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augustine_n so_o far_o be_v this_o holy_a pastor_n from_o the_o spirit_n of_o constraint_n and_o servitude_n so_o highe_o do_v he_o prize_v voluntary_a sacrifice_n and_o how_o great_a a_o enemy_n be_v he_o unto_o this_o domination_n which_o some_o director_n establish_v over_o soul_n by_o this_o so_o fair_a à _fw-fr way_n in_o appearance_n and_o so_o advantageous_a by_o their_o imperious_a pretence_n this_o be_v not_o in_o the_o least_o sort_n to_o derogate_v from_o the_o prerogative_n of_o holy_a vow_n so_o much_o commend_v in_o holy_a scripture_n and_o by_o all_o antiquity_n no_o true_o and_o who_o can_v do_v it_o without_o sacrilege_n and_o blasphemy_n but_o nevertheless_o a_o man_n may_v say_v thereof_o as_o of_o the_o ark_n which_o be_v so_o holy_a and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o it_o do_v not_o belong_v to_o every_o one_o to_o touch_v or_o look_v into_o it_o the_o example_n of_o the_o bethsamit_n and_o of_o osa_n be_v dreadful_a for_o this_o cause_n and_o the_o censor_n be_v not_o put_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o all_o the_o world_n he_o who_o can_v take_v it_o let_v he_o take_v it_o it_o be_v say_v of_o one_o of_o the_o evangelicall_a counsel_n and_o all_o conceive_v not_o this_o word_n it_o be_v speak_v upon_o the_o same_o subject_n and_o the_o scripture_n itself_o do_v admonish_v we_o not_o to_o vow_v rash_o saye_v that_o it_o be_v much_o better_o not_o to_o vow_v at_o all_o than_o not_o to_o render_v the_o vow_n when_o it_o be_v make_v sure_o the_o director_n true_o disinteressed_n will_v never_o settle_v himself_o in_o the_o confidence_n of_o a_o soul_n by_o such_o à _fw-fr way_n for_o as_o jealousy_n be_v a_o mark_n of_o sick_a love_n and_o accompany_v with_o distrust_n and_o suspicion_n so_o they_o who_o make_v use_v of_o these_o industry_n to_o bind_v soul_n and_o oblige_v they_o to_o their_o person_n or_o to_o their_o church_n and_o community_n witness_v how_o much_o they_o be_v distrustful_a either_o of_o their_o proper_a conduct_n or_o of_o the_o inconstancy_n of_o the_o direct_v soul_n which_o be_v to_o disoblige_v they_o by_o oblige_v they_o as_o the_o jealous_a hate_n in_o love_v for_o as_o much_o as_o their_o love_n have_v all_o the_o effect_n and_o all_o the_o mark_n of_o hatred_n chap._n ix_o the_o band_n of_o dilection_n the_o true_a band_n of_o soul_n in_o the_o sacred_a commerce_n whereof_o i_o speak_v be_v that_o of_o perfection_n and_o that_o of_o perfection_n be_v that_o of_o dilection_n there_o be_v the_o perfume_n draw_v from_o the_o spouse_n perfume_v which_o have_v all_o its_o force_n in_o its_o sweetness_n there_o be_v the_o band_n of_o charity_n that_o band_n of_o humanity_n whereof_o the_o prophett_n speak_v band_n which_o ty_v the_o little_a lamb_n to_o the_o side_n of_o her_o dame_n and_o the_o chicken_n to_o the_o henn_n band_n most_o strong_a though_o very_o gentle_a band_n which_o tie_v the_o apostle_n to_o the_o son_n of_o god_n when_o they_o be_v fast_o join_v to_o the_o word_n of_o his_o mouth_n as_o little_a child_n upon_o the_o bosom_n of_o their_o mother_n lord_n say_v s._n peter_n in_o this_o tender_a sense_n to_o who_o shall_v we_o go_v but_o unto_o thou_o who_o