The Priefihoodofan cher, when hegroves leane with want, is accu fed of too much (ladle. But fuppofe that povertie be truly alleaged : R-3-1-wee chinke poverty a ju (1 pretext for the negle of a moral' duty ? may a man fpend the Lords day on his Chop- boardbecaufe he is poore and wants means? And if I may not rob God of his time upon pretenceof po- verde, neither then is the fame any argument to rob him ofhisportion. Be not deceived,.Godis notmockfd,none- ly with pretence of poverty and necellity , as Calvin ex- poundsthat place,Ga/.6.7. S.Patel bears witneffe unto fome men , that they didgood beyond theirpower , that theywere richly liberall though they were deeplypoor, 2 Cer.8.2,1. And yet thole were but contributions out ofmercy, whereas doublehonor is due to the Minifters of the Gofpell by a Law of Idlice. It is a wrong and foolifh Apologie to pretend the ptghtnent for the con- tinuance ofthe fault.The povertyofmany men isdoubt- leffe a jai recompence for their neglea ofchc honor of the Gofpell. (For God hath ever feverely punifhed the contempt anddi(honor done to his meiTengers,z Chron. 16. to. 12. z h _ron.24. 21-25. 2 Chrtin. 26.19,20. 2 Chron.36 .16,17.) Wherason the other fide,doethon deale faithfully withGod fulfill to thypower hisap- pointment and decree, that theywhich preach the Go fpell may live by the Gofpell, and then hearken unto God. Honor the Lord with thyfubRance and theP.M fruitsofalltbineinereale; fofball thy barites bee Plodwith plenty, and thy prep' burg out with new wine, Prov.3. 9,10. Confider 'IOW from thisday andupward, from the day that the foundation ofthe Lords Temple was laidcon- fider it. Is the feed yet in the battle ? From this day I will bleffeyou,Hag.2.18,19.Teeare curledwith a curfe,fore have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bringyeeall the Tithes into the fiore-houfe, thatthere maybe meat inmine houfe , andprove mee herewith faith the Lord ofHoalts ( ifyou will not doe it out of duty , yet doe it out of } experi- 481 VERSE 4. Hit aft sa- / tanazaliment is fraudare pins .21ittifiros tat Eceleriatalibits dciiitllfatiae,&c. Catoin,in Gal. 6.6. Satan hac arte t entat Etrind privare Ecclefiam,dam inopke famis met,, plairingos abfierret ne id oneris Plant. Idem in Mufctil.inGal. 6,6.d- ins. Tim. 3.2,Bjhop els Sermonson Hag, j Pak onPfal.69.9. pag 191, 194, Perkins in his Sermonofthe Duties and Dignitiesofthe Mintfiry. Hoo- kers Eta policy, 16.5. Nu .79. Hilda.'"him on Db. Pat,. 300. 301.3r 9,, 323. Boltm in his 6- pis'ile dedicatory tohis difiourfe oftrue happi- nt Gr, g. 7' 1 f: de Re- pub.114,33. c.sp,i 7.
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