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the_o people_n to_o live_v well_o and_o christianly_o q._n eliz_n injunct_a 7._o decanus_n &_o residentiarii_fw-la quantum_fw-la maximè_fw-la possint_fw-la dabunt_fw-la operam_fw-la ut_fw-la minores_fw-la canonici_fw-la aut_fw-la vicarii_fw-la &_o ministri_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la ignavi_fw-la &_o inutiles_fw-la vitam_fw-la ducant_fw-la in_o otio_fw-la &_o illicitis_fw-la lusibus_fw-la se_fw-la exerceant_fw-la libre_fw-la quorundam_fw-la canonum_fw-la anno_fw-la 1571._o cap._n 2._o l_o weapon_n interdiximus_fw-la seruis_fw-la dei_fw-la ut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d habitu_fw-la vel_fw-la sago_fw-la vel_fw-la armis_fw-la utantur_fw-la cuthbert_n in_o spelmanni_n council_n pag._n 238._o non_fw-la licet_fw-la clerico_n esse_fw-la mercatorem_fw-la nec_fw-la habere_fw-la praefecturam_fw-la nec_fw-la turpe_fw-la lucrum_fw-la sectari_fw-la nec_fw-la implicare_fw-la se_fw-la negotiis_fw-la secularibus_fw-la nec_fw-la esse_fw-la ebriosum_fw-la nec_fw-la bibere_fw-la in_o tabernis_fw-la sed_fw-la 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tract_n de_fw-fr temperantia_fw-la in_o cibis_fw-la potu_fw-la &_o vestibus_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la where_o he_o prove_v that_o excess_n in_o these_o will_v be_v one_o mean_n to_o ruin_v the_o church_n now_o whether_o to_o go_v in_o coerpo_n with_o a_o band_n hang_v over_o the_o shoulder_n and_o hair_n 〈◊〉_d almost_o to_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o back_n compass_v round_o with_o ribbon_n so_o that_o many_o in_o holy_a order_n look_v rather_o like_o 〈◊〉_d and_o ruffian_n than_o clergyman_n whether_o this_o agree_v with_o old_a canon_n let_v he_o judge_v who_o meet_v there_o oft_o with_o clericus_fw-la comam_fw-la non_fw-la nutriat_fw-la which_o be_v call_v by_o epiphanius_n a_o apostolical_a constitution_n p._n 1073._o &_o 1074._o edit_n petau._n or_o consult_v spelmanni_n concilia_fw-la p._n 52.6_o &_o p._n 453._o §_o 47._o council_n carthag_n iv_o can_v 44._o aniceti_n epist_n decret_a dionys._n de_fw-fr eccle_n hierar_fw-it par_fw-fr 2._o c._n 3._o or_o the_o late_a canon_n de_fw-fr vestitu_fw-la clericorum_fw-la anno_fw-la 1564._o or_o regard_v the_o custom_n of_o any_o other_o church_n or_o s._n paul_n plain_a precept_n 1_o cor._n xi_o 14_o 16._o or_o know_v how_o sharp_o epiphanius_n in_o the_o place_n aforecited_a and_o s._n augustin_n lib._n de_n oper_n manich._n cap._n ult_n do_v rebuke_v some_o monk_n for_o go_v in_o long_a hair_n n_z secular_a business_n 〈◊〉_d no_o man_n be_v admit_v a_o deacon_n or_o minister_n shall_v use_v himself_o in_o the_o course_n of_o his_o life_n as_o a_o layman_n upon_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n can._n 75._o anno_fw-la 1603._o presbyteri_fw-la sciant_fw-la se_fw-la necessariò_fw-la pro_fw-la dei_fw-la intuitu_fw-la debere_fw-la à _fw-la secularibus_fw-la negotiis_fw-la causìsque_fw-la in_o quantum_fw-la praevaleant_fw-la vacare_fw-la spelman_n pag._n 247._o 8._o &_o 582._o 34._o o_o residence_n of_o bishop_n vide_fw-la constitutiones_fw-la othoboni_n de_fw-fr residentia_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la p._n 43._o pastor_n bone_fw-la cognoscens_fw-la gregem_fw-la suum_fw-la debet_fw-la ipsum_fw-la &_o corporis_fw-la &_o mentis_fw-la oculis_fw-la jugiter_fw-la intueri_fw-la etc._n etc._n sub_fw-la divini_fw-la attestatione_n judicii_fw-la commonemus_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la commissi_fw-la gregis_fw-la curam_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n spelman_n p._n 238._o statuimus_fw-la ut_fw-la singulis_fw-la annis_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la episcopus_fw-la parochiam_fw-la svam_fw-la solicitè_fw-fr circumeat_fw-la populum_fw-la confirmare_fw-la &_o plebem_fw-la docere_fw-la p_o patrimony_n of_o christ._n the_o good_n of_o the_o church_n be_v call_v the_o good_n of_o the_o poor_a and_o in_o these_o day_n nothing_o be_v less_o see_v than_o the_o poor_a to_o be_v sustain_v with_o the_o same_o so_o say_v the_o 15_o the_o injunct_a of_o edw._n 6._o anno_fw-la 1547._o gratian_n have_v bring_v many_o autority_n to_o this_o purpose_n conclude_v thus_o by_o all_o these_o autority_n it_o be_v clear_a that_o clergyman_n can_v have_v no_o propriety_n if_o they_o have_v they_o be_v no_o clergy_n man_n 12._o q._n 1._o c._n habebat_fw-la almost_o all_o the_o 9_o the_o book_n