200 Of Almes deedes. 
108. 
Eleemosyna prodest homini in vita, m 
morte, & post mortem. 
Out of S. Augustine. 
[1] OR onely loue to God, more Christian like to liue, 
And for a zeale to helpe the poore, thine almes daily 
giue. 
Let gift no glorie looke, nor euill possesse thy minde : 
And for a truth these profites thrée, through almes shalt 
thou finde. 
[2] 1 First here the holy Ghost shall daily through his grace, 
Prouoke thée to repentant life, Gods mercie to embrace. 
z Of goods and friends (by death) when thou thy leaue 
must take, 
Thine almes déedes shall claspe thy soule, and neuer it 
forsake. 
[3] 3 When God shall after death, call soone for thine ac- 
count, 
thine alms then through faith in Christ, shal al things 
els surmount. 
But yet for any déede, put thou no trust therein, 
but put thy trust in God (through Christ) to pardon thée 
thy sin. 
[4] For else as cackling hen with noise bewraies hir nest, 
Euen so go thou and blaze thy déeds, and lose thou all 
the rest. 
