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Hildersham—Puritan, expounding Psalm 51—identifies reluctance to give to the poor as a faith problem. If you genuinely believed God’s promises, giving would present no difficulty. Preachers regularly deploy “if you truly believed, you would” for tithing and attendance. Curiously rarely for the poor. Hildersham would have found that selective.
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Hildersham—Puritan, expounding Psalm 51—identifies reluctance to give to the poor as a faith problem. If you genuinely believed God’s promises, giving would present no difficulty. Preachers regularly deploy “if you truly believed, you would” for tithing and attendance. Curiously rarely for the poor. Hildersham would have found that selective.
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Hildersham—Puritan, expounding Psalm 51—identifies reluctance to give to the poor as a faith problem. If you genuinely believed God’s promises, giving would present no difficulty. Preachers regularly deploy “if you truly believed, you would” for tithing and attendance. Curiously rarely for the poor. Hildersham would have found that selective.
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Hildersham—Puritan, expounding Psalm 51—identifies reluctance to give to the poor as a faith problem. If you genuinely believed God’s promises, giving would present no difficulty. Preachers regularly deploy “if you truly believed, you would” for tithing and attendance. Curiously rarely for the poor. Hildersham would have found that selective.
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Sibbes—Puritan, encouraging the backslider—offers a self-check for election. Colossians 3:12: put on bowels of mercy toward the fatherless and needy. That’s how you demonstrate you’re one of the elect. Modern conservative Christianity has developed different assurance criteria. Mercy toward the needy as evidence of election has been quietly retired. Sibbes didn’t get that memo.
#puritan #grace #presbyterian #empathy #compassion #salvation
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Manton—Puritan, expounding James—observes that hypocrites are deficient in one area specifically. They pray much, know much, hear much. They do not give much. Basil noticed the same centuries earlier: many excel at fasting and sighing, demonstrations costing nothing but personal discomfort, while remaining sordid toward the poor. Paul noticed. Basil noticed. Manton noticed. One wonders why it keeps needing to be said.
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A quotation from Hilaire Belloc
He served his God so faithfully and well,
That now he sees him face to face, in hell.Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) Franco-British writer, historian [Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc]
Poem (1923), “Epigram 45: On a Puritan,” Sonnets and Verse (1923 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/belloc-hilaire/83345…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hilairebelloc #damnation #devil #endsandmeans #God #hell #Puritan #zealot
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#Puritan Samuel Annesley limits our liberty with money two ways: don’t hoard so much you deny yourself daily comfort, and don’t withhold what the poor genuinely need. Spend on your own needs and comforts — but reserve a share for the poor’s necessities.
We can picture Dickens’ miser shivering over his coins. But do we hoard against ourselves from fear? And who among us keeps a seat at our table for what the poor require? How many preachers urge this today?
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Thomas Watson, that wonderfully blunt Puritan, basically says: lovely speeches about compassion are useless if the poor are still hungry. You can drizzle honeyed words everywhere—but the wounded need bread, not poetry. Better to be a saint with a loaf than an angel with a microphone.
#puritan #christian #theologymatters #reformed #puritanscholastics
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Thomas Adams—called the “Shakespeare of the Puritans”—warned that God sees every injustice and is not mocked. He rebuked rich oppressors and greedy commoners alike, then turned the knife inward: our sins include hardness toward the poor and flattering the rich. The reckoning begins at home.
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The First Witch of Boston: A Novel "The first woman to be found guilty of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Massachusetts" Sale: $4.99 to $2.49 by Andrea Catalano Rating: 4.3/5 (30,821 Reviews) #HistoricalFiction #Witches #LoveStory #Puritan #Drama #BookSky
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Arthur Dent, an English Puritan, reflects on salvation and recalls Job’s grim scenes of cruelty. Under feudal lords, the poor—farmers, laborers, widows—trembled and hid at their approach. One wonders: where do the poor still hide today? And can we be the sort whose voice, like in Job 29, brings them relief rather than dread?
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Watson on the 6th Commandment: mercy works adorn the gospel as fruit adorns a tree (Matt. 5:16)—they credit religion and silence its critics. Westminster-level conviction.
Contrast today: God is fine with our bad PR, gainsayers deserve snark, a few meals last month covers it. Watson’s question lingers: how do you let your light shine?
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James Pilkington, a #Puritan minister, reflects on Nehemiah’s rebuke of economic abuse. He names everyday injustices—rent-racking, fines on tenants, forced labor without pay—so common that cries fill the land, yet nothing changes. Still, he insists they must be named. Like daily chores, justice requires constant effort. How might you ease the burdens others carry for you?
