. Lectures to Lords Spiritual : or, An advice to the bishops concerning religious articles, tithes and church power ; with a discourse on ridicule. vine appointments. Inflead of feed-ing the flock with the truths of his ownword, they impofed their vain traditionsupon thofe who were under their jurif-didions, and curfed them, found/y whenthey would not receive them. The ideaof feeding the flock of God fuggefl:s an-other fentiment to your Lordfliips ; andit is that of feeding the hungry, andclothing the naked. Your large bene-fices afford you an opportunity of feed-ing a great number of hungry C
. Lectures to Lords Spiritual : or, An advice to the bishops concerning religious articles, tithes and church power ; with a discourse on ridicule. vine appointments. Inflead of feed-ing the flock with the truths of his ownword, they impofed their vain traditionsupon thofe who were under their jurif-didions, and curfed them, found/y whenthey would not receive them. The ideaof feeding the flock of God fuggefl:s an-other fentiment to your Lordfliips ; andit is that of feeding the hungry, andclothing the naked. Your large bene-fices afford you an opportunity of feed-ing a great number of hungry or fifteen thoufand pounds willgo a great way. By the afljflance ofthe Dea?2s and Prebendaries, your Lord-fhips might afford near 100,000 poundsper annum for the relief of the poor, andyet leave yourfelves fufficient to fupporta Chriflian life. It would have a greateffed upon the poor, and make themreceive your advices with more readi- nefs. SERMON V, ^37 nefs. But to givp your Lordfhips a little reft before we proceed to confi-der the other qualifications of ChriltianBifhops, I fhall conclude this Difcourfe,and fav/ SERMON ( 139 ) SERMON VI. I Timothy, Ch. lii. ver. 2; A Bijhop miift be blamelefs^ given to hofpHality^-^apt to teach ;—mt greedyof filthy lucre ;—not covetoics, HOSPITALITY, my Lords, is aScriptural qualification of a Bi-Ihop; and without being given or in-clined to the practice thereof, no per-fon has a right to that office. ^^>J^ivo;fignifies a lover of ftrangers, orperfons who can be of no advantageby either their interefl or favour to a Billiop. Its primitive fignification was cxprefled I40 S E R M O N VI. exprefled by the pradlice of the firflChriflians, and their Bifliops. Whenftrangers came recommended by otherChriftian Churches to the Elders, andmembers of any diflant Church, theywere received by the Overfeers, andMembers thereof, with as much loveand affedion as if they were refidentersamong them: they were kept free ofail
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