gaue her leaue to take her victuals dayly with his owne maydes among the reapers In the first book of Samuel chap. 22.3.4 Dauid maketh prouision for the comfortable entertainment and safety of his father and mother with the king of Moab yea he is mindfull and carefull to do it in the middest of his trouble when he had much ado to shift for himselfe and to escape with his owne life In 1. King chap. 18.3.4 Obadiah a chiefe officer in king Ahabs court in the time of famine when also Iezabel the Queen raged in cruell persecution against the seruants of God he tooke an hundreth of the Lords Prophets and fed them fifty in a caue In the the 4. chap. of the second booke of Kings verses 8.9.10 We reade how an honourable woman or certaine Lady of Shunem obseruing how Elisha the Lords prophet vsed to passe by her house she causeth him to come in to refresh himselfe yea and alloweth him a chamber to lodge in whensoeuer he should haue occasion to come that way And this she did because as she telleth her husband shee knew he was an holy man of God And chap. 6. verses 22.23 Elisha causeth the king of Israel not onely to abstaine from the reuenge of his enemies but also to giue them friendly entertaiment and to make them a princely feast In the first booke of Chronicles chap. 16.3 king Dauid at the bringing home of the Arke of the Lord to his city after that they had offered burnt offerings peace offerings before God and after that the king had blessed the people in the name of the Lord He dealt to euery one of Israel both man and woman to euerie one a cake of bread and a peece of flesh and a bottle of wine In the second booke of Chronicles chap. 5.6 at the placing of the same Arke of the Lord in the most holy place of the Temple vnder the wings of the Cherubines King Salomon and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled vnto him offered sheepe and bullockes which could not be told nor numbred for multitude And chap. 7.5 King Salomon offered a Sacrifice of two and twentie thousand bullockes and an hundreth and twenty thousand sheep so the King al the people dedicated the house of God And chap. 31. of the same booke verse 3.4.5 c. king Hezekiah both by his owne example and also by his royall authoritie he reuiueth the care for prouision of holy allowance due to the Priests and Leuites that they might be incouraged in the law of the Lord. In the first chap. of the booke of Ezra it is recorded that the Lord moued the heart of Cyrus king of Persia though a heathen king to deale bountifully for the restoring of the true worship of God in the citie of Ierusalem For to this end he giueth libertie to the people of God to returne out of their captiuitie he restoreth all the vessels of gold and siluer which Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of Ierusalem and had put them in the house of his God

The Lord also by his holy Spirite raised vp the hearts of his people that they offered willingly to this worke they which were neare about the chiefe Fathers of Iudah and Beniamin strengthened their handes with vessels of siluer with gold with substance and with cattell and with precious things besides all that was willingly offered according as king Cyrus had in the gratious proclamation of their libertie moued and exhorted them The vessels which king Cyrus restored to the house of the Lord were thirtie basons of gold a thousand basons of siluer nine and twentie kniues Thirtie bowles of gold of siluer bowles of the second sort foure hundreth and ten and of other vessels a thousand All the vessels of gold and siluer which king Cyrus restored were fiue thousand and foure hundreth And in the sixth chapter of the same book of Ezra king Darius confirmeth the same fauour and bountie of Cyrus and extendeth his owne princely liberality to further the worship of God For thus he writeth to the aduersaries of the Iewes Suffer ye the worke of this house of God that the Captaine of the Iewes and the Elders of the Iewes may build this house of God in his place For I haue giuen a commandemeÌ„t what ye shall doe to the Elders of the Iewes for the building of this house of God that of the reuenues of the King which is of the tribute beyond the riuer there be incontinently expences giuen vnto these men that they cease not And that which they shal haue need of let it be giuen vnto them day by day whether it be young bullockes or rammes or lambes for the burnt offerings of the God of heauen wheate salt wine and oyle according to the appointment of the priests who are in Ierusalem that there be no fault That they may haue to offer sweete odours vnto the God of heauen and pray for the Kings life and for his sonnes c. And after this Darius we reade in the