The husbandmans calling showing the excellencies, temptations, graces, duties &c. of the Christian husbandmanThe husbandmans calling shewing the excellencies, temptations, graces, duties &c. of the Christian husbandman

2. He learns hence Justice to his painful Minister, 1 Cor. 9.9. It is written in the Law •f Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the Ox, that treadeth out the Corn. Doth God take care for Oxen? or saith he it altogether for our sakes? for our sakes, no doubt, this is written, That he that ploweth, should plough in hope.—The Ox gets thy corn, and thou givest him some of the straw at least. And thy careful Minister, whose charge is weighty, and whose pains are great, hath as good a right to thy Earthly things, as thou hast to his Spirituals. The Husbandman therefore that fodders his Ox, will not starve his Minister; ⟨p. 158⟩and therefore what the Law allows, or his own heart hath purposed besides, he supplies him with all possible speed and alacrity. He knows in feeding his Ox he feeds his own body and children; and in supporting his Minister, he feeds his own soul, and the souls of his.

2. He learns hence Justice to his painful Minister, 1 Cor. 9.9. It is written in the Law •f Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the Oxe, that treadeth out the Corn. Doth God take care for Oxen? or saith he it altogether for our sakes? for our sakes, no doubt, this is written, That he that ploweth, should plow in hope.—The Oxe gets thy corn, and thou givest him some of the straw at least. And thy careful Minister, whose charge is weighty, and whose pains are great, hath as good a right to thy Earthly things, as thou hast to his Spirituals. The Husbandman therefore that fodders his Oxe, will not starve his Minister; ⟨p. 158⟩and therefore what the Law allows, or his own heart hath purposed besides, he supplies him with all possible speed and alacrity. He knows in feeding his Oxe he feeds his own body and children; and in supporting his Minister, he feeds his own soul, and the souls of his.