9:7), “goeth to war at his own charges? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?” And again (verse 13), “Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things, live of the things of the temple; and they which wait at the altar, partake with the altar”; that is to say, have part of that which is offered at the altar for their maintenance? And then he concludeth (verse 14), “Even so hath the Lord appointed, that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.” From which place may be inferred indeed that the pastors of the Church ought to be maintained by their flocks; but not that the pastors were to determine either the quantity or the kind of their own allowance, and be, as it were, their own carvers. Their allowance must needs therefore be determined either by the gratitude and liberality of every particular man of their flock, or by the whole congregation. By the whole congregation it could not be, because their acts were then no laws; therefore the maintenance of pastors before emperors and civil sovereigns had made laws to settle it, was nothing but benevolence. They that served at the altar lived on what was offered. So may the pastors also take what is offered them by their flock; but not exact what is not offered.