The Ileafonablenefß The Confderation of this will take up very little time: And a very few words will ferve to determine this point. No Ordination Vow, andfolemn dedication toGod, can here be pretended; and fo, the great crimes ofSacrilege, and Perjury, might have been avoided without this, The People had never experienced the Labours of thofe of You , who have fence taken the Miniflry upon you ; They had never contraaed any relation to You; and therefore, it cannot be Paid, that they requefled Your PublickLabours, or declared that they would charge You with the ruine of their fouls, if You did not take it upon You; and fo, You could not do it for fear of the guilt of Unfaith- fulnefs, Cruelty, andUnmercifulnefs to the fouls whofe care you had undertaken. Nor do I fee, that the Curfe and Doom of the Unprofitable Servant could have moved You, either to ordain others, or to be ordained to the Minifiry. The Pafages ofScripture which (You fay) intimate the durationof the Miniflerial0jice where there is once a Conveyance, have nothing to do, where no Conveyance is. And thoje which pleadfor the neceffity o fpreaching, even when the Magiflrate forbids, can be of little moment
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