Quote#God & Faith
God's service in this name is the service of God's house, and…
Quote bySir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet · 1554–1625
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Pits v. James (1614), Lord Hobart's Rep. 124-125.
English (original)
God's service in this name is the service of God's house, and therefore they are convertible. And who sees not, that whosoever ministers to the poor, ministers to God ? As it appears in that solemn sentence of the last day, inasmuch as you did feed, clothe, lodge the poor, you did it unto me.
— Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet
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