БЛАГОТВОРИТЕЛЬНОСТЬ
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You taste earthly blessings in full measure, give to those in need, but you caress yourself more, which means you do good deeds without the slightest self-sacrifice. Your deeds of charity are not great. What else is there? What are imaginary benefits? They entertain for a charitable purpose, that is, first of all they want to intentionally serve their sinful flesh, the devil, and then their neighbor and God. Yes, gentlemen, this is not charity at all! It bears the name of charity alone. “Shall we not do evil that good may come out?..” (Rom. 3:8). “Woe to you who are now satiated! for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! for you will mourn and lament” (Luke 6:25) (7).
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