...functions are fed from " the temple, and they that serve the altar partake with the altar r" So also hath the Lord ordained, " that they, who preach the " gospel should live of the gospel*." It was a positive ordinance, and of course binds the conscience, and obliges every Christian...

...that wait upon God's services under the Gospel. The charge of the Apostle of the Gentiles, is, Let him, that is taught in the word, communicate to him, that teacheth, in all good things ; Gal. vi. 6 : whereto he adds, 1ie rot deceived, God is not mocked ; v. 7. The charge is serious and...

...this good man intended not absolutely, on this subject, the whole of what he uttered in his warmth. Hath the Lord ordained, that they, who " preach the gospel, should live of the gospel."* And have pastors, after all, no right to be maintained by their people? Doubtless, they have...

...of reason might sufficiently inform us, it will be best to consult the scripture : Gal. vi. 6, "Let him that is taught in the word, communicate to him that teacheth, in all goods things :" that is to say, in all manner of gratitude, to his ability. 1 Cor. ix. 11, " If we...

...them who have the rule over you, and submit yourselves, for they watch for your souls." — r" Let him that is taught in the word, communicate to him that teacheth, in all good things. "T-TT "The Lord hath ordained that they who preach thp gospel, should live of the gospel." — " Brethren,...

...Obey them who have the rule over you, and submit yourselves, for they watch for your souls." — " Let him that is taught in the word, communicate to him that teacheth, in all good things."— r f The Lord hath ordained that they who preach the gospel, should live of the gospel." — '* Brethren,...

...those, to whom he ministers. The priests, who attended at the altar, were partakers with the altar ; and so hath the Lord ordained, that they, who preach the gospel, should live of the gaspel. You must act, my brethren, as one body ; for you are not sufficient for two. If from any unhappy...

...what had been, said as an exhortation to benevolence; but as a call upon them to do justice ; ' for even so hath the Lord ordained, that they who preach the gospel should live of the gospel. '—Suffice it to say, that the subscriptions were increased to upwards of 50 /. more than...

...live upon those holy things ? And they, who wait at the altar, are par14 takers with the altar? So has the Lord ordained, that they, who preach the gospel, should live of the gospel. 1 9 But though, as an apostle, and preacher of the gospel, I have, as you see, a right to maintenance,...

...mankind. Both, reason and Scripture devolve its support on those •who enjoy its advantages : — " Let him that is taught in the word communicate to him that teacheth in all good things." The Apostle Paul, in writing to the Corinthian Church, argues that Christian! are bound in equity,...