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Show But here may fome ask,whether the Paltor we re then bound to live upon voluntary contribution, as upon almes, For who (laith S.Paul The [Mini8150 the [choipci lived antbe 1 Cor. 9.7.) goerh to war at hi5 (mm charges? aravho feedeth a flock, Belic- valence of their flocks. I Cor. 9. 13. pm. 3. COMMON-WEALTH. 0412.42. toconfider now, what Office in the Church thofc perfons have who :3ng CiVill Sovereignes, have embraced alfo the Chriflian €114,042. o F A CH RIS TIA N pm 32 in C01carryed cfpecially of Matrons , lived fplendidly , were apparel]. and fare their ches , and were fumptuous in :94 and Math not of the milk: of the flock'.' And again, Doe y: not kmnv that they which mifliffcrahmit holy things, [we ofthe lhihgs if the Temple; rim! they which wait at the Altar,p.1rtdke with the Altar-,thzit is to fay, have part of that which is ofiered at the Altar for their maintenance'.' And then he concludeth, £110: [0 hath theLord appointed, that they which preach. the Gofpel (hould live of the Gof 3/. From which place may be inferred indeed, that the Paftors oft e Church ought to be maintained by their flocks; but not that the Pafiors were to determine, eithcrthc quantity, or the kind of their own allowance, and be (as it were) their own Carvers. Their allowance mui'c needs therefore be determined, either by the granrude, and liberality of every particular man of their flogk , or by the whole Congregation. By the whole Congregation it could not be, becaule their Aétswere then no Laws: Therefore the mainte- nance of Paf'torstbefore Emperours and Civill Sovereigns hadflinide Laws to fettleit, was norhing but Benevolence. Thcythntieived at the Altar lived on what was offered. 50 may the Paflors alto take what is offered them by their flock-7 but not exaét what is not offered. In what Court {hould they fue for it, who had no Tribunallsc' Or if they had Arbitrators amonoft themfelves, who fhould execute theirjud ments, whentheyhad no power to arme their Ohicersc'It remainet 1 therefore, that there could be no certaine maintenance ailigned to any Paftors of the Church, but by the whole Congregation; and then onely, when their Decrees lhould hiu'eth force (not onely of Cimom,but all‘o) of Law; which Laws could not be made, but by Einperours, Kings, or other Civill Sovcraignes. The Right of Tythesin Mofes Law, could not be applyed to the then Miniflers ot‘the Goipell; becaul‘e Moles and the High l'riefls what AndDoc't firflrines we 312:6 g: pemember7 , that the R1‘ ht ‘ ‘Ihat the of Judging _ p or Peace, and tobetaug t the Subjeéts mil Save-Ci= 15 in all Common-wealths infeparably annexed(as hath been already) Tait." heinga prov ed che.1 8.)to the Soveraign Poiver Civill ,whether it be in one (l'rh'lidnlmfb Man, or in one Aifembly of men. Foritis evide nt to the meaneit the High"!capacity, that mens actio ns are derived from the opinions they have Waning of the Good, or Evill , which from thofe aétions redound unto Mk". themlelves ; and conlequently, men that are opinion, that their obedience to the Sover once poffeired of an aign Power will bee more hurtfull to them, than their difobedien ce will difobe the Laws, and thereby overthrow the Common-ivezilth and intrchlduce contufion, and CiVillwar; for the avoid ina wheieof all Civill ((‘Efotil'hernHrnen;1 waslordainedfind therefore in ill Commjon-wealths the ECO/PC]: enimtgieu1:0:iigicgnfvhs;ivc hacSi {he name of Pailsors of m: I Teach the to l ritvi p pC, b i no . unec‘t that could lawr lit by their permiflion and autho~ This Ri ht of th . " from themgbv their ccoriiiiiigii rhliiig' Fhitli noi 2f}: "tflwug'lht "hell ordained, that Kings for belcct'ina in liii iho liblld.) ‘V‘ )0 new? is,_ liibjeCicdV A to :1th, _but hi\ H ‘D , n) IS'0"allL one) hich 6 CPOiC d) ‘thilt be depri ved Sfcflligupouei necgiliry florm cthet, or(w confervation ofPeace ainongfl . )Jecrs , rm for tieir defence 30.. 1'0 ' ' And therefore Chrifiian Kings are {lill :EIC DEUSLZEHI)fgsfgnfé their‘pfcople, tind have power it) ordain what Pniiors they pie-the, :plgfgi the (Jliurch, thutis,to teachthc Peopl e committed to their Again, lctihe right ofchoofing them be (as befiir ethe converiion or hingsflnthc Church, lotto it was inthe time oi‘ the A Mr files thcmlelveSia-S hath been lhewn ulrendy inthis CilitprFl-C‘ t'll i) were the Civill Soveraigns ofthe people under God,whoie hingiioni alto the Right Will be in the Civill Soverainn Chriiliun. 7 [int in amongfi thejewswas prefent, whereas the Kingdome of God by Chrifl is yet to come. Hitherto hath been (liewn what the Pafiors ofthe Church arc; what are the points oftheir Commillion (as that they were to Preach, th.it heis :1 Chrifiizin, he Lillowes the 'Iieaciiiiiirnnd in that he is ‘he §overaig to Teach, to Baptize, to be Preiidents in their {everall Congregiti- ons-,) what is Ecclefiaflicall Cent‘ure,w{s Excommunication, till! is to fay, in thoie places where Chriftanity was forbidden hyfithe CM" Laws 3 a Plltting of theinielvcs out of the company otthc Excommiinicate,and where Chriflianity was by the Civill Law com: ‘ manded,a puttinOthe Excommunicate out of the Congreguthms 0f i . o . . , w .i Chrifhans; whoelected the Pafiors and Minificrs oi the (JIMMY: ( that it was, the Congregation); who confecrated and blcil'cd them; (that it was the Paflor); what was their due revenue , (that It "'55 none but their own poflhflions, and their own labour, and [hi "9' Emmy contributions ofde vout and gratefull Chriliiuns). W5 3'5 to 29; nt which is as much as to thy [ilCDVChlll'L‘ll b Re itclentation,,I the Teachers her, elects, :ii‘e'clecozed by ilie yChu A‘nd when an AlTembly of Chriilians (limit their l'ailo rch r in i (,lii'ifliin L ommonweulth, it is the Soveraion that eleCt erh hini becauie tis done byhis Authority; In the {nine mann er :is wheri ZTO‘W chooie their Mdior, it' is the act of him thai luth the "i ‘ .. . wutlocve r exam- ples may be drawn out of Hiilory, concernin;y the Elec‘t ion of liflor s, by the People; or by tlic Clergy, they are no grow ments aggainfl the Rigl t of any Civill Stir/emiwn becaufethc that elecred them did it by his Authority. 3 ) Y Seeing then in every (.hriflian Common-wealth,th e Civill Soverei gn IS the Supreme Paflor, to whole charge the whole flock of PP 2 lli‘i |