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A50647
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The merit and honour of the old English clergy asserted by laws and customs patriarchal, mosaical, evangelical, English, ecclesiastick, ethnick, and the demerit of the new clergy discovered / by an author anonymous.
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Author anonymous.
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1662
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Wing M1786; ESTC R35039
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purity_n in_o himself_o have_v bitter_a disaffection_n and_o disreputation_n of_o his_o parent_n âyprâââi_fw-la âamââus_o ãâã_d vita_fw-la âyprâââi_fw-la spoliati_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la pupilli_fw-la fraudatae_fw-la viduae_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la quoque_fw-la eccl._n denegatae_fw-la pater_fw-la etiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o vico_fw-la fame_n mortuus_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la eo_fw-la nec_fw-la sepultus_fw-la he_o at_o once_o defraud_v and_o oppress_v the_o widow_n plunder_v the_o fatherless_a sacrilegious_o rob_v the_o church_n and_o when_o his_o own_o father_n die_v &_o perish_v with_o famine_n in_o the_o street_n his_o zeal_n can_v not_o afford_v he_o christian_a burial_n a_o barbarism_n condemn_v by_o a_o whole_a council_n of_o heathen_a author_n for_o the_o greek_n call_v funeral_n rite_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d the_o latin_n justa_n and_o he_o that_o omit_v they_o as_o novatus_n do_v be_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d a_o accurse_a devote_a fellow_n or_o anathema_n such_o a_o unnatural_a son_n be_v to_o be_v serve_v with_o a_o writ_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d and_z if_o convict_v he_o be_v excommunicate_v all_o society_n both_o sacred_a and_o civil_a and_o to_o be_v fine_v beside_o yet_o how_o many_o fanatic_n in_o case_n of_o god_n corban_n or_o god_n cause_n have_v with_o pharisee_n renounce_v and_o with_o novatus_n abdicate_v their_o own_o natural_a parent_n of_o their_o country_n and_o family_n also_o and_o almost_o all_o natural_a relation_n and_o some_o fanatic_a zele_n of_o modern_a disciplinarian_o dare_v make_v it_o a_o canon_n and_o constitution_n head_n 1_o book_n of_o discipline_n 9_o head_n that_o if_o the_o parent_n gain_v say_v marriage_n upon_o the_o common_a ground_n of_o want_n of_o gude_n or_o disparity_n of_o birth_n the_o minister_n may_v non_fw-la obstante_fw-la parent_n admit_v to_o marriage_n for_o the_o work_n of_o the_o lord_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v hinder_v by_o the_o corrupt_a affection_n of_o man_n so_o the_o disciplinarian_a doctor_n 6._o those_o that_o thus_o vilify_v the_o natural_a and_o regal_a authority_n &_o unction_n by_o a_o parity_n of_o reason_n and_o religion_n also_o do_v vilify_v or_o nullify_v the_o sacerdotal_a unction_n or_o authority_n these_o delight_n to_o see_v the_o holy_a ark_n place_v upon_o a_o cart_n and_o christ_n upon_o a_o ass_n and_o upon_o a_o colt_n the_o foal_n of_o a_o ass_n and_o jeremy_n the_o high_a prophet_n in_o a_o dungeon_n and_o the_o sacred_a ministry_n upon_o sordid_a lay_v and_o plebeian_n head_n and_o hand_n those_o fanatic_n must_v assume_v old_a ischyras_n the_o grand_a enemy_n of_o the_o holy_a bishop_n athanasius_n as_o the_o protoplast_n of_o this_o error_n and_o fancy_n who_o ignorance_n and_o impudence_n do_v so_o far_o spiritualise_v he_o in_o his_o own_o fancy_n that_o be_v a_o lay-person_n 10._o âorâat_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 10._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d he_o do_v arrogate_v the_o name_n of_o presbyter_n to_o himself_o as_o many_o late_a fanatic_n have_v do_v which_o fancy_n and_o impudence_n the_o grave_a christian_a historian_n call_v express_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d