476 VE S E 4. '1 VitaEpifivo; runsfibi, fait/ aliis neceffiria. ag. Pal; ,li,124.14. Alex.abAlex. lib.g.ca 2s. The Prie hood° fChrig. adding withall that if hee fhouldhinifelfe fee a bilhop in adultery, Flee would cover his nakedneffe, withhis owne roiall robe,becaufe,faith he,the finnesoffuch me ought not to bee divulged, lea their example doeas muchhurt to the foules ofothers, as their fa6t to their owne : for as agood life is uecedry for thernfelveslo is their good fameheceffary for others. The meaningof that noblePrince was not thatfuch mens fins fhould go unexamined orexempted frompunifhment,but toPhew both in how highhonour they who are worthy inthat fun6tion ought tobe had for their workesfake, I Ther. 5.12,1 3. and howwarymen fhould be in givingliber- tie to their tongues or diflemper'd pall-ions to =lure, mifreport, or fcandalize the perfons- and parts offuch men, again[} whomTimothywas not to receive an ac- cdation without two op, three witneffes, i Tim. 5.19. And to give notice of thole ill confequences which would enfueupon the publike obfervationof the finnes of thole men, who in their do5rine preach the truth, and build up the Church : for doubdeffe of othermen who preach lies inhypocrifie, there cannot toomuch of theirfecret villanies, and perfonall uncleanneffe be dem- 61ed, that fo the lewdneffe of their lives may flop the progreffe andgrowth of their evill do6lrine. But to returne to the point that I am upon, liberail rmitotettace Udueto thole that labour in the word and doEtrine out of juaice, and not out ofmercy, for their workesfake. I will not preffe the examplesof heathen themfelves in this duty for the fhameof Chriflians. We finde that thepriefis of Egypt had portions out of the kings owne trealurics,and that-their lands were fbIll re- ferved unto them,gen.47.2 2. And wee finde betides thefe lands, that they had the third part ofall yeerely tributes and levies, as Diadem, tels us. But we will &ft lookeupon theexample of Gods ownePriefis and Levites under the Law. Secondly, upon the pre- .scpcs
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