TheTriOhoodof Chrift. 47 9 ...*...... nicate to binotbat teacheth, c!, wean <z)dsvic, in all his goods,, VERSE 4. asReza wellexpounds it Ga1.6.6. ?'he elders that la- k b-agy in the wordand D odrine are worthyofdouble honor, forthe Scripturefaith, Thou fbalt not mutzle theoxe that - treadeth out the corn: , and the Labourer uworthyofhis reward, i 7lin.5.17 ,18. ',rho goeth a warfare at any time ofhis oily charges Who planted) a vineyard and eateth not.ofthefruit thereof ? Or who feedeth a flockand eat th not oftbemilke oftheflock.. Say I thele things as a man (that is, am I partial' ? doe I fpeake meetly out of affeet ion, and humane favor tomineowne caufe,or.cal- ling!) or ,faitb not the Law the fame alio? For it is. written in the Law ofMoles , ThomAsir not mutle the mouthof the Oxe that treader,' out the corn:. Doth God take care for Oxen ? orfaith beeit altogether forourfakes? That is, doth God provide Lawes ,for rewarding and encou- ragingthe labor ofbrute beafls and cloth hee leave the.;i maintenance andhonor of his owne immediateofficers to the arbitrary and pinching allowances ofcovetous and cruel men? For our fakes no doubt this is written,That her that ploweth fhould plow in hope , andthat bee that thre Iheth i,o liopelhosildbee partaker ofhit hope. That is, that theencouragement oftheMiniIiers in their fervice might depend upon fuch a hope as is grounded on Gods Law and provifion , and that they might not bee left to the Wills and allowances of -thole men againft whofe finncs theywere fent. And this the Apofile provcth by an ar- gurnent drawee from a moil unanfwerable equitie. If weehave(-men unto you thinas, is it agreat thing: ifwee th,greape your carnall things'? Wynn doe rightly judge of thofe heavenly treafures which wee bring in abundance unto you , impoffible it is that you fhould judge our panics and fervIce towards your immortal1 and pretlous iliffiLiently rewarded with a_ narrow and hungry proportion ofearthly and perifhable thing Doeyee not know that they which minifier about holy things,
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