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A50760
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A general discourse of simony by Ja. Metford.
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Metford, James.
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1682
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Wing M1938; ESTC R1780
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make_v of_o how_o obdurate_a be_v his_o conscience_n that_o groan_v not_o under_o these_o heavy_a weight_n of_o sin_n venture_v bold_o on_o that_o villainy_n that_o all_o good_a man_n heart_n in_o former_a age_n tremble_v at_o i_o must_v leave_v he_o to_o prepare_v his_o answer_n at_o that_o great_a tribunal_n or_o else_o for_o slight_v this_o timely_a notice_n 2._o let_v we_o consider_v the_o thing_n buy_v and_o sell_v which_o to_o show_v they_o to_o be_v simony_n must_v be_v the_o gift_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n both_o ordinary_a and_o extraordinary_a real_a or_o so_o accept_v whatsoever_o be_v sacrilege_n to_o take_v away_o from_o the_o church_n be_v simony_n to_o buy_v or_o sell_v in_o the_o church_n but_o we_o may_v reduce_v they_o though_o scarce_o numerable_a to_o the_o ensue_a head_n 1._o buy_v and_o sell_v the_o institute_v mean_n by_o which_o the_o holy_a spirit_n be_v attain_v as_o prayer_n who_o evangelical_n worth_n can_v be_v value_v and_o if_o purchase_v be_v worth_a nothing_o it_o be_v the_o worst_a kind_n of_o usury_n to_o take_v ten_o per_fw-la cent._n for_o our_o prayer_n or_o else_o not_o to_o let_v they_o out_o i_o confess_v i_o know_v no_o church_n that_o hire_v out_o prayer_n or_o mass_n at_o 12_o d._n a_o piece_n but_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o excel_v in_o this_o kind_n of_o alchemy_n turn_v all_o material_n into_o gold_n in_o our_o church_n it_o be_v decree_v by_o edmund_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n in_o a_o provincial_a synod_n hold_v about_o the_o year_n 1250_o that_o no_o mass_n be_v sell_v nor_o any_o thing_n give_v or_o take_v for_o annalia_fw-la or_o tricennalia_fw-la missarum_fw-la venal_a prov._n vetu_fw-la sl_z do_fw-mi 2._o cap._n praeterea_fw-la venal_a as_o lindwood_n show_v we_o which_o be_v mass_n for_o a_o year_n or_o 30_o mass_n if_o the_o word_n be_v right_o write_v and_o not_o triennalia_fw-la as_o some_o suspect_n which_o will_v be_v mass_n for_o three_o year_n so_o too_o for_o sacrament_n large_o or_o strict_o take_v since_o they_o be_v the_o golden_a vessel_n in_o which_o grace_n be_v convey_v the_o church_n ever_o hold_v they_o invaluable_a know_v that_o it_o will_v have_v beggar_a all_o the_o angel_n of_o heaven_n full_o to_o compensate_a for_o any_o one_o of_o they_o hence_o stephen_n langton_n in_o the_o first_o council_n of_o oxford_n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 1222_o decree_v inhibemus_fw-la provin_n ib._n cap._n firmiter_fw-la inhibemus_fw-la that_o nothing_o be_v require_v for_o baptism_n chrism_n vel_fw-la aliquod_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la and_o so_o be_v the_o legantine_n constitution_n of_o otho_n a._n d._n 1236._o tit_n 4._o cap._n auditu_fw-la horribili_fw-la etc._n etc._n concern_v confession_n or_o penance_n as_o they_o call_v it_o which_o be_v again_o confirm_v by_o othobon_n another_o legate_n a._n d._n 1268_o with_o strict_a injunction_n as_o appear_v tit_n 2._o cap._n quoniam_fw-la caeca_fw-la potest_fw-la as_o &c_n &c_n where_o he_o speak_v not_o of_o confession_n and_o chrism_n only_o but_o add_v et_fw-la qui_fw-la alia_fw-la quaelibet_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la interventu_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la conferunt_fw-la sitales_fw-la invenerint_fw-la sc_fw-la archidiaconi_fw-fr eos_fw-la tanquam_fw-la simoniaco_n puniant_fw-la 2._o to_o buy_v or_o sell_v the_o office_n of_o the_o church_n institute_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a be_v the_o design_n of_o simon_n magus_n to_o have_v be_v