Charity is a Humane, as well as a Christian Virtue, and there is a place
for it, even upon Brutes, under the Duty of Tenderness and Good Nature,
as well as upon Men; but still with a Distinction by way of Preference,
that it is to be Employ’d in the First Place upon those that have the
Fairest Right to’t: ’Tis One thing I must Confess, to Condition for a
Good Office, and Another thing to do it _Gratis_; so that the Husbandman
took the Proposal by the Right Handle in that Respect: But his being
provided of Servants already, to do his Work was no Excuse for his Want
of Charity to Relieve his Distressed Neighbor.