. The beauty of magistracy : in an exposition of the 82 Psalm .. . A N APOLOGY FOR THE M IJ N I STRIE Mud tis maintenance] &c\ CHAP. , Te are the (alt of the earth, ^ E that will fpeak more for the commen-dation of any thing) than to fay its good,muft fay its feafonable: For he thatfought out acceptable words, hath asfitly told us, that A word ftlj fpo^en, is1% ke apples of gold in piftures offilver. H eresa golden fentence adornd with a filverfeafon, by fo much the more ufeful), byhow much the more fuitable,having thicaddition to its commodioufnefs, that it may be fo fitly accom
. The beauty of magistracy : in an exposition of the 82 Psalm .. . A N APOLOGY FOR THE M IJ N I STRIE Mud tis maintenance] &c\ CHAP. , Te are the (alt of the earth, ^ E that will fpeak more for the commen-dation of any thing) than to fay its good,muft fay its feafonable: For he thatfought out acceptable words, hath asfitly told us, that A word ftlj fpo^en, is1% ke apples of gold in piftures offilver. H eresa golden fentence adornd with a filverfeafon, by fo much the more ufeful), byhow much the more fuitable,having thicaddition to its commodioufnefs, that it may be fo fitly accom-modated to our prefent times. And if we confider what haftthe furious frenzyes of our age do the contempt,and (if it might be) the very extirpation of our Gofpell-Mini- B ftcrs,. v An Apology for the ^Minifkry Chap. I. fhrs, we may well compare it to the feafonable addreffe of wifeAbigail 10 xeioiuie David. Or it you wiil| let it be called, as be-fore, a golden apple, and (o theres -hopes it may rcura iiod-long hail or thefe cruell AtaUmas, that deiign the ruine ofChr ills Embailadors. What better do the devillsdrudges and emifTaryes now adayes afford the MiuiftersoftheGofpell, zhao, deceivers of the people, Bails priefts the Locuslsofthe bettomlejfe pit, limbs of Anti Chrttt, Thieves, Lyars, Seducers, Gene-ration of vipers, ravenous wolves, whited walls Hirelings, BalyloniibMerchants, Hypocrites) Dumb dogs, Simon Moguls, unclean fpiritstand whatever the malice of heil3 or the madnelTe of men candevife. And what better confutation oiiuchcalumnyer can widelire, than this one ientence of our Saviours, ye *re(nGtthi-Difturbers of Kingdoms, thi Betrayers of Kings, the Burdensof the Earth, the Difeafe of the Land, the Sweepings cftheHoufe, the Scumme
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