seuenth chapter how Artashasht at the sute of Ezra did the like for he gaue them his royall furtherance and ful libertie to do all things according to the will of their God with this speciall immunitie that none of his Gouernours should lay vpon the Ministerie toll tribute or custome In the fift chapter of Nehemiah that worthy Courtier hauing obtained leaue of the same K. Artashasht to come to Ierusalem to further the worke of the Lorde he breaketh off the hard courses whereby the richer sort oppressed the poore yea hee mightily prouoketh them to take a mercifull course whereof also he himselfe giueth them a right princely example In the eight chapter of the same booke both Nehemiah and Ezra with the Priests Leuites and people they praise God and the poore were relieued and feasted vers 10. And chap. 13. verses 10 11 12 13 14. Nehemiah causeth the portions of the Leuites to be giuen them and the tithes to be brought in and paid to them seeing that for want thereof the holy worship of God was neglected among his people In the book of Ester chap. 9.22 after that the Church was deliuered from the intended massacre of Haman the people of God keep their feast of thankfulnes to the Lord and one sendeth presents to another as tokens of their mutuall ioy in the Lord and gifts are bestowed vpon the poore In the booke of Iob chap. 29.11.12 When the eare hard me saith Iob a man of singular mercie and goodnesse in his time it blessed me and when the eye sawe me it gaue witnesse to me For I deliuered the poore that cryed and the fatherlesse and him that had none to helpe him The blessing of him that was ready to perish came vpon me and I caused the widdowes heart to reioyce I put on iustice and it couered me my iudgement was as a robe and a crowne I was the eyes to the blind and I was feete to the lame I was a father to the poore when I knew not the cause I sought it out diligently I brake also the chawes of the vnrighteous man and pluckt the praie out of his teeth And chap. 30.25 Did not I weepe with him that was in trouble was not my soule in heauinesse for the poore And againe ch 31.16 c. If saith Iob vehemently affirming his vprightnesse and good conscience in a constant course of exercising mercie I restrained the poore of their desire or haue caused the eyes of the widdowe to faile or haue eaten my morsels alone and the fatherlesse haue not eaten thereof For from my youth he hath growne vp with me as with a father and from my mothers womb I haue bene a guide to her that is to the fatherlesse daughter If I haue seene any perish for want of clothing or any poore without couering If his loynes haue not blessed me because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe If I haue lifted vp my hand against the fatherlesse when I sawe my helpe in the gate Let mine arme fall from my shoulder and let my arme be broken from the bone Thus much of Iob in that he was a mirrour of mercie euen aboue a number of right mercifull men and such a representation and patterne of this heauenly vertue as all may worthily take example by him In the 38. chap. of the Prophesie of Ieremiah from the 7. verse c. we reade how Ebed-melech the Blackamore is an instrument of the Lord to deliuer Ieremiah out of the dungeon where he was ready to starue had not this Ethiopian taken compassion of him and made sute to the king on his behalfe In the 15. chap. of Matth. vers 32. Our Sauiour Christ the peerelesse patterne of mercie he calleth his disciples vnto him and saith I haue compassion on this multitude because they haue already continued with me three dayes and haue nothing to eate and I will not let them depart fasting lest they faint in the way And for want of a sufficient quantitie of foode in ordinarie course he by his diuine power feedeth them miraculously In the seuenth chap. of Luke verse 5. The Centurion who is commended by our Sauior Christ for his great faith aboue all in Israel he hath this commendation set downe of him that he loued the people of God and that he had built a Synagogue for them And chap. 8. of the same Euangelist verse 3. Manie women and namely Mary Magdalen and Ioanna the wife of Chuza Herods steward and Susanna are praised for ministring of their substance to the maintenance of our Sauiour Christ And chap. 10.38 Marie and Martha are commended for entertaining our S. Christ his company into their house And ch 19.8 Zacheus as a liuely fruit of his faith and repentance and loue to our Sauiour Christ voweth the halfe of his goods to the poore with restitution for all his wrong dealing with any man And chap. 21.4 The poore widdowe cast her portion into the treasurie as well as the rich

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