Z67 VERSE 2. 1 COr.4,2,; aLuk4.16.31. b Aet.17.7., 18.4. (c) ix/8 xe. 7,01.4611/Mleg acir- rmr sg1,17rAerr aye'yJC settlOrgiv i7/1 70 Arlo =ad- XL= c 74Pacetaz o 77-ctunsf4s nit opots-ds era. x674 114.; Oirtf ry ep6xXxor Tits 17.4 seaND5 Tatito wpieste.c wateiTxt. lusSitn. aiartyr. Xpol 2. Tertullapol. Cap.3.9. T be jent by god. inanifoldwifeelome of God. Wee are the depofitaries and (Ili-racers of the molt precious treafiires which were ever opened unto the Salines ot men, the incorruptible and precious bloud of Quill , the exceeding great and precious promifes ofthe Gofpell, the word of the Grace ofGod and of the unfearchable riches of Quill. Now it is required of flewards that a man bee found faithful, that hce defraud not Chrifi ofhis purchafc, which is the foules of men, nor men of their price and priviledge, which is the bloud ofChrifl; that hee neither favour the finncs ofrnen nor differnble the truth of God; that bee watch, becaufe hee is a feer,that bee fpeake,becaufe he is an oracc, that hee feed becaufe hee is a fhepheard, that bee labour becaufe bee is a husband-man that hee bee tender becaufe hee is a mother, that bee bce carefullbe- mire is a father, that bee bee faithfuli,becaufe he is a fer- vant to God and his Churcb,in one word that he bee in- flant in feafon and out ofleafon, to exhort , rebuke, firm, to doe the vvorke ofan Evani,,,elia, to accomplifh and make full proofe ofhis miniflery becaufe he bath an account to make,becaufe hce bath the pretence of Chrift to affiti him, the promifes of Chrifi to reward him, the example of Chrift, his Apoffles, Prophets, Evangelifts, Bifhops and Martyrs of the pureff time, who have now their palmes in their hands, to encourage him. a It was Chrifis cu Rome to enter into their Synagogues on the Sab- bath-dayes , and to readand expound the Scriptures , to the people. h It was S. Pauts manneto reafon in the .97- nagogues}and to open the Scriptures on the Sabbath dayes. c Vpon Sunday faith luJIin Martyr, All the Chriffia cis that are in the cities or countries about meete together, and after fome Commentaries ofthe Apottles, and wri- tings of the Prophets have been read, the Senior or Pre- fident cloth by a Sermon exhort the people , and adrno- nifh them to the imitation and practice of thole di- vine truths which they had heard read unto them. And
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