For best thou farest on that day;
To commune with God be fain.
He must needs well thrive,
That liveth well all his life,[[85]]
My lief[[86]] child.
Gladly give thy tithes and thy offerings both,
To the poor and the bed-rid—look thou be not loth.
Give of thine own goods and be not too hard,
For seldom is the house poor where God is stewárd.
Well is he provéd