480 f 7'heTrie hoodofan VER S L 4, ta tr,.,ngs , liveofthe things ofthe Temple ? And they which waiteat the Altarare partakerswith the /Thar (co note that they receive their maintenance from the han of Godhimfeife whole oncly the things of the Altar are, and not Frommen :) Even fo bath the Lord ordained, :ht they which preach theGe/pell .1hldlive 6y thego- .. #ell, I Cor.9.7-13. And what is it To live ? Fin%They mull live 44 men , they mull have for neceflity and for delight. Secondly, theymnil live&beleeveri. Hee that provideth not forhis °pone milethananis:fide/4i 5.8. They mull therefore have by the Got-1)d fufficient to lay up for thofe , whom the Lawofcornmon huma- nity, much more of faith commands them to provide for. Thirdly, they muff live .vMini/ler:. They mull have wherewith tomaintaine the Ditties qftheir caing, a good example of pie',and charity., and holpitality, that they may confirme bypraaice , what in Doarine they teach , I Tim. 3.2. And the infirtonents of their fling, Cd which in a profeflion of fo vaft and unlimited a compaffe alearning, (for there is nopart oflearning in the whole- circle thereof which is not helpful! and 'nay not contribute to the underflandingofHoly Scriptures, & toCome part or other ofa Divines imployment; ) can- not but bee very chargeable. And alas, howmanymen preach the Goipc11, andyet can fcarce finde the firfi and meanefi ofall thefe fupplies ? This is the great ingrati- tude of the world, and withall themalice and policieof Satan, by the poverty and contempt of the Minifiers,to bring the Gofpell it felfe into contempt , and todeterre able men from adventuring on fo unrewarded a calling, as Calvin jufily complaines. All that can with colour or countenance bee pretended by thole who are guiltyof this neglect is Poverty and difability to maintaine the Gofpell. And it were well ifthcre were not places to be found wherein Dogs and Hodes hawks and hounds grow fat' withGods portion , and mercenary Prea- cher
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