while we have time to all, tobe the fervants ofall,and feektheir falvation, eiT. do as certainly oblige us to particular duties, as if theywere named. 4.25. Obje6t. That cannot be : For, a General command of doing good to all, obligeth not a Mini/ler any more then another man : But it obligeth not another man to Preach, admini(ler Sa- craments, &c. therefore it obligeth not a Minifer. Anfw. To the Major I anfwer, that r. It may oblige tomore where it obligeth not more , as to the Effence of the obligation. 2. The General command obligeth feveral men to feveral a&s according to their feveral Abilities opportunities and ca- pacities. If all be required to improve their Maflers flock or talents, yet all are not required to improve the fame talents, becaufe they have not the fame: But one bathRiches to improve, and the general command obligeth him to improve that talent : And another hash f rength,another intereft and friends another wit, and anxher learning, and every man is bound to improve what he hath, andnot what he loathnot. The commandof Do- ing good ro all doth obligea Thyfitian tohelp co curemen,and a cMagiftrate to benefit them by Government, and a Lawyer by Counfell.for their eflates, and a Mintier by the worksof a Minifier, for theirfalvation. Ifyou thould fay that [ this General command doth bind a Magifrate, or a.Phyfitian nomore then another man but itbindeth not another man to do good by Ruling or by Phyfick, therefore neitherBoth it bind them; j would not the fallacy be obvious? So is it here. g. 26. It beingproved that fuch Afffiant Minifferialworks may be performed by a fixedPafor to thefeabout him, and with- inhis reach, it will clearly follow that convenient means may be ufed tobring this to performance, and help the Churches to the a&ual benefit of fuch Au fiance. And by the three forementi- oned wayes it may be done. As r. If the Pafior and People of anyNeighbour Church, or the peoplealone, where there is no Church, do invite fuch men to come and help them. g. 27. And 2. The Neighbour Paflors may agree together for the perfwading of the fitted menamong them to undertake fuch Affiances : as is ufual in the fellingof LeBures ; and as in this Countywe have fuccelafully for above thefe two years ufed the helpof four Itinerant Lecturers that have taken their feveral:
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