a_o apostle_n or_o at_o least_o a_o bishop_n in_o the_o church_n for_o 1._o by_o apostle_n or_o apostolical_a man_n only_o be_v the_o power_n of_o miracle_n confer_v on_o other_o and_o therefore_o it_o must_v be_v their_o authority_n that_o he_o will_v purchase_v and_o it_o be_v the_o authority_n denominate_v the_o person_n 2._o he_o desire_v to_o do_v it_o by_o lay_v on_o of_o hand_n which_o be_v a_o act_n of_o office_n power_n in_o ordination_n confirmation_n and_o such_o like_a 3._o it_o seem_v by_o st._n peter_n answer_n he_o so_o understand_v he_o for_o he_o say_v thou_o have_v neither_o part_n nor_o lot_n in_o this_o matter_n or_o in_o this_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 8.21_o as_o if_o he_o have_v tell_v he_o thou_o have_v no_o share_n in_o the_o apostleship_n nor_o call_v to_o be_v in_o the_o clergy_n or_o to_o publish_v this_o word_n of_o god_n which_o be_v confirm_v with_o these_o miracle_n 4._o the_o pour_v out_o these_o gift_n upon_o man_n be_v but_o a_o extraordinary_a ordination_n to_o the_o ministry_n which_o appear_v 1._o in_o that_o it_o be_v not_o give_v to_o all_o that_o be_v baptize_v for_o then_o simon_n have_v share_v without_o money_n 2._o nor_o can_v man_n give_v any_o reason_n for_o these_o gift_n of_o tongue_n unless_o they_o be_v to_o be_v use_v in_o the_o ministry_n since_o the_o faith_n may_v be_v confirm_v as_o well_o to_o their_o own_o mind_n internal_o by_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 3._o nor_o be_v these_o gift_n give_v to_o any_o woman_n that_o we_o read_v of_o and_o therefore_o be_v not_o necessary_a to_o confirmation_n of_o the_o faith_n nor_o sanctification_n in_o the_o faith_n internal_o for_o that_o they_o need_v as_o well_o as_o man_n but_o that_o sex_n be_v forbid_v the_o ministry_n nor_o do_v we_o want_v concurrent_a judgement_n in_o this_o point_n both_o ancient_a and_o modern_a but_o that_o be_v beside_o my_o design_n to_o prosecute_v only_o i_o observe_v cornel._n a_o lapide_fw-la so_o very_o particular_a as_o to_o affirm_v that_o he_o desire_v the_o bishopric_n of_o samaria_n 13._o a_o lap._n in_o loc_n l._n 4._o de_fw-la notis_fw-la eccl_n c._n 13._o and_o bellarmine_n be_v very_o certain_a he_o offer_v money_n for_o the_o episcopal_a authority_n constat_fw-la simon_n episcopalem_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la ambivisse_fw-la &_o durâ_fw-la pecuniâ_fw-la emere_fw-la voluisse_fw-la that_o the_o buy_n or_o sell_v any_o office_n institute_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o the_o church_n be_v adjudge_v simony_n appear_v by_o stratford_n who_o decree_v anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1342_o as_o sharrock_n affirm_v out_o of_o a_o mss._n in_o bodley_n library_n nec_fw-la decet_fw-la episcopum_fw-la manus_fw-la impositionem_fw-la vendere_fw-la nec_fw-la ministrum_fw-la calamum_fw-la venundare_fw-la and_o according_o it_o be_v determine_v in_o the_o council_n that_o from_o thenceforward_a the_o whole_a charge_n of_o every_o distinct_a ordination_n and_o letter_n of_o order_n seal_v in_o england_n shall_v cost_v the_o ordain_v but_o 6_o d._n and_o all_o instrument_n for_o settle_v the_o clerk_n in_o his_o benefice_n but_o 12_o d._n vid._n lindwood_n l._n 3._o tit_n 22._o de_fw-la censibus_fw-la cap._n saeva_fw-la &_o miserabilis_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o if_o the_o candidate_n for_o order_n prove_v simoniacal_a ad_fw-la quoscunque_fw-la ordines_fw-la ne_fw-la praesumat_fw-la accedere_fw-la say_v walter_n reynold_n arch._n cant._n in_o the_o second_o council_n at_o oxford_n a._n d._n 1322._o and_o if_o he_o can_v get_v into_o order_n undiscovered_a yet_o be_v he_o declare_v by_o edmund_n arch._n cant._n irregular_a and_o he_o compare_v he_o with_o homicide_n incendiary_n and_o forbid_v to_o dispense_v divine_a mystery_n till_o he_o have_v make_v full_a satisfaction_n to_o the_o church_n ordinandis_fw-la prov._n vet._n l._n 1._o tit_n 4._o de_fw-la ordinandis_fw-la thus_o too_o it_o be_v