Hoadly - BX5136 H6

of .CONFORMITY® We cannot lay afide the PublickExer- el/e ofour Mini¡lry without Talent, incurring expofing Guilt of hiding our our 'elves to a like treatment, with that of the Unprofitable Servant in the Gof pel ; Therefore, We dare not do it. A Fifth is taken from the eceffi1esof the People in mollparts of the withflanding the legal Provif on for them ; many Minillers in the Publick Churches ha- ving more Souls to look after, than feveral would be fatfjácient for, and may be thus exprefl^ed, We judge it to be our duty tocontinue the Publick Exercife of our Minillry, be- caufe in force Parübes there are more Peo- ple than the Eflablifhecl Minifer can look after. A Sixth is joined to this, taken from the want of good Qualifications in 'many of the Parifh Mincers, and is this, We think it our duty to continue e the Publick Exercife of our Minefl y, fundry of the Parifh -Miniflers are inf ent and unqualified. The Seventh Argument is this, SomePaffages of Scripture intimate the Duration of the Miniflerial Ojiice, where there is once a Conveyance; A 4 There-

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