...his ministers ? ' For our sakes, no doubt, this is written : that he that plougheth, should plough in hope ; and that he that thresheth in hope, should be partaker of his hope :'£ * That as he who plougheth and soweth, hopes to reap and enjoy the fruits of his labour, so he...

...Say I these things merely as a man (without divine authority)? doth not the law say also the same? 9. For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treads out the corn for threshing it. Doth God take care for oxen only? 10. Or saith he it...

...saith not the law the same also ? v For, it is written in the law of Moses, thott " to shew, he taketh care for oxen ; or saith he " it altogether, for our...For our sakes, " no doubt, this is written, that, in this spiritual " husbandry, hethatploughs should ploughin hope " of reaping- some advantage by it...

...COR. ix.) to prove that those who labour in the Gospel should live by the Gospel, (verse 14,) says: " Doth God take care for oxen? or saith he it altogether for our sakes?" And adds: " For our sakeg, no doubt it is written." That is, he hath not written it for the sake of...

...flock ?" I might eat and drink at your charge, and require charges of you for me and mine. Again: " It is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle...the mouth of the ox, that treadeth out the corn*" He travaileth for thee, that thou mayest live. Suffer him to lick a little for his pains. We are the...

...Paul is supposed to allude to a written Gospel are the following: 1 Cor. ix. 9 : " It is writtejjjn the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treudeth out the corn." Ver. 14. " Even so hath the Lord ordained, that they who preach the gospel...

...written,' thou sh.,lt not muzzle the mouth of the oxnhat treadeth out the corn : Doth God take cart for oxen ? or saith he it altogether for our sakes ? For our sakes' no doubt this is written." Here you see the apostle establishes Old Testament authority and utility, not only to ua as well as...

...that we had the insolence to eat beef and pudding ! — Has he not read the precept in the good book, Thou shalt not muzzle the, mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn ; or does he think us less worthy of good living than our oxen? O, but the manufacturers ! the manufacturers...

...things as a man ? or saith not the law the same also? For it is written hi the law of Moses, Thou shall not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the...our sakes, no doubt, this is written ; that he that plougheth, should plough in hope ; and that he that thresheth in hope, should be partaker of his hope....

...was trodden by oxen in the earliest ages we see by one of the laws of Moses; where it is written—" Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn/' 3 The same custom is alluded to in the beautiful simile of Homer ; 4 who compares the carnage which...