(B00 ) their true neceffity commandeth them to ufe better.Pafiors than many Parifhes have ? And if any of them have a fcrupu- lous errour about a Paftor, muff they therefore be Ruined, Ex=- communicated or Forfake;) ? 34. Is not the flencing of faithful Minifters, a far greater lofs & hurt to the people that need their Miniftery than to them ?° What if it prove my fault, that all my moft impartial: Studies and. Prayers did not ferve to make me know, that all the impofed Subfcriptions, Declarations, Covenants, Oaths. and PraCtices are lawful ? Shall hundreds or thoufands ofInno- cent people fuller for my fault, and that in theirSouls ? Should you for this have deprived all perfons of any help, which they have had by all my Preaching and VVritings this Twenty or Fourty years ? And is it juft towith it had been all undone, and the like ofmany hundred others ? If wepreach falle Dottrine,, accufe and punifh us; If the Phyficianswere drunkards or for- nicators you would not for that forbid them to help to fave the lick, If the Country Farmers fcrupled Conformity, you would not therefore forbid the Market to them, and let the poor famifh. 35.. If our not Swearing, not Subfcribing, etc. be our fault,as long as we preach Necefrary Truth,could not Lovers of the Gofpel find fome penalty for us,that did not hinder it ? Is it worfe than Drunkennefs or. Fornication ? Twelve pence an. Oath, is thought enough for Prophane Swearers, and is there one in many hundreds pay it ? VVe had far rather be any o- therwife punifhed, fo we be not hindred from fervingChrift in, the work to which we are devoted. ,Q 36. Do you think there is any fuch fin as Sacrilege in the, world ? If there be, is it not, greater Sacrilege for me> that amOrdained and Devoted to the Miniftery, to alienate my Pelf, than to alienate ChurchUtenfils, Goods or Lands ? Thefe are devoted but for the Pallor, who is Confecrated to nearer and moreholy fervice.. VVhat thinkyou of them that cry out againft the alienation of large. Church Revenues as Sacrilege, . and ufe them for worldly pomp, and fefhly fulnefs to their own pleafure, which are devoted to God's fervice; but with a few confident words will prove it no facrilege, for many thoufand faithful Minifters> to forfake their Calling, ifBifhops forbid it them ? (For what it is io the ,forbidders) we leave toGod and them) Q.37, Dare
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