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Monitory letter about the maintenance of an able and faithful ministry directed unto those…

A Monitory LETTER About the MAINTENANCE 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.All the Churches shall be desired to shun Ingratitude unto their Ministers, (a Sin too rife among us) & take special care, that they be more Respected, and their Labours better Rewarded, not to Enrich & Fatten them, but to give them a Becoming & Sufficient maintenance.Duriter profecto et Misere viverent Evangelij Ministri, si ex Libera Populi Contribution ossent Sustentands. Luther.Boston, in N. E. Printed in the Year, 1700.A Monitory LETTER About the MAINTAINANCE 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.All the Churches shall be desired to shun Ingratitude unto their Ministers, (a Sin too rife among us) & take special care, that they be more Respected, and their Labours better Rewarded, not to Enrich & Fatten them, but to give them a Becoming & Sufficient maintainance.Duriter profecto et Misere viverent Evangelij Ministri, si ex Libera Populi Contributione ossent Sustentands. Luther.Boston, in N. E. Printed in the Year, 1700.Title page, as transcribed: A Monitory LETTER About the MAINTENANCE 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. All the Churches shall be desired to shun Ingratitude unto their Ministers, (a Sin too rife among us) & take special care, that they be more Respected, and their Labours better Rewarded, not to Enrich & Fatten them, but to give them a Becoming & Sufficient maintenance. — Duriter profecto et Misere viverent Evangelij Ministri, si ex Libera Populi Contribution ossent Sustentands. Luther. — Boston, in N. E. Printed in the Year, 1700.A Monitory LETTER About the MAINTAINANCE 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. All the Churches shall be desired to shun Ingratitude unto their Ministers, (a Sin too rife among us) & take special care, that they be more Respected, and their Labours better Rewarded, not to Enrich & Fatten them, but to give them a Becoming & Sufficient maintainance. — Duriter profecto et Misere viverent Evangelij Ministri, si ex Libera Populi Contributione ossent Sustentands. Luther. — Boston, in N. E. Printed in the Year, 1700.

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Monitory letter about the maintenance of an able and faithful ministry directed unto those…

Monitory letter about the maintenance 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.

Cotton Mather 1663–1728

Boston in N.E. printed : s.n., 1700

16 p. · 4.3k words · Wing M1130 · ESTC R41045

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Cotton Mather, Monitory letter about the maintenance of an able and faithful ministry directed unto those… (Boston in N.E. printed, 1700). EEBO-TCP A50145.

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Title page5
DedicationTo J. F. Esq.3
A Monitory LETTER, about the Maintenance of an Able and Faithful M…A Monitory LETTER, about the Maintainance of an Able and Faithful M…A Monitory LETTER, about the Maintenance of an Able and Faithful MINISTRY.A Monitory LETTER, about the Maintainance of an Able and Faithful MINISTRY.pp. 3–1620

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Title as printed: Monitory letter about the maintenance 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.
Author: Cotton Mather 1663–1728
Year: 1700
Imprint: Boston in N.E. printed : [s.n.], 1700.
Size: 16 p.
Words: 4,250
Catalogue: Wing M1130 · ESTC R41045
Text: EEBO-TCP A50145
Notes: Attributed to Mather by Wing.
Reproduction of original in the British Library.
Licence: CC0 1.0 (TCP transcription); underlying work in the public domain

Transcription: EEBO-TCP A50145

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