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A discourse concerning the maintenance due to those that preach the Gospel
A discourse concerning the maintenance due to those that preach the Gospel: in which, that question whether tithes are by the divine law the ministers due, is considered, and the negative proved. / By I. Mather, D.D. ; [Seven lines of Scripture texts]
printed by B. Green, 1706
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.
When they first cast off Popery, they disposed of Ecclesiastical Goods into Secular hands, contrary to Calvin's Advice. That great Man had but a small Reward for all his Indefatigable Labours; nor indeed was he willing to have more. It is reported, That a Gentleman travelling through Geneva, having heard much of Calvin, made him a visit, supposing because of his Great Fame in the World, he should have seen a Man with the Grandeur & Equipage of a Prince: but (says he) When I saw him, Ecce Pannosus Sevex; he saw another John Baptist with a Coat of Camels hair, & a Leathern girdle. When Calvin was told that People believed that he was very Rich, and could not but have great Sums of Money by him, ⟨p. 31⟩he would smile at it, and say, If I cannot convince them of the contrary by my Life, I shall certainly convince them by my Will at my Death. In his Will he gave ten golden Scutes to the School, and as much to Poor Strangers, and the rest to his only Brother; his whole Estate consisting in his Library, and House-hold goods, not mounting to more than three hundred Crowns.
When they first cast off Popery, they disposed of Ecclesiastical Goods into Secular hands, contrary to Calvin's Advice. That great Man had but a small Reward for all his Indefatigable Labouts; nor indeed was he willing to have more. It is reported, That a Gentleman travelling through Geneva, having heard much of Calvin, made him a visit, supposing because of his Great Fame in the World, he should have seen a Man with the Grandieur & Equipage of a Prince: but (says he) When I saw him, Ecce Pannosus Seuex; he saw another Iohn Baptist with a Coat of Camels hair, & a Leathern girdle. When Calvin was told that People believed that he was very Rich, and could not but have great Sums of Money by him, ⟨p. 31⟩he would smile at it, and say, If I cannot convince them of the contrary by my Life, I shall certainly convince them by my Will at my Death. In his Will he gave ten golden Scutes to the School, and as much to Poor Strangers, and the rest to his only Brother; his whole Estate consisting in his Library, and House-hold goods, not mounting to more than three hundred Crowns.