Contemplations. LIB.X. .. I r feemcs Levites did not more want maintenance, than lfrael w~nted Levites : A Here 1nsa Tribeof Ifrael without a fJ:irituall guide. The with-drawing of due meanes, is the way to the ut'ter dcfolatton of t~e Cb~rch ; Rare offerings make cold Altars.There needed fmal force to draw th1s Le~1~e to chan~ his charge;Ho/a :by pe.za ,andcome,>nd he our fpther a~d Prteft; whether tS 11 hetter Cf' · Here is no pa- · iencc,but joy : lie that was WO?With ten fhekel~,maybe loll wtth eleven: When maintenance and honour cals h1m, he !(OCS undnven; and rather ilca!es himfelfe a~v3y than is ftolne. T he Levtte had too many gods, to make confcience of plea!i'ng one : There is nothing more incon!lant, than a Lcvite that feeks nothing but hit~Jfelfe, Thus the wild~ fir~ of Idolatry, which lay_before couched in !heprivate ball of ~ich•, no.v fhes funouily thorow all the Tnbe of Dan; who (hketo thocvesthat B have c r .-ied a1vay plaguie clothes) have infenlibly infeeled rhemfelves and their po!lority to dear~. Herefie~ud fuperftition have fm_all beginnings, dangerous proceedmgs, perniCIOus conclufions. Thu contagion is like a canker, which at the fir!!, is fcarce vilible, · afterwards irearesawaythe fiefh, and confumes the body. ..
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