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The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…
The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandments gathered from the mouth of a faithful pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholar in Cambridge.The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.
London: printed by John Harison for Thomas Man, 1603London: printed by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, 1603
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This confutes them that brag of there good dealing with the minister, and thinks they pay him all his dues as well as any man, and takes it as a wrong that the minister esteems not of them as well as he doth of any. But do they perform their duty? and what duty is it they perform? do they obey the gospel which he preached and submit themselves to his ⟨p. 28⟩doctrine; this is the heart of duty, and where this is not, there is no duty done worth thanks, least they they converted, they do not pay the minister his due; for a faithful pastor and man of God regards not so much the tithes and looks not to the fleece; he comes as Christ saith to Peter to be a fisher of men, and if they will not be drawn out of their lusts and sins by his preaching, it is no duty; for he that neglects obedience to the doctrine of the ministry, is an ill sheep and ungodly person, show what kindness he will to the particular person of the minister.
This confutes them that bragge of there good dealing with the minister, and thinkes they pay him all his dues as well as anie man, and takes it as a wrong that the minister esteemes not of them as well as he doth of anie. But doe they performe their dutie? and what dutie is it they performe? doe they obey the gospell which he preached and submit themselues to his ⟨p. 28⟩doctrine; this is the heart of dutie, and where this is not, there is no dutie done worth thankes, least they they conuerted, they do not pay the minister his due; for a faithfull pastor and man of God regards not so much the tithes and lookes not to the fleece; he comes as Christ saith to Peter to bee a fisher of men, and if they will not be drawne out of their lusts and sinnes by his preaching, it is no dutie; for he that neglects obedience to the doctrine of the ministrie, is an ill sheepe and vngodly person, shew what kindnesse he will to the particular person of the minister.
The last duty of the people to the minister is to perform maintenance unto him both for his relief and sustenance, as also for his defence against the wrongs of ill deposed persons. For his relief and sustenance that is commanded.