CHRISTS !harm the flock. Nay, Chrifl tells him flatly, he is a theefe and robber, aná a hyreling. When the Danites askt the Levite in Mount Ephraivt,who brought thee hither? What make& thou in this place ? Judg.t 8.3. ye know he put himfelfe there, he fought for the place hire elfe, and it was maintenance that brought him thither. His owneconfcience told him hee was a Hyteling. He could not fay, the Lord brought me hither. He carne not in by the doore Now every truc Mini - frer comes in by the doore into a Pari(h, and therfore he cornes in by Jefüs Chrifl. Reaf.2. Secondly , no Minitier can be placed in any Patiíh, but by the Btfhop of the Diocef i . Now Beloved, who ever be C,hrills fubfritute , Chrifl is the manic Bishop of every Dio- ceffe; Chiift is the Shepheard and Bishop of our foules, t Pet. 2.25. Indeed there be other Bithops under him, other Shep- hearda under him , I but bee is the great Shepheard of the íbeepe, Heb.t 3.2o. the Arch Shepheard. A'pxprriAD, t Pet. 5. q. The chiefe Shepheard. When the chiefe Shepheard fhall appeare. Well if he be the chiere Shepheard, it is fit that hee fhould inflitute and tnduc`l into Paflorall charges. Its fit that his word fhould be followed in every ones comming into a living, to go no where , but where his word loth allow. To take no care of Souks, but of filch as he commits to our cuflody. All true Minders are his Curats, and therefore if they be not of his placing, they came not in right. Reaf.3. Thirdly, If it be he that muff pay them their wages, then reafon good, that he fhould let them on worke. If a man thruílhimfelf into aP ati(h, it was not Chrifr that moved him to come there, but forfooth he wanted a Living, be would faine leave maintenance , there is fo much Per annxm , this was his motive , Chrifl never moved him , this man can look for no wages from JefüsChrtft. When bee bath gathered in his Tithes oc his quarteridge, Chrift will tell him as he told the fooli4h Phari fees, Ye have your reward. He that let you on work,he will pay your wages.I never fet you on work and
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