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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…
A monitory letter about the maintenance [sic] of an able and faithful ministry. Directed unto those people, who sin against, & sin away the Gospel, by not supporting the worthy preachers of the Gospel. : A decree of a national synod of reformed churches at Paris. ...A monitory letter about the maintainance [sic] of an able and faithful ministry. Directed unto those people, who sin against, & sin away the Gospel, by not supporting the worthy preachers of the Gospel. : A decree of a national synod of reformed churches at Paris. ...
Boston, in N.E. : s.n., Printed in the year. 1700
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And that which may make the Reproof to those men, who Rob their Ministers of their Dues, the more pungent is This; That there is a Sacrilege in the Robbery. Tis a Robbing of God. The Lord Jesus Christ, in Heaven says, Ye did it unto me.
And that which may make the Repr•of to those men, who Rob their Ministers of their Dues, the more pungent is This; That there is a Sacriledge in the Robbery. Tis a Robbing of God. The Lord Jesus Christ, in Heaven sayes, Ye did it unto me.
Yea, You must allow me, to Advance this Assertion. Every man▪ owes a Portion of his Estate, unto Pious Uses; be owes it unto the Lord: the Great Lord is abused, if that Quitrent be no• rendered unto Him. But what Portion ⟨p. 11⟩of his Estate is it, that every man must Separate, and Consecrate unto Pious Uses, that so all the rest may be clean unto him. I should think, That something about a Tenth part seems the Least that can be. I know very well, that many do and must give more than such a Portion; and I know the Business of many to Lie so that they can't exactly give just this portion. However, something about this portion, seems a Good proportion. I find our Father Jacob, saying, Gen. 28 21, 22. The Lord shall be my God, & of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the Tenth unto th••. (Sirs, This was a long while before Moses was born!) It s•ems, That man does not enough own the Lord for his God, who is not willing to give so much as the Tenth unto Him. Say, Will you not be the Seed of Jacob? They who beguile the Lord of this, are not so much as they should be, True Israelites. I could never ye see an Answer, to that Argument; If the Tithes of Abraham, were the Rights of Melchizedek, then the Tithes of Christians, (the Seed of Abraham) are the Rights of the Lord Jesus Christ: For I am certain, That the Lord Jesus Christ is, A Priest after the Order of Melchizedek. It may be, I have a little surprised you with some Fear, that I am going to challenge your Tithes, as due to the Clergy. But I'll put you out of pain as to That; I do not so! The Lord Jesus Christ has expressly provided others, as well as His Ministers, to be the Receivers of His Rets.