have_v the_o word_n of_o life_n and_o life_n eternal_a the_o soul_n which_o by_o a_o respect_n accompany_v with_o a_o holy_a confidence_n cherish_v its_o director_n with_o a_o gentle_a amity_n but_o strong_a sweet_a sacred_a whole_o spiritual_a be_v much_o more_o powerful_o tie_v and_o submit_v unto_o he_o then_o by_o all_o those_o mean_n which_o the_o desire_n of_o mainteyne_v one_o self_n in_o credence_n and_o authority_n cause_v they_o to_o invent_v who_o desire_n to_o command_v with_o a_o iron_n rod_n and_o not_o with_o that_o of_o aaron_n all_o cover_v with_o flower_n and_o fruit_n even_o so_o then_o as_o they_o who_o sail_n by_o a_o coast_n cover_v with_o shelf_n and_o rock_n gain_v the_o shore_n save_v themselves_o under_o the_o lee_n in_o some_o creek_n when_o they_o perceive_v the_o wind_n to_o rise_v for_o fear_v lest_o the_o tempest_n drive_v they_o against_o the_o rock_n hide_v under_o water_n in_o despite_n of_o all_o their_o industry_n so_o the_o well_o advise_a soul_n which_o seek_v to_o secure_v its_o salvation_n aught_o to_o walk_v prudent_o cautè_fw-la as_o say_v the_o apostle_n and_o to_o join_v by_o so_o just_a à _fw-fr temper_n its_o submission_n unto_o its_o director_n with_o a_o honest_a and_o christian_a liberty_n as_o no_o soon_o shall_v it_o perceive_v the_o wind_n of_o the_o imperious_a interest_n to_o blow_v on_o his_o side_n who_o conduct_n it_o and_o that_o he_o assume_v over_o it_o a_o odious_a or_o unlimited_a domination_n or_o which_o be_v worse_o to_o make_v use_n of_o it_o as_o a_o footstool_n to_o ascend_v to_o honourable_a pretension_n sometime_o intreate_v it_o to_o recommend_v he_o unto_o such_o à _fw-la prince_n or_o lord_n to_o bring_v he_o into_o favour_n and_o credit_n or_o to_o procure_v for_o he_o some_o dignity_n or_o benefice_n and_o to_o render_v he_o the_o office_n of_o bersabee_n towards_o solomon_n who_o demand_v abisaig_n sunamite_n for_o a_o wife_n unto_o adonaias_n whereof_o for_o certain_a reason_n of_o state_n she_o be_v deny_v by_o the_o king_n or_o rather_o that_o wherein_o joseph_n request_v the_o cupp-bearer_n that_o he_o will_v suggest_v unto_o pharaoh_n for_o the_o set_v he_o at_o liberty_n or_o some_o other_o such_o like_a practice_n assoon_o i_o say_v as_o it_o shall_v perceive_v this_o interest_v humour_n let_v it_o fair_o withdraw_v itself_o and_o that_o with_o the_o jest_n noise_n possible_a from_o this_o conduct_n because_o it_o be_v à _fw-fr prophett_n which_o speak_v unto_o the_o wind_n according_a to_o the_o phrase_n of_o jeremie_n and_o who_o sow_n wind_n shall_v reap_v whirlwind_n and_o tempest_n and_o the_o prophett_n which_o be_v full_a of_o wind_n say_v ose_n be_v cause_n of_o
a_o cenobite_n be_v in_o a_o community_n not_o mendicant_a by_o institute_n and_o privilege_n and_o have_v no_o other_o mean_n to_o live_v but_o by_o the_o labour_n of_o his_o hand_n shall_v it_o not_o be_v injustice_n in_o he_o be_v unwilling_a to_o take_v pain_n yet_o to_o make_v complaint_n of_o his_o necessity_n may_v not_o â—_o man_n with_o reason_n ask_v he_o why_o he_o choose_v this_o kind_n of_o life_n if_o unwilling_a to_o practice_v it_o and_o a_o secular_a artisan_n who_o be_v expert_a in_o a_o good_a trade_n and_o will_v suffer_v hunger_n rather_o than_o