thefLords the lheards,fetotter the flocks quit oCthevineyard : p of Chritl to feede his fhcepe , and thereforeought to rate of the millce of the £iocke. And teeing it was forbidden that no ;man fhould muzzle the mouthoftheoxe,that treadeth out the Dect,25.4. 5 ! corne: {hall we thinke, that God at would baue e thole t thepea- ¡ z.c .9, soe. in hisRoom, and feparate the whe ous froth the vile, tobe muzzeled, ornot to liuevpontheir la- 1 hours ?for they areworthie Jumblehonour, that is, all honour, re- tuerence,helpeond urthcrance,which labeler in the word and der .10: iirine.'.Titrt.5.17 hcmleltscswholly to realin°g, V. TheMini:Iers are to giue t cxhertation,det7rine,.end to contsitoe therein. z.Tim.4. r 3,1 5, r 6.1 il wholly o denote then1Ielues to the buildingof them I they arc Church, and to the fightingof the Lords battells:and therefor 1 5 pot to beentangled with the cares ofthis life. 2. Tim. - 4. \ fore they are to haue their pay,and their allowance,that fo they; may attendvpon their calling_s,withóut diflraition. l V L It is the ordinance of God(as Paul faith,r.Cor r that they which preach the G ofpel, {houldhue ofthe Gofpel: t go therefore thole that doe not their endcauour, and inlarge not their libcralitie to upholdand maintaine theM h i he ie in good elate, theywithftand(as much as in them liet ) ofGod : befides , they waif and makehauocke of the Church¡ ofGod : and are guiltie oftheblood ofall that perifh for want s5 ofinftruion. . I at?d'efurther, it is the will ofGodithat'the Mirtféers which labour in the wordand doZtrine , fhou!d be plentifully andh- bcrallyprouided for:(yet withmoderation, that they drawnot all mens wealth into their purfes, as the Pope and Church of 0 Romehaue done into their coffers,ofwhome it is truly verifi- ed, Religio peperit divitiae,feel fifsa devoraOt rnatrem.) which I prooue from the Lcuiticall law: for thewhole land of prornife, \becingnobiggerincompaffe then Wales, or the foupart of England : yet yeelded vnto theLeuites, at the appointment i 15 \of God ,befides the {harewhich they had out of the f«ctifices, befides tenths, firft fruits, &c48Cities, with their luhtubs. I It mayhere be demaunded, whether the Miniflersof the word arcnow to be maintained by common contribution :and'i 3iberalitieofthe peoplc,or not? i 11rtf. Vie rrauff confider,that fifthe inißcrs be fufiici th1 ,Kkkk__.___. Chap.6. 533
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