A53678:1113
A continuation of the exposition of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the…
A continuation of the exposition of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews viz, on the sixth, seventh, eight, ninth, and tenth chapters : wherein together with the explication of the text and context, the priesthood of Christ ... are declared, explained and confirmed : as also, the pleas of the Jews for the continuance and perpetuity of their legal worship, with the doctrine of the principal writers of the Socinians about these things, are examined and disproved / by J. Owen ...
London: printed for Nathaniel Ponder, 1680
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Rule, Institution, and Command, without regard unto unrequired Humility, or Pleas of greater Zeal and Self-denial, unless in evident and cogent Circumstances, are the best Preservatives of Order and Duty in the Church. They are so in every kind, especially in the disposal of Earthly things, such as the Maintenance of the Officers of the Church doth consist in. Neither the Peoples pretence of Poverty, nor the Ministers pretence of Humility will regulate this Matter as it ought to be. But as it is the Peoples Duty to provide for them, wherein they exercise Grace and Obedience towards Jesus Christ, so it is the Ministers Duty cheerfully to Receive what is their Due by the appointment of Christ, for they have a Command so to do. But whereas they are not many who are apt to Transgress on this hand, we shall not need farther to press this Consideration. But add,
Rule, Institution, and Command, without regard unto unrequired Humility, or Pleas of greater Zeal and Self-denial, unless in evident and cogent Circumstances, are the best Preservatives of Order and Duty in the Church. They are so in every kind, especially in the disposal of Earthly things, such as the Maintenance of the Officers of the Church doth consist in. Neither the Peoples pretence of Poverty, nor the Ministers pretence of Humility will regulate this Matter as it ought to be. But as it is the Peoples Duty to provide for them, wherein they exercise Grace and Odience towards Jesus Christ, so it is the Ministers Duty chearfully to Receive what is their Due by the appointment of Christ, for they have a Command so to do. But whereas they are not many who are apt to Transgress on this hand, we shall not need farther to press this Consideration. But add,
2. As it is the Duty of those who are employed in Sacred Ministrations to receive what the Lord Christ hath appointed for their Supportment, and in the way of his Appointment, so it is likewise without Trouble, Solicitousness or Complaint to acquiesce therein. So was it with the Priests of old, they were to receive their portion, and to acquiesce in their portion; the Neglect of which Duty was the sin of the Sons of Eli. We take it for granted that the way of Maintenance is changed as to the Ministers of Holy things under the Old and New Testament. That the Law of Maintenance is taken away is the highest folly to imagine, it being so expressly asserted by our Saviour himself and his Apostles,