Of the _Miniflerhd FunrFion~ -365 to make ufe of thefe to ferve the-ends.. of our paffion ana p-rivate revel1ge.. The laft claufe of the paff:age we citecr ' founds fon1ewl"iat ftrange, Let no man de.f pife thee. Sure no body defires to be dcf-. pifed; and it is not always in tthe p0wer of man to hinder in. But the meaning of the words is-) that there fhe1:1ld be nothing !a Gur carriage and deportmentwhich }Tiay.de– f-erve cont:empt. vV c ought fi.ill to have that apology of the orator in r.eadinefs, !f?.3id putem? · contemptumne-me? EquideriJ 1 nou vided quid fit in vita moribufque noflris quoddefpicerepoffit. There·is nothing that· cloth expofe a Minifl:er to · fo)much con– ren1pt, as a vitious and irreligious· deport~ n1ent. Even thofe who are profane theni~ f:.elves, and love vice in their other com– panions, do-yet abhor-it in.a clergyn1an, as· thinking it too ·grofs and difingenuous, tO·· praCtice all the week \vhat he hath been condemning on. Sunday. I fhaU not infifl: upon the gr(;)ffer. fort of vices, Nolo tam. 'male ominari de ecclefia: I would~ not bode , fo much evil to ·the church as to im.agine the clergy cap~ble of them·. I .fhall point hut to a few thi~ . ~hich · t-ho~gh lefs hei– nous in their nature, tend to the contempt and.difrefpeCl: of the clergy, · H_h 3. And,
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