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his_o predecessor_n matth._n 11._o 7_o 8_o 9_o 10._o and_o yet_o the_o mean_a of_o the_o faithful_a minister_n of_o christ_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o clearness_n of_o the_o doctrine_n teach_v by_o he_o be_v great_a than_o he_o the_o great_a excellency_n and_o dignity_n of_o the_o sacred_a ministry_n will_v easy_o appear_v if_o we_o consider_v 1._o the_o author_n of_o it_o not_o man_n but_o god_n the_o commendation_n of_o the_o scripture_n be_v that_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o tim._n 3._o 16._o the_o commendation_n of_o believer_n be_v that_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isa._n 54_o 13._o the_o same_o authority_n commend_v the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n eph._n 4._o 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d christ_n give_v some_o apostle_n etc._n etc._n he_o putâ—_n his_o minister_n into_o commission_n matth._n 28._o 19_o 20._o and_o jesus_n come_v and_o speak_v unto_o they_o say_v all_o power_n be_v give_v to_o i_o in_o heaven_n and_o in_o earth_n go_v you_o therefore_o and_o teach_v all_o nation_n baptise_v they_o and_o s._n paul_n magnify_v his_o ministry_n by_o this_o authority_n 1_o cor._n 1._o 1._o 2_o cor._n 1._o 1._o and_o gal_n 1._o 1._o paul_n a_o apostle_n not_o of_o man_n nor_o by_o man_n but_o by_o jesus_n christ_n and_o god_n the_o father_n it_o be_v not_o man_n appointment_n but_o a_o ordinance_n of_o god_n not_o a_o humane_a fiction_n but_o a_o divine_a institution_n 2._o the_o antiquity_n of_o it_o which_o also_o commend_v the_o goodness_n of_o a_o good_a thing_n the_o ministry_n of_o the_o church_n be_v no_o new_a invention_n but_o a_o ancient_a ordination_n for_o it_o have_v be_v even_o from_o the_o beginning_n which_o the_o church_n of_o god_n have_v not_o want_v in_o any_o age_n neither_o before_o nor_o under_o nor_o since_o the_o law_n before_o the_o law_n be_v the_o patriarch_n who_o instruct_v their_o family_n in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o propagate_v religion_n to_o their_o posterity_n under_o the_o law_n god_n have_v his_o priest_n and_o levite_n and_o prophet_n who_o have_v their_o unction_n mission_n and_o commission_n from_o he_o and_o since_o the_o law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d christ_n have_v give_v apostle_n pastor_n evangelist_n teacher_n 3._o the_o minister_n of_o it_o the_o patriarch_n the_o prophet_n christ_n himself_o and_o his_o apostle_n isaiah_n be_v of_o the_o blood_n oyal_a and_o yet_o a_o minister_n of_o this_o ministry_n king_n solomon_n commend_v himself_o to_o the_o church_n of_o god_n under_o the_o name_n of_o koheleth_n and_o among_o other_o his_o title_n seem_v to_o glory_v first_o and_o most_o in_o that_o of_o the_o preacher_n eccles._n 1._o 1_o the_o word_n of_o the_o preacher_n and_o then_o it_o follow_v the_o son_n of_o david_n king_n in_o jerusalâ—m_n noah_n the_o monarch_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v a_o preacher_n of_o righteousness_n 2_o pet._n 2._o 5._o nay_o christ_n jesus_n himself_o god_n bless_v for_o evermore_o come_v to_o minister_v mark_n 10._o 45._o and_o to_o be_v the_o masterpreacher_n of_o the_o gospel_n heb._n 1._o 2._o the_o apostle_n and_o teacher_n that_o have_v succeed_v he_o be_v set_v up_o by_o he_o 1_o cor._n 12._o 28._o be_v also_o honourable_a for_o what_o great_a honour_n can_v there_o be_v in_o court_n then_o to_o succeed_v in_o that_o place_n and_o employment_n in_o which_o the_o king_n son_n himself_o deign_v sometime_o to_o be_v 4._o the_o object_n about_o which_o it_o be_v conversant_a not_o the_o body_n but_o the_o soul_n not_o humane_a law_n secular_a concernment_n but_o spiritual_a thing_n relate_v to_o the_o worship_n service_n and_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o the_o salvation_n of_o soul_n physician_n bind_v up_o bruise_v