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Show - na IS i : ete i i BOOK OF MOSIAM, hoe i MOSIAR. r OF See BOOK ish. Perhaps thou shalt say, The man hath brought upon hin- self his misery, therefore I will stay my hand; and will not giro unto him of my food, nor impart unto him of my substance, that he may not suffer, for his punishments are just. But I say unto you, O man, whosoever doeth this, the same hath great cause to repent; and except he repenteth of that which he hath done, he perisheth forever, and hath no interest in the kingdom of God. For behold, are we not all beggars? Do we not all depend upon the same being, even God, for all'the substance which we have ; for both food, and raiment, and for gold, and for silver, and for all the riches which we have of every kind? And behold, even at this time, ye have been calling on his namé, and begging for a remission of your sins. And hath he suiler-7 ed that ye have begged in vain? Nay; he hath poured out Is Spirit upon you, and hath caused that your hearts should be filled with joy, and hath caused that your mouths should be stopped, that ye could not find utterance, so exceeding great Was your joy. And now, if God, who hath created you, 0 whom you are dependant for your lives, and for all that ye have and are, doth grant unto you whatsoever ye ask that !8 right, in faith, believing that ye shall receive, O then, how had ye ought to impart of the substance that ye have, one © another? And IPYejidge the man who putteth up his petitiol to you for your substance, that he perish not, and condeml : ; : tle him, how mu +h more just will: be your condemnation, for wit! holding your substance, which doth not belong to you, but @ that et be hath strength. that.a man en sin: for there are divers Can tel] peny; that I cannot number them. tloughis. ‘ang that if ye do not watch ways and yourselves, and he ) TOU r lives, ye must perish, : tuber, and perish. not. 2 Meh eal am reaigpee 3 eee . See a mae os = = 2 ete ere EG ee SEF BS ~ . ey ae. ESF | your the ec. d your words, and your deeds, and observe to kee ve have hon, ments of God, and continue in the faith of what the end concerning the coming of our Lord, even unto TeSaree - oe " means, But this much . =e ger e as he doth agree, or else thou shalt com- sin als an A perhaps thou shalt cause thy neighbor to commit nd finally, I cannot tell you all the things whereby Ve mar ovis ‘A commit Sy eo. tah of his neighbor, should return the thing that he ering ~~ . e \ ite perefore, all things must be done in order. And I that ho at ye should remember, that whosoever among you la Saale o i ‘ wa tae should nD run|\ And again: It is expedi- €should be diligent, that thereby he might win the Me * i a Ss —— hess " SE i and see that all these things are done in wis- oe reso aoe en but if Lhad, I would give. And now, if ye say this in your hearts, ye remain guiltless, otherwise ye are’condemned, and your condemnation is just: for ye covet that which ye have not received. And now, for the sake of these things which I have spoken unto you; thatis, for the sake of retaming a remission of your sus from day to day, that ye may walk guiltless before God, I Would that ye should impart of your substance to the poor, every man according to. that which he hath, such as feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick, and adminis teringto their relief, both spiritually and tempora lly, according ‘o their wants, om and order: for it is not requisite faster than wha: St = a Ang a er are rich, as pertaining to the things of this world. _ And again, | say unto the poor, ye that have not and yet ath sufficient, thatye remain from day to day; I mean all you-that deny the beggar, because ye have not; I would that ye say in your hearts, that I give not because I have not; aren, = - ye will adminster of your substance unto him {say unto you, Wo be unto that man, for his substance shall perish with him; and now, I say these things unto those which - of your succor; that standeth in need; and ye will not suffer that the beggar putteth up his petition to you in vain, and turn him out to per- and yet ye put up no mE ye will teach them to walk in the ways of truth and soberness; ye will teach them to love one another, and to serve one another; and also, ye yourselves will succor those that stand in need God, to whom also, your life belongeth; petition, or repenteth not of the thing which thou hast done.— a a 7 retain a remission of your sins; and ye shall grow in the knowledge of the glory of Him'that created you, or in the knowledge of that which is just and true. And ye will not have a mind to imjure one another, but to live peaceably, and to render to every man according to that which is his due. And ye will not suffer your children, that they go hungry, or naked; neither will ye suffer that they transgress the laws of God, and fight and quarrel one with another, and serve the Devil, which is the master of sm, or which is the evil spirit which hath been spoken of by our fathers; he being an enemy to all righteousness; but = always rejoice, and be filled with the love of God, and always eee ee 164 . And now, O man, re~ 477 < |
