a Father to thee, and honour μ' Θεόν ημόμυόν σε him. XXXIII. For if the Divine Oracle 22. fays concerning our Parents, Exod. xx. according to the Flesh, Honour thy Father and thy Mother, that it may be well with thee. xxi, 17. And, He that curfeth his Father or his Mother, let him die the Death; how much more {hould the Word exhort you to honour your Spiritual Parents, and to love them as your Benefactors and Ambaffadors with God, who have πατέρα, τ8 τόν I καὶ σέβε с νέων ὑμῖν ὁ λόγΘ που eαινέσα Τμᾷν αὐτὸς, spyLV, wis depritas, ད regenerated you by Water,рEOCOT's Tees 2 μία αίμαίΘ. αξιώσιν. s t uμgs, T'S TW S 4 ὑμᾶς, τές π αμρτιῶν λύσομτος, καὶ fazías y iɛeas dzα αιτίας μετόχες ποιήof Tes, & & &załyλias & Oε ngivwres ← outra negrójes deμéves μas; TÉTES λαβέμλυοι κμᾶτε πμ τοίαις τιμαῖς· ὗτοι γδ wIyi Dew ( was by Da νάτε ἐξυσίου εἰλήφααν ἐν τῷ δικάζειν τὰς inétas, è nata I с admitted you to be Partakers náhev eis Dávarov Tuners from their Sins, and of @ 2 2 XXXIV. Account these worthy to be efteem'd your Rulers and your Kings, and bring them Tribute, as to Kings. For by you they and their Families ought to be maintain'd, as Samuel made Conftitutions for the People concerning a 1 King King, in the First Book of viii. Kings, and Mofes did fo concerning Priefts in Leviticus: So do we also make Conftitutions for you concerning Bilhops. For if there the Multitude difiributed the in Zarawóμea. i ferior Services in Proportion to fo great a King, ought ne ĥl® mλIXÉTÉ πλῆθαι τηλικότε not therefore the Bifhopmuch βασιλέως δια λόγως τὰς **Pag. more now to receive of you κ ̓ ὑπηρεσίας ἐδίδο, πό 245. those things which are deter- o amor y vue min'd by God for the Sufte-ionon * * * · 2 μCαnance of himself, and of the very open a par reft of the Clergy belonging to him: but if we may add fomewhat farther, let the Bi {hop receive more than the other receiv'd of old: For he only managed the Affairs of the Soldiery, being intrufted with War and Peace for the Prefervation of Mens Bo-o dies; but the other is in diame, wodeμgy à etrüfted with the Exercife of plutade de √ μ I с Q the Priestly Office in relation deeft. V. اد ر с ་ " naprous iμwv Tap Ja vs xev v μav eis φλογίθω ὑμῶν προσφέροντες αὐτῷ τὰς ἀπαρχὰς ὑμῶν, C τοὺς δεκάTas iμwv, & à aqaΤας ὑμῶν, καὶ τὰ ἀφαι péμara iμær, È honour him as your Lord, bringing to him your Fruits and the Works of your Hands, for a Bleffing upon you, giving to him your Firft-fruits and your Tythes, and your Oblations, and your Gifts, δώρα ὑμῶν διδόντες as to the Prieft of God; the amal ws iεpe →εu, d- Firft-fruits of your Wheat, xles City, Oive, - and Wine, and Oil, and Auλαίε, οπώρας, ἐρέας", 2 TOUT WV WY wer • Ded's empnya μῖν. καὶ ἔστι ζοι ἡ προσ· goed or denin as do fin Swdías nei T Θεῷ σε, καὶ εὐλογήση ~ 기 2 wei Tai épza tumnal Fruits, and Wool, jαív, 28Tower, weißῥδυτηρίων 8 δήπε και dopo iμsind. εἰσφορῶν πέρασεν, ὧν ὀφείλετε τοῖς ἱεροῦσι, @ τῶν εἰς τις δεσμεύεις ευποιῶν. λέγε ήδ' ὁ κύρι ὑμῖν vryf dalynių 'Ear μή πεισδύσῃ ὑμῶν ἡ ingloouin meor TWO yeaμμariwv & qaei. Gίων, ὦ μὴ εἰσέλθητε es Bannede Twv 2 hot permit you to facrifice μηκέτι ἐάσεις ὑμᾶς θύειν irrational Creatures for Sin- da Çãα Dei àμ3ßOfferings, and Purifications, kr, i ndacious, & and Scape Goats, and continual Washings, and Sprinklings, yet has he no where freed you from thofe Oblations which you owe to the Priefts, nor from doing good to the Poor. For the Lord fays to you in the Golpel, Mat.v.21. Unless your Righteousness a bound more than that of the Scribes and Pharifees, ye shall by no means enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Now herein will your Righteoufnefs exceed theirs, if you take greater Care of the Priests, the Orphans, and the Widows: As it is written, Fal cxi 9. He bath fcattered abroad, he hath given to the Poor, his Righteousness remaineth for eProv. xv. ver. And again, By Acts of Righteoufnefs and Faith Ini. quities are purged. And axi. 25. gain, Every bountiful Soul is bleffed. So therefore fhalt thou do as the Lord has appointed, and fhalt give to 17. Καὶ |