Of the Priesthood in Six Books Translated From the Greek
Of the Priesthood in Six Books Translated From the Greek
Saint John Chrysostom
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Degree of Im^ pudence, to the end, that, by fuch reftlefs Sollicitations, he, who ought to relieve the Poor, fliould not be fxafperated, and made an Enemy, a very wife Man inftruds him to be good-natured, and eafy of Ac- pefs to fuch Petitioners, faying *, Let it not grieve jhee to bow down ^ Ecclus iv. 8. N 4 ihim 1 84 St. C h r y s o s t g m r&ine Ear to- the Poor^ and give him fi friendly Anfwer with Meeknefs. And fo, paffing from the Impor- tunate (and a modeft Suppliant can offend no one),... he applies himfelf to him who is able to bear his Infirmities, and exhorts him, be- fore he gives an Alms, to raiie the poor Man's Spirits with kind 'Looks, and good Words ^. For though a Man doth not with-hold his Alms, yet if he is injurious "with his Tongue, loading the Poor v/ith many Reproaches, and fhow- ing himfelf highly enraged againft them, he is fo far from leffening the 'Grievance of their Poverty by what he gives them, that he aggravates their Mifery, by the Bitternefs of his Language.
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