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654

Vnfavory Minifiers

unufefull

and

unprofitable,

of

no ufe

at

all

, they (hall

be

call

out,

the

Lord would have

men

to

call

them out,

and

tread

them under

-

foote,

to

defpife

them

;

there

is no

people

in

the

world

that

are

more jufily

under

contempt then

Minitiers,

whole Miniflery

hath

turned

from

favorinefs

to

unfavorinefs, and

that

from

God

himfelfe

through

the tuft judgement of

God

on

them.

I

will give

you

fome

Scripture

for

ir,

becaufe

it

is

feafonable

at this

time.

a

Samuel,

2

Chap.

3o

verfe.

wherefore

the

Lord god

o_

f

Ifrael

faith,

I

fail

indeed,

that

thy

houfe

and the

houfe

of

thy

father

fhould

walk,e

before

me

for

ever

:

But

now

the Lord

faith,

Be

it

f

arre

from

me

;for

them

that

honour

me,

l

will honour,

and

they

that

defpife

me

(hall

be

lightly

effeemed.

They regarded them

-

felves in

their

Office,

more then Gods

Honour

;

no

men

in

the

world are fet more

on

their

honour

then Minillers

are

that

have

corrupt hearts

;

faith

God,

they

will

fet

up themfelves a-

bove

me,

they

will

fet

up

their

own

trafh

and invention above

that

favory

word

of mine, they (hall

be lightly

etieemed,they

(hall

be

trod under

-

foote,they (hall

be

call out.

So

in the lat-

ter

part of the

2

Chap. the

36

verfe.

And

it

fhall

come

to

pale,

that

every

one

that

is

left

in

thineheufe

frail

come

and

crouch

to

him

for

a

pelee

of

f

aver,

and

a

morfell

of

bread

,

and

(hall

fay,

Put

me,

I

pray thee,

into

one

of

the Priefis

Offices,

that

f

may eate,o

peice

of

bread.

There

is

the threat

of

God

on

the

Prie(is,that they

(hall come

and crouch for

a

morfel

of

bread,

.

come and crouch

to others,

that

afore

they

did

(corn

and

contenne,

this

is

the

curfe

of God

on

them. And in the

other

Text

it

is

in

theProphete of

Jeremiah, 23 Chap. lati verle.

and

I

will

bring

an everlaffing reproach

upon

you,

and

a

perpe-

tual)

fhame, which

fkall

not be

forgotten.

Iwill

bring an everla-

ffing

reproach, coutempt,and

pane

on

thus.

That

which

is

moll

remarkable

of treading

under

-

foote

,

and

calling out in the

Prophet

e of

Bzekel,

44

Chap.

i

o,

it,

t

2,

&

i

3

verfes,

and

the Levites

that

are

on

away

faire

from

me,

when

Ifrael

went

affray,

which went

aay

away

fromme

after

their

Idolls,

they

fhall

even

beare

their

vn:yurtie;

yet

they

(hall

be

Miniffers

in

my

Sanl`luary

,

having charge

at

the gates ofthe

houfe,

and

Mimffring

to

the heufe: They

fhall

flay

the burnt

offering,

and

eke

facr:f

èe

for

the

people,

aneh

they

fhall Jiand

before

them

to

Min,

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