...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...

...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...

...these 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 corn. Doth God take care for oxen? or saith he it altogether for our sakes ? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written ; that...

...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...

...the insolence to eat beef and pndding ! 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...

...Paul's reasoning ; " Doth God care for asses and oxen," how ill they yoke together, " or is it not said altogether for our sakes ? for our sakes no doubt this is written." Yea the apostle himself, in the forecited 2 Cor. vi. 14, alludes from that place of Deut. to forbid...

...then must have been the whole figure. 81. Thrashing with Oxen. The law of Moses saith, " thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn." As our corn is thrashed with a flail, some persons are not aware what this means; but we here see....

...may always have before us the means of improvement* Doth God take care for oxen ? the apostle asks, or saith he it altogether for our sakes ? For our sakes no doubt, this is written : that as it follows in the, te"xt, he that plougheth, should plough in hope: and he that thresheth, should...

...double honour, especially they who labour in word and doctrine. For the Scripture saith, thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn ; and the labourer is worthy of his reward." A niggardly spirit ( towards ministers may be learned...

...the next verse. " Presbyters that rule well, must be honoured," &c. '' For it is written, thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn." But now the patrons of this new devise are not so greedy of their lay-bishops as to be at charges with...