exercise_v the_o same_o and_o apply_v his_o labour_n thereunto_a shall_v he_o not_o give_v more_o ground_n of_o derision_n than_o pity_n in_o case_n he_o complain_v of_o his_o want_n have_v arm_n health_n and_o strength_n to_o support_v he_o in_o performance_n of_o his_o work_n but_o peradventure_o we_o frame_v these_o reason_n to_o little_a purpose_n since_o this_o manner_n of_o live_v be_v no_o more_o in_o use_n among_o the_o cenobit_n there_o be_v few_o monastery_n except_o those_o of_o the_o mendicant_n which_o have_v not_o their_o live_n settle_v by_o the_o second_o and_o three_o mean_n which_o be_v to_o say_v by_o the_o good_n bring_v in_o or_o gather_v together_o in_o common_a or_o by_o the_o foundation_n of_o pious_a person_n chap._n iii_o of_o found_v cenobite_n and_o whether_o their_o complaint_n be_v just_a if_o then_o a_o director_n cenobite_fw-la biside_n in_o a_o house_n where_o the_o institute_n be_v to_o live_v of_o reveneve_n according_a to_o either_o of_o the_o manner_n what_o cause_n will_v he_o have_v to_o complain_v of_o his_o particular_a poverty_n since_o that_o in_o à _fw-fr conuentual_a family_n well_o govern_v the_o distribution_n of_o the_o common_a good_n be_v make_v into_o particular_n with_o a_o justice_n si_fw-la exact_a as_o every_o one_o have_v what_o be_v needful_a for_o his_o livelihood_n clothing_n and_o all_o other_o commodity_n of_o life_n if_o the_o director_n complain_v of_o his_o community_n and_o of_o his_o superior_n as_o not_o receive_v thing_n just_o necessary_a see_v he_o not_o that_o like_a cham_fw-mi he_o discover_v the_o shame_n of_o his_o father_n and_o of_o his_o house_n and_o that_o this_o complaint_n give_v rather_o occasion_n of_o scandal_n then_o subject_a of_o edification_n and_o to_o believe_v that_o they_o be_v fit_a to_o exasperate_v soul_n then_o to_o reclaim_v and_o to_o take_v they_o of_o rather_o they_o to_o allure_v they_o have_v they_o not_o reason_n to_o say_v within_o themselves_o let_v those_o people_n first_o well_o order_v their_o own_o community_n and_o then_o will_v they_o well_o direct_v other_o he_o who_o say_v the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o a_o pastor_n know_v not_o how_o to_o order_v his_o family_n nor_o rule_v his_o domestics_n how_o will_v he_o be_v able_a to_o govern_v in_o the_o house_n of_o god_n and_o wise_o to_o dispose_v thereof_o and_o what_o kind_n of_o director_n be_v they_o who_o know_v not_o how_o to_o guide_v themselves_o but_o some_o will_v reply_v it_o be_v of_o the_o poverty_n of_o the_o house_n they_o complain_v not_o of_o their_o own_o particular_a o_o wife_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la why_o do_v thou_o disguise_v thyself_o no_o no_o we_o run_v upon_o a_o hot_a send_v we_o understand_v the_o dubling_n we_o know_v how_o to_o keep_v ourselves_o from_o change_n we_o will_v present_o speak_v concern_v the_o specious_a complaint_n which_o the_o pastor_n and_o cenobit_n make_v of_o the_o poverty_n of_o their_o parish_n and_o convent_v litere_fw-la we_o will_v only_o touch_v the_o personal_a which_o have_v so_o much_o the_o more_o ill_a grace_n in_o the_o mouth_n of_o a_o cenobite_n as_o they_o seem_v to_o yield_v unto_o propriety_n a_o vice_n so_o much_o detest_v by_o all_o the_o