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  1. William Secker, a Puritan minister, offers humorous metaphors to show that giving comes naturally to the Christian. Reservoirs of plenty should release their bounty without too much pumping. He says our benevolence should seek the poor, before they seek it.

    Today, do we instinctively have the opposite view— if there are reservoirs of plenty, this is a reason to keep the poor away?

    How can your benevolence seek out the poor?

    #christian #puritan #homeless #charityevent #charity #payitforward

  2. Arthur Hildersham, Puritan minister, writes on Psalm 51, and those whose heart has not been renewed. Some comfortably rich people bequeath nothing to the poor. They can’t use this weatlh any longer. It’s the sin and shame of his age.

    Would any of this fly today, claiming that this were a sin, that it was prevalent, that it was the job of the church to meddle in this way?

    How can you remember the poor?

    #christian #puritan #callongod #chooselove #WarmHearts