CONTENTS For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoul- For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shout- 1 TIMOTHY, Ch. iii, vér. 2, 3.2 A Bishop must be blameless; given to SER- But the Tythes of the children of Ifrael, which they offer as an heave-offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Le- vites to inherit: therefore I have faid ECCLESIASTES, Ch. xii. ver. 14. For God will bring every work into judge- SER- SER MOON 1 IX.2 ..KINGS, xviii.727.1T 1 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and faid, Cry aloud for be is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure The Vleepeth, and must be awaked. -205 SERMON I MATTHEW, Ch. xxiii. ver. 4. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's fhoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. T O help your Reverences to understand this paffage I muft refer you to Isaiah 10, i-They are unrighteous decrees, made by men in power, to enflave those who are under their Jurifdiction: Of this fort I conceive the prefent Articles of your Church to be. All the Decrees concerning A |