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Anthony Gilby—an English Puritan and translator of the Geneva Bible—reads Micah 6 as a rebuke of corrupt trade. False weights, bribery, and extortion don’t just cheat customers; Gilby says they store up God’s wrath and crush the poor. He even names the merchants of his own cities. Would we dare preach that plainly today? How will you keep integrity in dealings when it costs you?
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Picture Baxter, the #Puritan leader, peering over your shoulder like a disappointed British uncle: “You know that lavish dinner? Straight from wallet to waist to sink.” He says when food doesn’t even nourish—just parades in and exits—it’s money literally flushed away. Not banning menus, mind you, just social side-eye. Epicures of all ranks: did we really need takeaway… again?
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Richard Greenham, an English Puritan, taught that the Eighth Commandment reaches far beyond burglary: theft includes harsh bargaining and deceitful dealing. We praise “voluntary” transactions and mock moral limits, yet still sense when dealings are plainly unmerciful. Oddly, we resent both the theft and the commandment that names it.
How do you refuse to steal in ordinary life?
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Women being arrested for 'indecent' bathing suits, Chicago, USA, 1922
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The First Witch of Boston: A Novel "Margarets refusal to be anything other than her authentic self, rather than witchcraft, which truly sealed her fate" Sale: $4.99 to $2.49 Andrea Catalano Rating: 4.4/5 (25,521 Reviews) #HistoricalFiction #WitchTrials #LoveStory #Puritan #Boston #Books #BookSky
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#Selective #censorship is still censorship. Being pro-censorship is not #punk, it's #puritan.
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#Selective #censorship is still censorship. Being pro-censorship is not #punk, it's #puritan.
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#Selective #censorship is still censorship. Being pro-censorship is not #punk, it's #puritan.
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#Selective #censorship is still censorship. Being pro-censorship is not #punk, it's #puritan.
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#Selective #censorship is still censorship. Being pro-censorship is not #punk, it's #puritan.
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The evils inseparably annexed to the present condition of man, are so numerous and afflictive, that it has been, from age to age, the task of some to bewail, and of others to solace them; and he, therefore, will be in danger of seeing a common enemy, who shall attempt to depreciate the few pleasures and felicities which nature has allowed us.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1753-11-27), The Adventurer, No. 111More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/80774…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #affliction #buzzkill #enjoyment #evils #happiness #humancondition #moralist #partypooper #partying #pleasure #Puritan #relief #scold #strictness #suffering #fun
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The evils inseparably annexed to the present condition of man, are so numerous and afflictive, that it has been, from age to age, the task of some to bewail, and of others to solace them; and he, therefore, will be in danger of seeing a common enemy, who shall attempt to depreciate the few pleasures and felicities which nature has allowed us.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1753-11-27), The Adventurer, No. 111More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/80774…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #affliction #buzzkill #enjoyment #evils #happiness #humancondition #moralist #partypooper #partying #pleasure #Puritan #relief #scold #strictness #suffering #fun
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The evils inseparably annexed to the present condition of man, are so numerous and afflictive, that it has been, from age to age, the task of some to bewail, and of others to solace them; and he, therefore, will be in danger of seeing a common enemy, who shall attempt to depreciate the few pleasures and felicities which nature has allowed us.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1753-11-27), The Adventurer, No. 111More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/80774…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #affliction #buzzkill #enjoyment #evils #happiness #humancondition #moralist #partypooper #partying #pleasure #Puritan #relief #scold #strictness #suffering #fun
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The evils inseparably annexed to the present condition of man, are so numerous and afflictive, that it has been, from age to age, the task of some to bewail, and of others to solace them; and he, therefore, will be in danger of seeing a common enemy, who shall attempt to depreciate the few pleasures and felicities which nature has allowed us.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1753-11-27), The Adventurer, No. 111More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/80774…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #affliction #buzzkill #enjoyment #evils #happiness #humancondition #moralist #partypooper #partying #pleasure #Puritan #relief #scold #strictness #suffering #fun
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Cambridge chef shares secrets to transforming Thanksgiving leftovers