manage_v under_o pope_n greg._n m._n in_o the_o reign_n of_o mauritius_n who_o follow_v the_o sacred_a rule_n of_o his_o predecessor_n decree_v nihil_fw-la unquam_fw-la de_fw-la ordinationibus_fw-la accipiendum_fw-la no_o nor_o for_o the_o pall_n nor_o any_o paper_n and_o give_v this_o reason_n for_o it_o rom._n greg_n in_o synodo_n rom._n quia_fw-la non_fw-la decet_fw-la aut_fw-la episcopos_fw-la svam_fw-la manum_fw-la aut_fw-la ministros_fw-la vel_fw-la notarios_fw-la svam_fw-la vocem_fw-la vel_fw-la calamum_fw-la vendere_fw-la and_o indeed_o it_o look_v a_o little_a uncouth_a that_o a_o man_n shall_v purchase_v leave_n to_o serve_v god_n and_o hire_v the_o preferment_n of_o be_v christ_n messenger_n and_o that_o the_o ordainer_n shall_v sell_v the_o spirit_n as_o judas_n do_v the_o son_n and_o the_o ordain_v like_o curse_a jew_n shall_v be_v the_o buyer_n midas_n fable_n be_v but_o too_o sinful_o verify_v in_o such_o man_n since_o their_o touch_n turn_v all_o to_o gold_n doubtless_o they_o will_v not_o give_v the_o dropping_n of_o their_o nose_n who_o very_a breath_n cost_v man_n so_o dear_a but_o we_o may_v well_o desist_v this_o crime_n be_v more_o rare_a than_o wolf_n in_o england_n since_o the_o reformation_n and_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o native_a plant_n of_o italy_n flourish_v no_o where_n so_o well_o as_o where_o the_o pope_n have_v set_v his_o foot_n of_o which_o the_o select_a cardinal_n make_v a_o most_o sad_a complaint_n to_o paul_n 3_o d._n say_v they_o discover_v in_o eligentibus_fw-la caecitatem_fw-la in_fw-la electis_fw-la insulsitatem_fw-la in_fw-la utrisque_fw-la simoniacam_n perversitatem_fw-la the_o scrutiny_n at_o rome_n who_o be_v fit_a for_o order_n
be_v make_v in_o the_o pocket_n not_o in_o the_o pate_n nor_o do_v they_o examine_v his_o conversation_n but_o his_o compensation_n it_o be_v no_o matter_n if_o he_o be_v no_o able_a scholar_n so_o he_o be_v a_o able_a man_n nay_o a_o child_n will_v serve_v the_o turn_n for_o the_o best_a bishopric_n in_o france_n if_o he_o send_v a_o golden_a orator_n to_o procure_v it_o the_o pope_n once_o tell_v his_o cardinal_n upon_o prefer_v a_o mean_a man_n if_o the_o king_n of_o england_n have_v desire_v his_o horse_n to_o be_v make_v a_o bishop_n he_o will_v not_o have_v refuse_v he_o for_o the_o king_n have_v commend_v he_o not_o in_o a_o long_a testimonial_a but_o in_o a_o round_a sum_n which_o with_o they_o be_v the_o total_a of_o all_o perfection_n the_o centum_fw-la gravamina_fw-la complain_v indoctis_fw-la agasonibus_fw-la stabulariis_fw-la dantur_fw-la beneficia_fw-la ostler_n and_o groom_n be_v well_o enough_o leter_v if_o well_o enough_o line_v picus_n count_n mirandula_n tell_v pope_n leo_n 10_o to_o his_o face_n and_o his_o council_n in_o lateran_n that_o they_o give_v church_n live_n lenonibus_fw-la &_o catamitis_n to_o pimp_n and_o pander_n ganymedes_n and_o what_o not_o for_o money_n yea_o the_o very_a apostolical_a legate_n as_o they_o fanatical_o cant_v in_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n confess_v man_n be_v ordain_v into_o the_o church_n that_o have_v nothing_o canonical_a but_o their_o cope_n and_o cassock_n what_o nauclerus_fw-la confess_v of_o boniface_n 9th_o time_n curiam_fw-la romanam_fw-la labe_fw-la simoniacâ_fw-la infamem_fw-la esse_fw-la be_v true_a long_o before_o 49._o gen._n 49._o and_o it_o may_v serve_v for_o their_o character_n ever_o since_o let_v the_o engglish_a clergy_n rejoice_v that_o they_o live_v out_o of_o the_o reach_n of_o these_o tarpeian_a harpy_n which_o make_v our_o predecessor_n purse_n tremble_v at_o every_o screich_n of_o the_o impure_a bird._n 3._o and_o to_o buy_v and_o sell_v the_o mansion_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n here_o the_o pastor_n and_o teacher_n be_v set_v over_o the_o church_n by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o church_n be_v the_o temple_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o whole_a matter_n spiritual_a now_o in_o buy_v and_o