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the
loue
of
Gods
trueMiniflers
and
ambafhadours,ñot
onely
The
ninth
becaufe,th-ey are Chri(}ians,
but
all()
becaufe
they
are fens
of
r"fsi
s
Ike
God
to
execute thefe hohefunóuions
,
gathering
Mi
for
the
to-
imleniflerrg'shit
gether
of
Gods eleál.
And
this
out
Saviour
Chritl
declareth,
Matth. i
o.4.r
.
He
that
receiueth a
Prophet
in
the
name
of
a Pro-
Mánh.'o.ç
t.
phet,/hall
haue
o,
`Prophets
reward;
that
is,
euerlafling
ioy
and
vnípeakable
happineffe. in
Gods kingdome;
for,
they
that
turne
many
unto
rtghteoufnes, fhallfhine
as
the
ftarres
for
euer
Dana
z.
;.
and
ewer.
And
becaufe none
íhould pretend
that
byre'afon-of
their
pouerty they cannot
Phew
their loue to GodsMiniflers,
therefore the Lord encourageth
euen
the póoreft, to
flew
their good
will and
affeó
ion vnto
them,
Mat.io43.
faying,
Whofoeuerfball.giue. to
any
of
thefe
little
ones
to
drrnkc4
cup Of
Matth.to.4.3.
Bold
water
one
y,in
the
name of
a
difciple,
verely
l
fay
vnte
you he
fhallnot
lofe.his
re.vard,natnelie in
Gods kingdom.Moreouer,
thofe
that
loue
Gods
ambaffadours, doe prooue
vnto them-
felues
and thew vnto
the
world,
that
they haue receiued
good by
theirambaffage,
euen
reconciliation
with
God,
peace
ofconfcience
and
affurance
offaluation,which maketh
them to thinke no worldly
benefit
fi
fficient
to requite
thefe
fpirituall graces, which by
their
meanes and
minifierie they
haue receiued and therfore with
the Galathians they could
be
content,ifit
were
poffible
to
do,
them
good
hereby, to pul
GaL4.i
.
out
their
ovine
cies,
and to giue them vnto them,feeing
by
their
means
the.blind
eies
oftheir
vnderflandings,are
itxligh}
tened with the
knowledge
ofGod
and Chrifl their Sauiour.
And
becaufe
they
haue receiued from them to
their comfort,
the glad
tidings
of
peace
and
good
things;
therefore
their
feet,
that
is,
their approaching
and
comming
vnto
them,
fèeme
beautiful and delightful,as the
Apo
file
fpeaketh
Rom.
io.i
Ifan
ambaffadour were
Pent
from
a
'nightie
Prince,
Rotn.to:t5.
who
was
our
"enemy
in
time
paf},
and
able
at
his pleafure
to
deffroy
vs
and our
countrie, to the end
he
might
conclude a
peace;and
not
only
fo,but to
offer
vs
the
free vfe
ofall
the
ri-
ches and
commodities
ofhiskingdome
who
wou'd not re-
ceiue him
with ioy,
and giue him royall
entertainment,
if
they
were,
perfwaded
of
the
truth
of
his
anibaflage
?
But
we.
by
our
finlies.
had
nude
the glorious
King
of
heaúen and
R
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