Cambridge chef shares…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #cambridgechefsharesecret #can't-misssecret #chef #chore #company #family #FoodTopics #holiday #kitchen #leftovers #MAINEVENT #mariastephanos #newscenter #owner #puritan #ramen #sandwich #scrap #scraps #thanksgiving #thanksgivingleftover #willgilson #wraps
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Cambridge chef shares secrets to transforming Thanksgiving leftovers
Cambridge chef shares…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #cambridgechefsharesecret #can't-misssecret #chef #chore #company #family #FoodTopics #holiday #kitchen #leftovers #MAINEVENT #mariastephanos #newscenter #owner #puritan #ramen #sandwich #scrap #scraps #thanksgiving #thanksgivingleftover #willgilson #wraps
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Cambridge chef shares secrets to transforming Thanksgiving leftovers
Cambridge chef shares…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #cambridgechefsharesecret #can't-misssecret #chef #chore #company #family #FoodTopics #holiday #kitchen #leftovers #MAINEVENT #mariastephanos #newscenter #owner #puritan #ramen #sandwich #scrap #scraps #thanksgiving #thanksgivingleftover #willgilson #wraps
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Cambridge chef shares secrets to transforming Thanksgiving leftovers
Cambridge chef shares…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #cambridgechefsharesecret #can't-misssecret #chef #chore #company #family #FoodTopics #holiday #kitchen #leftovers #MAINEVENT #mariastephanos #newscenter #owner #puritan #ramen #sandwich #scrap #scraps #thanksgiving #thanksgivingleftover #willgilson #wraps
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Cambridge chef shares secrets to transforming Thanksgiving leftovers https://www.diningandcooking.com/2401409/cambridge-chef-shares-secrets-to-transforming-thanksgiving-leftovers/ #CambridgeChefShareSecret #Can'tMissSecret #chef #chore #company #family #food #FoodTopics #holiday #kitchen #leftovers #MAINEVENT #MariaStephanos #newscenter #owner #puritan #ramen #sandwich #scrap #scraps #thanksgiving #ThanksgivingLeftover #WillGilson #wraps
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Cambridge chef shares secrets to transforming Thanksgiving leftovers https://www.diningandcooking.com/2401409/cambridge-chef-shares-secrets-to-transforming-thanksgiving-leftovers/ #CambridgeChefShareSecret #Can'tMissSecret #chef #chore #company #family #food #FoodTopics #holiday #kitchen #leftovers #MAINEVENT #MariaStephanos #newscenter #owner #puritan #ramen #sandwich #scrap #scraps #thanksgiving #ThanksgivingLeftover #WillGilson #wraps
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Cambridge chef shares secrets to transforming Thanksgiving leftovers https://www.diningandcooking.com/2401409/cambridge-chef-shares-secrets-to-transforming-thanksgiving-leftovers/ #CambridgeChefShareSecret #Can'tMissSecret #chef #chore #company #family #food #FoodTopics #holiday #kitchen #leftovers #MAINEVENT #MariaStephanos #newscenter #owner #puritan #ramen #sandwich #scrap #scraps #thanksgiving #ThanksgivingLeftover #WillGilson #wraps
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Thomas Manton, English Puritan, comments on James 5. Although the rich given more ways to do good, yet “usually have the least hearts”, and this has spiritual consequences.
No mention of the state or regulation.
Today, is the “severe account” warned to those who pester wealth creators?
How can you hold yourself to a severe account in the field of doing good?
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Thomas Watson, English Puritan, says money can be used by noble ends by the children of God, such as food for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, clothing for the naked, and gives the traveler and stranger a place to lay their head. The highest uses are those found in Matthew 25:31-46.
Today, would we allow such a list to go unchallenged, unedited? Don’t Christians have much more noble ends for their money?
How can you let your money answer the noblest ends?
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Nicholas Byfield, Puritan minister, writes on putting on tender mercies, a feeling for the distresses of others which you FEEL in your belly (“bowels”, Col 3:12). Like Jesus, Moses, and Paul.
Who knew. Paul was the main villain in 1980’s-90’s theological liberalism. Meanwhile, does MAGA Xianity train us to shut off this feeling?
How can you put on the bowels of mercies?
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#Selective #censorship is still censorship. Being pro-censorship is not #punk, it's #puritan.
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#Selective #censorship is still censorship. Being pro-censorship is not #punk, it's #puritan.
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#Selective #censorship is still censorship. Being pro-censorship is not #punk, it's #puritan.
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#Selective #censorship is still censorship. Being pro-censorship is not #punk, it's #puritan.
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#Selective #censorship is still censorship. Being pro-censorship is not #punk, it's #puritan.
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Richard Baxter was an English #Puritan leader,says it’s a crime to equate humans and beasts, to buy and set to the same tasks. He was aware of slavery in Barbados.
Is the crime today, instead, to admonish this practice?
How can you think of how those who provide you with goods and services may be treated as beasts?
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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
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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?