sell_v these_o god_n people_n be_v buy_v and_o sell_v like_o slave_n in_o this_o profane_a market_n the_o soul_n of_o man_n once_o value_v so_o high_a as_o to_o be_v the_o purchase_n of_o our_o saviour_n precious_a blood_n be_v now_o sell_v for_o a_o sacrilegious_a bribe_n o_o unheard_a of_o impudence_n that_o make_v those_o invaluable_a jewel_n the_o matter_n of_o vain_a man_n traffic_n epiph._n epiph._n this_o be_v so_o hateful_a to_o the_o ancient_a of_o piety_n that_o they_o judge_v the_o very_a opinion_n of_o its_o lawfulness_n a_o haeresy_n passim_fw-la aug._n ad_fw-la quod_fw-la vult_fw-la d._n de_fw-fr haer_fw-mi in_o principio_fw-la greg._n l._n 3._o ep_v 13._o &_o passim_fw-la and_o so_o do_v epiphanius_n st._n augustine_n greg._n mag._n and_o so_o de_fw-fr langius_n and_o schaffnaburgensis_fw-la in_o their_o chronicle_n all_o along_o yea_o so_o hateful_a have_v it_o be_v to_o the_o whole_a christian_a community_n that_o a_o oath_n have_v be_v administer_v against_o it_o for_o many_o age_n and_o for_o england_n in_o particular_a it_o be_v decree_v in_o conc._n primo_fw-la oxon._n under_o the_o say_a archbishop_n stephen_n langton_n that_o all_o bishop_n shall_v impose_v a_o oath_n on_o any_o suspect_a person_n that_o nec_fw-la promiserit_fw-la jureju_fw-la lib._n 2_o tit_n 6._o de_fw-la jureju_fw-la nec_fw-la dederit_fw-la aliquod_fw-la praesentanti_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquam_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la inierit_fw-la pactionem_fw-la i_o confess_v this_o oath_n be_v very_o large_a but_o it_o show_v the_o piety_n of_o those_o time_n will_v not_o endure_v any_o kind_n of_o bargain_n about_o these_o thing_n and_o so_o watchful_a be_v this_o council_n over_o the_o bishop_n that_o they_o decree_v in_o collation_n of_o a_o praebend_n commendum_fw-la or_o the_o like_a the_o bishop_n shall_v receive_v nothing_o for_o institution_n or_o mission_n no_o nor_o vel_fw-la chartâ_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la faciendâ_fw-la nor_o may_v he_o suffer_v his_o official_o or_o archdeacon_n to_o extort_v any_o thing_n because_o say_v the_o gloss_n it_o be_v adjudge_v simony_n so_o to_o do_v juxta_fw-la v._o l._n 3._o tit_n 6._o cap._n quia_fw-la juxta_fw-la st._n edmund_n go_v far_a with_o his_o council_n and_o degree_n nulli_fw-la liceat_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la nomine_fw-la dotalitatis_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquem_fw-la transfer_v vel_fw-la pro_fw-la praesentatione_fw-la alicujus_fw-la personae_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquod_fw-la aliud_fw-la emolumentum_fw-la pacto_fw-la interveniente_fw-la recipere_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o english_a thus_o let_v it_o be_v lawful_a for_o none_o to_o transfer_v a_o church_n to_o any_o man_n in_o the_o name_n of_o a_o dowry_n which_o be_v common_o call_v smock_n simony_n or_o to_o receive_v any_o money_n for_o the_o presentation_n of_o any_o person_n or_o to_o bargain_n for_o any_o other_o profit_n which_o if_o any_o shall_v do_v and_o be_v convict_v in_o law_n or_o shall_v confess_v it_o we_o decree_v he_o as_o well_o by_o royal_a as_o our_o own_o authority_n to_o be_v deprive_v of_o the_o patronage_n of_o that_o church_n for_o ever_o this_o canon_n be_v the_o chief_a against_o simoniacal_a patron_n be_v by_o sharrock_n edition_n of_o the_o provincial_n reckon_v to_o st._n edmund_n but_o that_o be_v a_o mistake_n for_o it_o be_v place_v upon_o richard_n wethershead_n in_o the_o old_a book_n who_o be_v st._n edmund_n predecessor_n and_o so_o it_o be_v in_o the_o syllabus_n of_o this_o election_n and_o so_o it_o be_v reckon_v by_o other_o good_a author_n and_o according_o it_o bear_v date_n a._n d._n 1229_o which_o be_v two_o year_n before_o edmund_n come_v to_o the_o see_v of_o canterbury_n and_o for_o the_o royal_a authority_n mention_v in_o it_o i_o conceive_v it_o depend_v upon_o a_o former_a 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