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Well, the reverend brother hath not done, but he proceedeth thus: “It was the king of Sodom’s speech to Abraham, ‘Give me the persons, take thou the goods;’ so say I, Give us doctrine, take you the government: as is said, Right Honourable, give me leave to make this request in the behalf of the ministry. Give us two things and we shall do well: 1. Give us learning; and, 2. Give us a competency.”
It was the king of Sodom’s speech to Abraham, ‘Give me the persons; take thou the goods:’ so say I, Give us doctrine; take you the government. As is said, Right Honourable, give me leave to make this request in the behalf of the ministry, Give us two things, and we shall do well—learning and a competency. A Christian magistrate, as a Christian magistrate, is a governor in the church.
I showed, p. 40, his misapplying of the king of Sodom’s speech, but neither in this doth he vindicate himself.
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