386 Be able and Itiatchf01 Se&tary challenge them to difputer, its two to one but errour will triumph, through the infufficien- cy ofhim that fhoulddefend the truth. And then this infufficieent Mininer, will turn to railing, or call out to the Magiftrate for his help, to declare to all that he is too weak : which will harden and encreafe the feduced party, and make them think that it is the zreal nefs of his carafe. Secondly, And too many Minifters, who fecal more able , are Lordly and lazy , and carry themfelves ftrangely and at a diftance from the people, and are feldome familiar with them in private : And fo they give advantage to fuch feducers as creep intohoufes, to lbw their tares ; and for the weaker fort to vend their erroars, when there is none tà contrach them : Thefe Pal?ors take their proper work , to which they are called , for aflavery or a toil. They are fo proud and idle, thatfor them to watch over all the flock,and to teach then pubrick,ty and from houle to houle, night and day with tears as Paul did, and to watch whereany (park appeareth, and{pre- fently to quench it , doth feem to them fuch a drudgery and burden, that God were unmerci, fur if he fhotild impofe it on theni : That is; They think God unnierci ful ifhe will not rather let the patient die, than put the Chyrurgeon to the trouble of dreffing his fores If he will not let the people be damned rather !than put Mi- sifters to fo much labour to inftru& and fave them. If it were but to take their tythes and honour, and to be reverenced by the people, and to preach once or twice a week, a fermon which endeth to their applaufe , they could fubmir to this,
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