body_n lawyer_n patch_v up_o break_v estate_n while_o christ_n minister_n bind_v up_o break_a heart_n and_o salve_v wound_a conscience_n if_o therefore_o the_o body_n he_o unworthy_a than_o the_o soul_n the_o earth_n be_v content_a to_o be_v below_o the_o heaven_n 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not_o forsake_v a_o levite_n all_o his_o day_n deut._n 12._o 19_o and_o 14._o 27._o they_o must_v not_o be_v forsake_v as_o to_o maintenance_n protection_n or_o encouragement_n because_o they_o be_v the_o lord_n servant_n and_o ambassador_n all_o these_o thing_n be_v assign_v and_o establish_v by_o god_n to_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n wo_n then_o to_o those_o wretched_a â—ellowes_n who_o envy_v the_o least_o conveniency_n or_o accommodation_n to_o faithful_a minister_n that_o will_v not_o give_v they_o a_o farthing_n do_v not_o the_o law_n constrain_v they_o but_o rather_o defraud_v they_o of_o what_o be_v give_v they_o the_o consequent_a appear_v by_o the_o apostle_n own_o word_n even_o so_o have_v the_o lord_n ordain_v that_o they_o that_o preach_v the_o gospel_n shall_v live_v of_o the_o gospel_n this_o then_o be_v his_o argument_n that_o which_o christ_n have_v ordain_v be_v to_o be_v observe_v but_o christ_n have_v ordain_v that_o the_o church_n shall_v give_v a_o full_a and_o 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apostle_n argument_n can_v not_o hold_v water_n who_o say_v with_o a_o emphasis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d even_o so_o since_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n do_v succeed_v the_o leutical_a priest_n and_o minister_n let_v they_o be_v maintain_v by_o some_o such_o like_a way_n let_v they_o that_o preach_v the_o gospel_n live_v of_o the_o gospel_n even_o so_o that_o be_v so_o liberal_o so_o plentiful_o so_o certain_o as_o the_o leviticall_a clergy_n live_v under_o the_o law_n for_o so_o have_v god_n not_o man_n nay_o god-man_n ordain_v even_o so_o have_v the_o lord_n ordain_v the_o due_a maintenance_n then_o of_o the_o ministry_n be_v not_o man_n device_n but_o god_n decree_n not_o a_o human_a order_n but_o a_o divine_a ordination_n which_o whosoever_o deny_v resist_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n and_o procure_v condemnation_n to_o himself_o 2._o those_o law_n concern_v first-fruit_n tithe_n and_o offering_n may_v be_v consider_v either_o as_o to_o their_o substance_n or_o as_o to_o their_o circumstance_n as_o to_o their_o substance_n they_o belong_v also_o unto_o we_o for_o the_o end_n of_o those_o law_n be_v that_o the_o people_n by_o those_o offering_n shall_v testify_v their_o thankfulness_n to_o god_n to_o the_o advantage_n of_o the_o church_n the_o ministry_n the_o poor_a to_o which_o thing_n even_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n do_v bind_v and_o if_o our_o magistrate_n shall_v at_o this_o day_n enact_v law_n for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o minister_n we_o ought_v to_o obey_v they_o careful_o and_o cheerful_o especial_o in_o those_o thing_n which_o neither_o contradict_v the_o moral_a law_n nor_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n it_o follow_v therefore_o that_o as_o the_o israelite_n be_v to_o communicate_v of_o their_o good_n to_o the_o levite_n as_o unto_o they_o that_o administer_v their_o holy_a thing_n so_o ought_v christian_n at_o this_o day_n free_o to_o communicate_v of_o their_o substance_n to_o their_o minister_n and_o the_o rather_o because_o the_o 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he_o give_v the_o tithe_n to_o his_o levite_n under_o the_o law_n by_o a_o special_a command_n for_o their_o subsistence_n neither_o do_v the_o gospel_n as_o i_o say_v before_o abrogate_v or_o abolish_v tithe_n in_o general_a but_o rather_o establish_v and_o confirm_v they_o specifical_o as_o may_v appear_v mat._n 23._o 23._o luk_n 11._o 42._o gal._n 6._o 