5 to t5 $5 30 35 'be £pa leto the Galatiaru. Chap.6. that he which tooketh forhis hire , fhould doe his worke : he that would hue of the facrifice, (}couldminifler at thealtar : he that lookcs to be fedde with corporal! bread , fhould breaks untohis hearers thebread of life : he that would reape carnali things fhould tow fpirituall things: he that would not hauc his mouth muzzcic! , fbould threfh outthe corne : he thatwould drinkc of the wine, (hould plant the grape : he that lookes for milke, fhould feede the Hocke : that is, he that will hue of the Gape!, (horrid teach the Golpel. It i3 a maxima not onelyof the Cana" low but grounded vpon the lamofnature, that bereft- ciranrpeftnlat effccivaat, a benefit requireth a dntie: or moreplainly, a benefice requarethan office anddiligence in theoffice . They therefore that care not fomuch for the feedingof the fheepe, as for the feedingof themfelues , and feare not fo much the lofl'e ofthe flocke, as the loffe ofthe fleece, docnot onay vio- late the lawofGod,but cuen the law ofmnations, and the lawof nature. -- Againe, henceI gather , that thole that labour in the word anddof}rine, may lawfully take wages , albeit they haue fuffi- dent oftheirowne to maintains themlelucs: it is thevery equi- tie ofthis text. For ifthey that are inflrufted in theword,are to make thofe that inflruC ed them partakers of'thcir goods: then it is lawful! for them which infirutand teach,to receiuefame- thingin recompense oftheir labour , teeing that the labourer ii worthie o fhu wager. Yet this one caveat muff be remembrad, that if receiuing ofwages be a hindrance to the Gofpel (asit would haue beene inPaul) it is not lawful! : for we maynot fo vfe our libertie, as thatwe thereby hinder the free courfeof the Gofpel. Wemay here further perceiue the great want ofdeuotion, which is inmoll: menofthefe daies.Foras the crieofthe poore in the flreetes, and at ourdores, is an argument that there is no merde, nobowel's ofpitie and compafiion : So , in that there are Co many needle poore wandringLeuites, which would gladly fente for a morfdl of bread, or a fute of raiment, it is a pregnant proofs there is very thrall deuotion inmen for the maintenanceof religion ; cfpecially in thofc which arc fo firaight laced,and Ebert flecued,inbellowing any thingfor the goodof the Miniflerie, andyet inkeeping of houndes and hatvkes., and werfe matters, in maintaining players ,ieflera, L-111 a Cooks, 543
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