John Trapp on Ephesians 4:28

Verſe 28 Let him labour Working, &c.] This is the beſt remedy againſt poverty, which oft prompts a man to theft, Prov. 30 9.

That he may have to give] Day-labourers then muſt do ſomewhat for the poor.Act. and Mon. fol. 765. Ibid 811. And indeed alms ſhould not be given untill it ſweat in a mans hand, ſaid he, in the book of Martyrs. Giles of Bruſſels gave away to the poor whatſoever he had that neceſſity could ſpare, and only lived by his ſcience, which was of a Cutler.