It applies with equal force to the prince as to the pauper. In proportion as we become holy we become partakers of the mind that was in Christ. Consequently a holy person should not buy or rent a seat in a house of worship. To do this would be to give his sanction to a practice which shuts the poor out of the house of God, and which introduces into the Church an aristocracy based on money. This is the standing miracle of the Gospel.
False religions seek their votaries among the rich and powerful.
The Gospel was made for the poor. It is adapted to their capacities and their wants. If the rich receive it they must come down to a level with the poor. In all ages the greatest triumphs of the Gospel have been won among the poor. John Wesley commenced his wonderful career among the poor, and his followers were mainly of this class.