~ Commentarie 'l1p.on Chap.6. Hipeods, as by fome foundation, or by the A norvfeanypaioefull labour: forof.ai!;;n reucnewcsuf<heChurch,menarenotbo~nd they hauc. the eafiell liucs: their groatefl , to concribure vmo them, and make them paines is torcadcoucrafewebookcs, or to partakers of all their goads l althoughinre· fpeake afewewordes, once or rwife a wceke. gard of thankefulndli>, ti"J owe vnto them •- Therefore they arc not to bee maintained. :un tb~mfollt~J~ as P.tul rellethPhi(.!'monJ bur An{wtr. There is a cwo~folde labour one onely {uch as haue not clfc wherewith to of the ~ody-,anotherof theminde: n~w·aJ. 'mamtame themfclucs. And wee muil ·conbejt the~imLlendoe not wearie rhcm(elucs lider the reafon why P4HI comrnaundeth all ·in bed1ly labour, yet they,arenot thercferc that arc inflruClod in the word,tomake them idle<(o~#•e labours,of the minde,doe farrc · that inflruCled them partakers of their cxceede the labours ·of.the hody: they are goods, to wtt, bccaufc 111 Paul! time, and more patnefull,:th~ji_(pcnd rhefpiritsmcre, long after; the Church was not endowed they eonfume naturall moiClurc, and bring with lands or goods, whareby the Miniflcry oldeagcfooner.The holy Ghoflcall<th rhe· might beev,pholden, neither had it publike miniOery,thework!of tluminijle-m.Epbef. 4 , Chn(b.an Magillratcs, bur was vnder crueU 11. nayl4wortbuwor~e,I.Tim.3, 1 . rheo:efcre tyrants in perll:cution: and therefore thofc B Pa•l fatth, thatth•(• Elders aremmhydot~ble that were taught in theword 1 wereto maincho~~ur th.<ft ia!Jol(r iN th_e word ,md doftrmr, , 1 • tainctheirrcachers by libet:all contribution, T1m. s. 17. a.nd hee cxh9rts the·ThetfaloniothenVIfc they might flame: but now the am, that thc;ywould kn01vrhem thatlabo 11 r Church beeing greatlyenriched, they may among them; and tbat ,rhey haue them in wtthoutconttibutic.n befilflic~ently maintal· fingular ~oue fortheir,orlt.,f:tke, r.Theff.s. ned oftheChurchgoods. , n, 13. Hence it isthattheScripture doth And chac it is muchmoreconuc:nient for vfua!Jy compa(c the workeofthe miJllli:cry, theMmiOcrs to beemaintamdbyfcrtefiito the moll wylfomelabour that may bee, pend•, >rifing from goods proper to the asro the worke of the hu1bandman to fet· Church, then byv0Iuncary cont-ribution, it ring,to plowing, to fowing,roreaping,tothc may appearc by this, in th>t it cuts off funlabour tn the vmeyard :·and the mimller to a dry tnconucniences which in voluntary conbuilder : to a O>epheard thai wotchcth his trtbutionseither cannot bee,or are hardly aflccke; toa fould!Crthat fights in the warres, uoided. F~tfl, flatteric and fufpition of flat- &c. Agame,we may not iudge of the painetcrie, in beeing thought to haue fome p<t· C !ulnes of the calling, by the outward appeafons in admiration, becaufe of adu•ntagc. ranee: for fa a man would thinke aKing had Secondly, the poorer fort arena way difgrathe eaflefllifoof all; when asthc truth i•,the ccd.by this meanes, asthcy fhould be in contoyle which he takes, and the carco whcrwith mbutions, except they d1d giue ratably as he is poffetTed,doexceedeallothcrc.rcs: ifa the relt, T hirdly.,ditTemblingand deceit,in man knew thetrauaile thatisrcquircd to the maklng<asJhbur,h they rcceiued little, when weildingof afcepter,and thepaine that is taasthey hauc much, is cutte off in afcttc Oiken in wearingof aheauy crowne,hee would pend. Fourthly, the euill difpofed would not hardly lloope downe to take the one into his fo eaGlycafl off their miniller, and feeke a hands,orto fct theother vpon hishead. The new that would teach for lelfe; or would giue mafler builder doth not l1<wcrhc Oone~,nor nothing at all, ifthey were. touched to the workerhe mortcr,norcarrie the rubbiOo,nor quicke, andgatlcd fortheirfinnes. Fiftly,oany fuch likedrudgerie; bueoncly Oandeth ltcntationin fomcin giuing much, and d1f· by,and dtrel!eth the workcmen;and yctlois daining thofe that giue Jeffc. Sixtly, fufpitilabour is double to any oftheirs.The mafler on of couctoufnetfe and filthylucrCin the.' oftheShip(amanwouldthinkc)wercidle,& minillers in (eeming to take of thofe to didnothing:hellandsnottothcrackling,he whomcrhey ought to giue. Seauenthly,dif- D f!ltrethnotthe pumpe, hee driueth not the grace of the mlnillcry, in gathering themoarcs,hedoundeth not the dcepe,hee rideth fclues, or fending others to gather the peo· not the ropes; but onely f:ttcth Clill at the pies hbcrality from dare to dore. LaClly, a flerne, and looketh ro the pole-O.rrc, &guifecre fiipend comes:nearer the order appoindeth thecompaiic ;yethis Jabourpaffetball ted by God, io m•inraining the PrieUhood tloc reO:wercit net for him,thcnoippe ·ould ~~~~~ ~~~~~~m~~ In the next place,lwilanfwer the common the rockcs, or fpllt vpon the f•nds, or fall ob1eClions chat are made to thccontrarie,by foul cwitllanothcr (as matriners fpeake.) Efuch asrhinke itisas eaGea matter tofay feruen (ofor. all the world farethitwith theMIuice in the Church, asto doe fcruicc in the niflersof, theword: they feemeto fit 0 111, to boufe' to (land at the altar of God,asto fo!. be at eofcto do nothing;and yet their labour low tllCir mafters plough; to preach in the is double'and r.eble to orher mens bodily lapulpit,as eo ta_lkc in the rauerne. bour,cxce-pt they bevr.faithfull, and doe the ) I. Ohiel:t1on. z.ThciiaJ. 3· IO· Th•Jwbicb workc of the Lord negligently. willnot wor(!,mHft not eate. But Minillers neJJ. 0 bid!. Pttlll Jabourcd with his ha.nds ucr plough, nor fowe, nor hedge, nor ditch, in making ofTcnrs,Atl.r8.3. that he might not ..
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