Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
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Bede
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Explaining this by means of a type, the apostle says that “the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel. But I have not used any of these things.” For twelve years, Nehemiah and his brothers so lived under his leadership that they would not eat “the yearly provisions that were due to the governors,” so that by this he might mystically suggest that that work is an apostolic one when someone who has been promoted to be a ruler of God’s people nobly undertakes the work of the ruler by building the church but does not seek a reward for his work by asking for earthly goods from those whom he rules by preaching and living well.