6._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 13_o 14._o heb._n 7._o 1._o 5_o 6_o 8._o and_o if_o the_o wise_a god_n think_v this_o way_n the_o best_a to_o maintain_v his_o minister_n who_o shall_v reprove_v he_o 7._o they_o be_v not_o burdensome_a imposition_n because_o they_o be_v free_o give_v to_o the_o church_n by_o pious_a and_o well_o affect_v prince_n they_o be_v not_o the_o people_n burden_n for_o they_o be_v none_o of_o they_o neither_o they_o nor_o their_o pro_fw-la parent_n ever_o purchase_v they_o and_o why_o shall_v they_o repine_v to_o part_v with_o that_o which_o be_v none_o of_o they_o 8._o let_v there_o be_v find_v out_o a_o more_o 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of_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o church_n and_o such_o be_v their_o envy_n and_o malignity_n that_o it_o can_v hardly_o â—e_v wring_v out_o of_o their_o clutch_n and_o indeed_o this_o be_v a_o hard_a task_n but_o it_o be_v a_o princely_a a_o parliamentary_a undertake_n and_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o all_o godly_a man_n will_v do_v all_o they_o can_v to_o bring_v to_o pass_v so_o gracious_a a_o enterprise_n it_o commend_v the_o excellent_a and_o worthy_a spirit_n of_o some_o londoner_n that_o buy_v impropriate_a tithe_n and_o restore_v they_o to_o the_o church_n many_o know_v by_o who_o fault_n this_o good_a work_n be_v hinder_v and_o what_o become_v of_o they_o that_o hinder_v it_o obj._n 3_o they_o argue_v from_o mic_n 3._o 11._o the_o priest_n teach_v for_o hire_n and_o the_o prophet_n divine_a for_o money_n ans_fw-fr it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o receive_v hire_n and_o another_o to_o be_v a_o hireling_n one_o thing_n to_o be_v hire_v to_o teach_v another_o to_o teach_v for_o hire_v the_o true_a prophet_n receive_v a_o reward_n of_o their_o pain_n and_o that_o by_o christ_n allowance_n mat._n 10._o 10._o but_o the_o false_a prophet_n who_o god_n here_o reprove_v prophesy_v false_a thing_n and_o that_o for_o hire_v only_o and_o preach_v please_a thing_n only_o that_o they_o may_v have_v a_o more_o liberal_a reward_n the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n do_v receive_v salary_n not_o as_o a_o reward_n of_o their_o ministry_n but_o that_o they_o may_v provide_v the_o necessary_n of_o life_n and_o may_v persist_v in_o their_o sacred_a function_n 4._o obj._n their_o great_a argument_n be_v father_v upon_o for_o i_o can_v say_v gather_v from_o mat._n 10._o 8_o 9_o 10._o free_o you_o have_v receive_v free_o give_v provide_v neither_o gold_n nor_o silver_n nor_o brass_n in_o in_o your_o purse_n &c_n &c_n ans._n the_o anabaptist_n be_v deceive_v in_o this_o late_a figment_n of_o they_o for_o christ_n himself_o untie_v the_o knot_n v_o 10._o the_o workman_n be_v worthy_a 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i_o give_v you_o a_o new_a charge_n 4._o it_o be_v plain_a that_o the_o apostle_n afterward_o live_v of_o the_o gospel_n act_v 4._o 5._o chapt_n the_o primitive_a believer_n offer_v they_o all_o their_o good_n they_o sell_v land_n and_o good_n for_o the_o apostels_n use_n heu_fw-la quantum_fw-la distamus_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la but_o now_o we_o have_v rather_o take_v the_o apostle_n land_n and_o good_n for_o our_o own_o use_n or_o at_o least_o be_v so_o far_o from_o sell_v all_o for_o they_o that_o we_o grudge_v miserable_o to_o give_v unto_o they_o a_o ten_o part_n 5._o this_o precept_n as_o to_o the_o substance_n of_o it_o do_v still_o bind_v it_o engage_v we_o to_o have_v heart_n free_a from_o covetousness_n to_o be_v a_o pattern_n of_o holiness_n of_o the_o contempt_n of_o riches_n and_o of_o noble_a and_o heavenly_a mind_n 6._o the_o apostle_n werâ—_n send_v to_o heal_v all_o manner_n of_o disease_n now_o our_o saviour_n foresee_v that_o man_n will_v be_v ready_a to_o give_v 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