3$4 Encourageprivati eiarifi`ians in DIRECT. XV. Vicourage not the Religious from fomuch f J etigioaa exercifes in their families , r with one another , as is meet for them in theirprivate flattons. BY this means many Paf+ors have been' ve. rygreat caufes of fchifms and feparations. Some of them are fo carnal and felfiih , that they make the Miniílery but a trade for their be- nefice and honour : And therefore for fear left thepeople Ilhould encroach upen their advanta- ges, theydrive them as far off as they can, and care not how ignorant theyare, fo that thereby they may but lock up the myilery of their trade fecurely for themfelves; and keep the people in a blindfold reverence, dependance and obedi- ence : How ordinarily the Roman Clergy pra- &ife this iniquity, the nations that are kept in darknefs by them, are doleful teftimonies` Like the great dog that will not endure the little one to comenear his carrionor his bone. And fome are fo exceffively fearful offchifm, that they dare not endure the people to pray together, or rereat a fermon, or fearch the fcripture and exhort one another daily , in that manner which God requireth private men to do, for fear left they Ihould go further, and grow proud of their own giftsand doings, and defpife their Paflors, and fet up for themfelves i When as this very inor- dinate jealoufie is the likely and the common way
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