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6.36

Vrfavory

Miniflers

unufefull

and

unprofitable.

corrupted the

Covenant,

and

been partiall

in

the Law,

and

you have fought

to

maintaine your

own

fuperftitious

vanities

by

my

word;

you

have abufed

my

word

;

what

then

?

therefore.

faith

God,

I

made.you bate

and

contemptible.

Saith one in his

Comment

on

this

Scripture, This

is

not

fo

much

to

be ex-

pounded,

as

waved

:

what

is

a

more

d_

efpicable thing then

the

Priefts

?

Oh how,the

Lord

hath

ful

tiled

this Scripture

1

who

more

in

triumph about feaven.yeares ague, then

the

Prelati-

call

Priefis

?

what

fluffe

did

they preach

?.

what unfavorinefle

.

was in

them,

and

proceeded

from

them

?

And now

hath

the

Lord fcattered them,

and cafe

them downe

;

as

it

is

in

the

3

Chap.

of

the

Revelations,

latter. end,.

To

him

that

overcoo

eth'

will

Igrant

to

fit

with

me

in

my

throne,even as

I

alfo

overcame,

and

am

fet

downe

with

my

Father

in

hiá

throne

:

He that bath

an

eare,

let

him heare, what the

Spirit

faith

unto

the Churches.

Let

us

all

fay

, the

Lord

is

righteous, and

acknowledge

the

hand of

God

in

this,

and

acknowledge the Lords

goodneffe

that

hath

'Erred

up our Governours to

call

out

unsavory

fait,

it

is

a liigne

of much unfavo ineife

of

mens fpirits,that

they

yet

could

favour filch Miniulery,

they thought

it

better

then the

Minitier

y

now.

This

difpof

tion

of

mens

fpirits puts me

in

mind here

of

that Scripture

in

the

2

Corinthians, i i Chap.

20 verfe.

For

ye

fu

f

fer,

i

f

a

man bring

you into bondage,

i

f

a

man

devoure

you,

i

f

a man

take

of

you ,

i

f

a man

exalt

htmfelfe,

if

a

man fmrte

you

on

the

face;

That

people

when

they were

under them

that their

owne confciences

told

them that

theic

Minil+ery was unfavory, and

they

got no

good

byit,

and

that

they mixt

a

great deale

of

fuper&itioustrafh

;

and

thefe men

though they

did

tyrannize over

them

, yea

though

they

did

make

fpoyle

of their

goods

;

and

that

could not

have

a

child

,buryed but

at

a

mighty

rate,

and

yet

iaotivithflanding

all

that

they fuffered

udder them,

yet

their

hearts could

dole

with

them

í}i11

rather

then

thofe

that

come

to

preach

the truths of

the

Gofpel

to

them

for

the

falvation

of

their

fouls.

T

won-

dring

at

this

diffofition of

mens

fpirits,it

brought

me to

think

of

that

Scripture

in

the

a Corinth.

if

Chap.

verfe, the

meaning

is

this,

faith

the

Apoflle

St

Paul,

when

Iconic

to

preach