of_o spalleto_n de_fw-fr eccles._n repub._n be_v spend_v in_o prove_v this_o but_o see_v chief_o c._n 7._o §_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 11_o 12_o 13._o etc._n etc._n 1._o §_o 18._o ad_fw-la finem_fw-la the_o same_o spalleto_n have_v more_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n in_o his_o large_a reply_n which_o be_v extant_a in_o cajus_n college_n library_n to_o that_o letter_n of_o bishop_n hall_n which_o be_v print_v by_o john_n crook_n 1660._o in_o bishop_n hall_n remain_v p._n 394._o in_o which_o reply_n spalleto_n complain_v that_o his_o writing_n upon_o this_o subject_n be_v the_o only_a reason_n why_o his_o three_o tome_n which_o now_o have_v be_v twice_o print_v in_o germany_n be_v not_o permit_v to_o come_v forth_o in_o england_n in_o the_o year_n 1620._o the_o judgement_n of_o bishop_n goodman_n in_o this_o point_n 〈◊〉_d in_o u_z my_o last_o note_n q_o enrich_v of_o kinsfolk_n this_o follow_v from_o the_o former_a for_o if_o ecclesiastical_a good_n be_v as_o our_o church_n say_v the_o good_n of_o the_o poor_a than_o kinsfolk_n ought_v not_o be_v enrich_v by_o they_o non_fw-fr te_fw-fr numerus_fw-la propinquorum_fw-la avarum_fw-la faciat_fw-la quasi_fw-la illis_fw-la in_o haereditatem_fw-la congregare_fw-la debeas_fw-la nullus_fw-la haeres_fw-la melior_fw-la est_fw-la christo_fw-la nemo_fw-la tui_fw-la thesauri_fw-la fidelior_fw-la custos_fw-la est_fw-la epistola_fw-la alcuini_fw-la ad_fw-la eanbaldum_fw-la archiep._n in_o poenitentiali_n theodori_n archiepiscopi_fw-la cantuariensis_n thus_o the_o 38_o the_o apostolical_a canon_n say_v that_o a_o bishop_n be_v to_o dispense_v the_o good_n of_o the_o church_n as_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n and_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o he_o to_o give_v any_o thing_n even_o to_o his_o own_o parent_n of_o those_o thing_n that_o belong_v to_o god_n only_o if_o they_o be_v poor_a he_o be_v to_o help_v they_o as_o other_o poor_a people_n and_o not_o to_o prey_v upon_o the_o church_n good_n for_o they_o the_o council_n of_o gangra_n which_o be_v present_o after_o the_o first_o nicen_n decree_v can_v 8._o that_o if_o any_o receive_v a_o oblation_n beside_o the_o bishop_n and_o he_o that_o be_v appoint_v by_o the_o bishop_n to_o dispense_v alm_n to_o the_o poor_a both_o he_o that_o give_v and_o he_o that_o receive_v it_o shall_v be_v excommunicate_a see_v more_o canon_n in_o spalleto_n l._n 9_o c._n 4._o §_o 13._o &_o c._n 7._o §_o 10._o i_o conclude_v this_o with_o a_o passage_n of_o s._n augustin_n serm._n 21._o ad_fw-la fratres_fw-la in_o eremo_fw-la tom_n 10._o non_fw-la ergò_fw-la habere_fw-la debemus_fw-la temporalia_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o ought_v not_o therefore_o to_o have_v temporal_a good_n to_o keep_v they_o in_o our_o possession_n nor_o must_v i_o that_o be_o a_o bishop_n have_v they_o but_o only_o to_o dispense_v to_o poor_a people_n because_o the_o good_n of_o the_o church_n be_v the_o good_n of_o the_o poor_a wherefore_o i_o must_v take_v great_a heed_n lest_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o poor_a which_o belong_v to_o the_o church_n of_o hippo_n be_v give_v to_o the_o rich_a in_o which_o matter_n i_o have_v hitherto_o quit_v myself_o well_o for_o i_o have_v kindred_n who_o call_v themselves_o noble_a and_o they_o come_v to_o i_o be_v a_o bishop_n one_o while_o threaten_a another_o while_n flatter_v i_o and_o say_v father_n give_v we_o somewhat_o for_o we_o be_v your_o kin_n and_o yet_o by_o god_n grace_n and_o the_o mediation_n of_o your_o prayer_n i_o do_v not_o remember_v that_o ever_o i_o enrich_v one_o of_o they_o for_o the_o poor_a be_v more_o dear_a to_o i_o then_o the_o rich_a because_o have_v food_n and_o raiment_n we_o shall_v be_v therewith_o content_a see_v more_o of_o this_o and_o all_o the_o former_a particular_n in_o concilio_n aquisgranensi_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la disciplina_fw-la celebrato_fw-la anno_fw-la 836._o in_o binio_n tom_fw-mi 3._o part_n 1._o sect._n poster_n pag._n 313._o etc._n etc._n hieron_n adv_fw-la jovin_n l._n 2._o de_fw-fr consecrat_fw-mi do_v 5._o c._n ne_o tale_n prosperum_fw-la de_fw-la vitá_fw-la contemplatiuâ_fw-la these_o chapter_n of_o the_o negligence_n of_o a_o priest_n who_o act_v contrary_a to_o his_o doctrine_n lib._n 1_o cap._n 15._o what_o danger_n will_v betide_v they_o who_o neglect_v the_o cure_n commit_v to_o their_o charge_n c._n 16._o