ascetik_n who_o heretofore_o deny_v christian_a burial_n unto_o such_o as_o at_o their_o death_n be_v find_v to_o be_v taint_v therewith_o give_v they_o the_o sepulture_n of_o ass_n for_o in_o fine_a what_o will_v the_o cenobite_n what_o pretend_v he_o by_o this_o complaint_n but_o to_o be_v ease_v in_o his_o own_o particular_a of_o the_o necessity_n wherewith_o â—e_n say_v he_o be_v press_v under_o colour_n of_o the_o poverty_n of_o the_o house_n where_o he_o live_v and_o may_v not_o one_o ask_v he_o why_o he_o leave_v his_o good_n in_o the_o world_n whereof_o he_o can_v have_v live_v without_o importune_v any_o to_o put_v himself_o into_o à _fw-la disaccomodate_v house_n in_o a_o order_n which_o needs_o foundation_n since_o it_o be_v not_o of_o the_o rank_n of_o mendicant_o and_o found_v according_a to_o the_o two_o kind_n of_o which_o we_o treat_v if_o he_o be_v acquaint_v with_o these_o incommodity_n during_o his_o noviship_n why_o do_v he_o become_v profess_v and_o have_v make_v his_o profession_n why_o do_v he_o give_v testemony_n of_o his_o repentance_n by_o his_o complaint_n if_o the_o press_a necessity_n of_o the_o house_n or_o of_o the_o order_n be_v conceal_v from_o he_o be_v he_o sinceer_o deal_v withal_o be_v it_o after_o a_o manner_n as_o they_o use_v to_o call_v hawk_n to_o the_o fist_n to_o hood_v they_o and_o to_o cause_n fish_n to_o enter_v into_o the_o wicker_n some_o be_v so_o solicitous_a to_o understand_v a_o novice_n to_o sound_v the_o depth_n of_o his_o soul_n and_o the_o whide_v circuit_n of_o his_o interior_a why_o then_o will_v the_o profess_a use_n such_o diligence_n to_o hide_v themselves_o from_o they_o and_o will_v not_o give_v they_o a_o clear_a sight_n of_o all_o the_o particularity_n of_o the_o community_n must_v one_o make_v profession_n to_o learn_v what_o belong_v to_o a_o profess_v again_o from_o the_o receive_n of_o the_o habit_n of_o the_o novice_n unto_o the_o privation_n there_o be_v some_o return_n into_o the_o world_n but_o after_o a_o solemn_a profession_n there_o be_v no_o time_n to_o say_v i_o be_v ignorant_a i_o think_v not_o i_o know_v not_o for_o he_o must_v remain_v in_o this_o sentinel_n not_o to_o remove_v till_o the_o great_a captain_n sound_v the_o retreat_n at_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n whoso_o ever_o descend_v from_o this_o regular_a cross_n whereon_o he_o be_v fasten_v with_o the_o nail_n of_o the_o three_o vow_n can_v be_v a_o child_n of_o god_n there_o must_v hâ—_n die_v to_o live_v for_o ever_o for_o who_o persever_v not_o therein_o till_o the_o end_n not_o find_v salvation_n what_o soever_o complaint_n then_o a_o cenobiticall_a director_n of_o a_o institute_n which_o ought_v to_o live_v of_o foundation_n and_o rend_v may_v frame_v can_v be_v admit_v since_o it_o tax_v the_o community_n of_o injustice_n in_o the_o distribution_n of_o necessary_n when_o it_o tend_v to_o particularity_n or_o propriety_n when_o it_o accuse_v the_o indiscretion_n of_o the_o complainant_n for_o as_o much_o as_o he_o cast_v himself_o into_o the_o labyrinth_n wherein_o he_o find_v himself_o entangle_v chap._n iu._n of_o those_o of_o mendicant_a director_n the_o mendicant_a cenobite_n have_v yet_o 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