A monitory letter about the maintenance [sic] of an able and faithful ministry. Directed…A monitory letter about the maintainance [sic] of an able and faithful ministry. Directed…

It was a Sacrifice, acceptable, well pleasing to God. God required a Maintenance for his Ministers under the Old Testament; yea, tho' their Tribe, was hardly a Fortieth part of the people, yet they had, by computation, a• much Maintenance as Three of the Twelve Tribes beside. And when they had part of their Maintenance detained from them, the Almighty God Thundered upon it, Mal 39, 10▪ Ye are cursed with a Cu•se, for ye have R••bed me: Let there be meat in my House, and prove me now herewith, if I do not pour you out a Blessing. Now the Apostle counted it no weak Argument, that was to be fetched from the Maintenance of Ministers under the Old Testament, for the Maintenance of Ministers under the New. Says he▪ 1 Cor 9.13 Do ye not know, that they which Minister about Holy Things, Live of the Things of the Temple! And they which wait at the Altar, are partakers with the Altar? Even so they which preach the Gospel should Live of the Gospel. The Ministers of the New Testament, are as worthy of a Maintenance, as those of the Old. And yet they don't ask of you, your Tithes, which was but part of the Levitical Maintenance: but if they might have so much as a Tenth part of what the Levites had, I am verily persuaded, it would richly content many ⟨p. 8⟩of them. If Moses took such care for his Ministers, will any man dream, that Jesus (the Son over his House) takes no care at all for His? The word of the Lord ••sus Christ requires of a Minister, 1 Tim 3 6 That he be given to Hospitality: How is it possible for him to be so, i• you be given to Covetousness, and given to Dishonesty, and Cheat him of his Maintenance!

It was a Sacrifice, acceptable, well pleasing to God. God req••red a Maintainance for his Ministers under the Old Testament; yea, tho' their Tribe, was •ardly a Fortieth part of the people, yet they had, by computation, a• much Maintainance as Three of the Twelve Tribes beside. And when they had part of their Maintainance dtained from them, the Almighty God Thundred upon it, Mal 39, 10 Ye are cursed with a Cuse, for ye have Rbed me: Let there be meat in my House, and prove me now herewith, if I do not pour you out a Blessing. Now the Apostle counted it no weak Argument, that was to be fetch'd from the Maintainance of Ministers under the Old Testament, for the Maintainance of Ministers under the New. Saies he 1 Cor 9.13 Do ye not know, that they which Minister about Holy Things, Live of the Things of the Temple! And they which wait at the Altar, are partakers with the Altar? Even so they which preach the Gospel should Live of the Gospel. The Ministers of the New Testament, are as worthy of a Maintainance, as those of the Old. And yet they don't ask of you, your Tythes, which was but part of the Levitical Maintainance: but if they might have so much as a Tenth part of what the Levites had, I am verily perswaded, it would richly content many