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Author: G. B. (George Burghope)
Title: An essay to revive the necessity of the ancient charity and piety wherein God's right in our estates and our obligations to maintain his service, religion, and charity is demonstrated and defended against the pretences of covetousness and appropriation : in two discourses written to a person of honour and vertue / by George Burghope.
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Print source: An essay to revive the necessity of the ancient charity and piety wherein God's right in our estates and our obligations to maintain his service, religion, and charity is demonstrated and defended against the pretences of covetousness and appropriation : in two discourses written to a person of honour and vertue / by George Burghope.
G. B. (George Burghope)
London: Printed for Walter Kettilby, 1695.
Subject terms:
Piety.
Charity.
Theological virtues.
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A30298.0001.001
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To the most Reverend Fa∣ther in God THOMAS Lord Archbishop of Can∣terbury, Primate of all England, and Metropoli∣tan, and one of His Ma∣jesty's most Honourable Privy Council, &c.
A PREMONITION TO THE READER.
ERRATA.
THE CONTENTS OF THE First Discourse.
THE CONTENTS OF THE Second Discourse.
AN ESSAY TO Revive the Necessity OF THE Ancient Charity and Piety.
§. I. Of the dif∣ference of Estates, and the End of Pro∣vidence therein.
§. II. The Ʋse of Estates, and how commonly imployed, with the best Account they can give of the same.
§. III. The End of these Pa∣pers, with the Author's Design and Apology.
§. IV. That we have no Ti∣tles or Pro∣perty to E∣states, in respect of God the Supreme Donor, &c.
§. V. The Ends for which God gives Men E∣states, and what he expects from them. These Ends must be Good, and are three∣fold.
§. VI. Of Self∣preservati∣on, which is the first End.
§. VII. The second End, Works of Charity and Mercy.
§. VIII. And, 2dly, By the Law of God in the Holy Scripture.
§. IX. Objections answer'd.
Obj. 1. The pretence of Want an∣swer'd.
§. X. Obj. 2. The Laws Pro∣vision for the Poor answer'd.
§. XI. Obj. 3. That God hath not defin'd the Quota of Charity, answer'd.
§. XII. The Summ of this Du∣ty of Cha∣rity.
§. XIII. The Encou∣ragements to Charity.
§. XIV. That Cha∣rity doth not impo∣verish us, but tends to increase.
§. XV.
§. XVI. That Cha∣rity is re∣warded with Hea∣ven, as well as Earth.
§. XVII. The Con∣clusion; shewing the difference betwixt the Desert and Reward of the ordina∣ry and cha∣ritable Di∣sposals.
§. XVIII. That of the Charitable Persons, &c.
§. XIX.
§. XX.
AN ESSAY TO Revive the Necessity OF Ancient Piety.
§. I. Why the Author treats of Works of Piety in the last place.
§. II. That every Man is bound, to the utmost of his Power, to promote the Ho∣nour of his Master, and maintain his Service, and (for the sake of that, and to that purpose) those that are to officiate in the same, and that with his Estate and Fortunes. And, that he that is able to do it (which is the Case of most Men more or less) and doth it not, mis-imploys his Talent, answers not the End for which it was committed to his Charge, and must give an Account of that Neglect at the last Day.
§. III. That Works of Piety, or the Service of God, ought to be promoted by our Estates, proved by Five Pro∣positions.
§. IV. Prop. 2. That God is daily to be worshipped. Of publick and private Worship.
§. V. Prop. 3. That there is a neces∣sity for a settled Mi∣nistry, in or∣der to per∣form the same.
§. VI. Prop 4. That the Ministry ought to have a com∣petent and sufficient Mainte∣nance.
§. VII. The large Provision God made for the Mi∣nistry, un∣der the Go∣spel, in the Primitive Times.
§. VIII. How the Revenues of the Church came to be alienated.
§. IX. The Pre∣tences and Methods of the same.
§. X. The mise∣rable Ef∣fects of such Alie∣nations.
§. XI. 2. Their loss of Au∣thority and Contempt.
§. XII. 3. Their Depression and Deje∣ction in Mind and Conversa∣tion.
§ XIII. 4. The in∣crease of the Poor, &c.
§. XIV. 5. The neg∣lect and in∣termission of God's Service.
§. XV. 6. Plurali∣ties and their Incon∣veniencies.
§. XVI. The usual Pleas for Impoverish∣ing the Clergy, and Objections against Works of Piety an∣swer'd.
§ XVII. Prop. 5. That it is the Duty of every Chri∣stian to pro∣vide such a Competency for the Set∣tlement of the Service of God.
§. XVIII.
§. XIX. A general and parti∣cular Ap∣plication, and Ad∣dress.
§. XX. 2. To the Impropria∣tors.
§. XXI. To those that have no Children to provide for.
§. XXII. 4. To the Bishops, Dignita∣ries, and others of the Clergy.
§ XXIII. 5. To all in general.
Books printed for Walter Ket∣tilby, at the Bishop's Head, in St. Paul's Church-yard.