The works. Published by John Tillotson

by Isaac Barrow

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1716 ...suggested by good judgment and hearty affection. A charitable man may perhaps not be guilty of courtfliip, or may be unpractised in the modes of addrels; but he will not be deficient in the substance of paying every man proper and due This indeed is true courtesic, grounded on reason, and proceeding from the heart, which therefore is far more genuine, more solid, more steady, than that which is built on falhion, and issueth from affectation; the which indeed only doth ape or counterfeit the deportment of charity; for what a charitable man truly is, chat a gallant would seem to be. Such are the properties of charity. There be also farther many particular acts, which have a very close alliance to it; being ever coherent with it, or springing from it; which are recommended to us by precepts in the holy Scripture; the which it will be.convenient to mention. 1. It is a proper act of charity to forbear anger upon provocation, or to repress its motions, to resent injuries and discourtesies either not at all, or very calmly and for 1 Cor. 13. j. Charity $ 7sra,vuue), is not easily provoked, p 4. Charity fiaoS-v/jLei, Juffereth long and is kind, f. 7. Charity vrdvja, doth endure all things. Anger is a violent insurrection of the mind against a person; but love is not apt to rise up in opposition against any; anger is an intemperate heat, love hath a pure warmth quite of another nature; as natural heat is from a fever; or as the heat of the son from that of a culinary fire; which putteth that out, as the fun beams do extinguish a culinary fire; anger hath an tyfys dpwn, an appetite of revenge, or Rom. 13.10. doing mischief to the object of but love is innocent and worketh no evil. Love difposeth, if our neighbour doth misbehave himself toward us ...

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Published May 19, 2012