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and_o who_o will_v say_v that_o à _fw-fr chastity_n vow_v and_o consecrate_v unto_o god_n do_v not_o acquire_v by_o this_o vow_n and_o by_o this_o consecration_n a_o admirable_a advantage_n over_o that_o which_o be_v not_o practise_v but_o for_o a_o time_n and_o which_o in_o expectation_n of_o the_o marriage_n be_v free_a from_o voluptuousness_n but_o not_o from_o the_o will_n of_o lose_v its_o integrity_n in_o a_o lawful_a use_n the_o same_o may_v one_o say_v of_o that_o degree_n of_o charity_n which_o oblige_v pastor_n by_o office_n they_o may_v refuse_v the_o pastoral_n state_n being_n offer_v they_o but_o when_o they_o have_v embrace_v it_o and_o as_o long_o as_o their_o pastoral_a solicitude_n last_v it_o be_v not_o in_o they_o to_o recant_v no_o more_o then_o for_o a_o cenobite_n his_o vow_n and_o if_o the_o practice_n of_o three_o virtue_n of_o their_o own_o nature_n simple_o moral_a which_o make_v the_o three_o essential_a vow_n of_o the_o cenobiticall_a life_n place_n such_o as_o have_v make_v profession_n thereof_o in_o the_o state_n of_o perfection_n not_o those_o which_o practise_v they_o without_o vow_n though_o very_o perfect_o why_o shall_v we_o not_o say_v that_o the_o pastor_n oblige_v by_o state_n and_o by_o duty_n unto_o the_o high_a degree_n of_o charity_n without_o which_o all_o other_o virtue_n be_v nothing_o no_o not_o the_o give_v of_o all_o that_o he_o have_v in_o alm_n nor_o the_o martyrdom_n of_o fire_n say_v the_o apostle_n i_o say_v more_o which_o alone_o without_o the_o rest_n be_v more_o worth_a than_o all_o the_o rest_n together_o without_o it_o although_o i_o know_v that_o with_o it_o all_z the_o other_z enter_z into_o à _fw-fr soul_n when_o this_o virtue_n be_v true_a and_o accompliss_v why_o say_v i_o shall_v not_o we_o aver_v that_o this_o virtue_n exercise_v by_o duty_n and_o obligation_n of_o justice_n be_v more_o excellent_a than_o when_o it_o be_v exercise_v even_o in_o the_o same_o degree_n but_o without_o any_o obligation_n than_o that_o bond_n of_o the_o proper_a will_n which_o may_v without_o sin_n aswell_o withdraw_v itself_o from_o this_o good_a as_o to_o apply_v itself_o thereunto_o and_o let_v no_o man_n allege_v here_o the_o holy_a obedience_n nor_o the_o institute_n for_o as_o nether_a the_o order_n nor_o the_o superior_n of_o any_o cenobiticall_a order_n be_v any_o way_n oblige_v unto_o the_o conduct_n of_o secular_a soul_n nor_o have_v any_o charge_n of_o they_o so_o may_v they_o not_o give_v any_o mission_n or_o obedience_n save_v by_o the_o send_n &_o subordination_n of_o pastor_n who_o be_v principal_o charge_v and_o answerable_a for_o they_o and_o beside_o we_o speak_v here_o of_o the_o state_n &_o of_o the_o order_n either_o hierarchicall_a or_o cenobiticall_a not_o of_o particular_n who_o be_v engage_v in_o the_o one_o or_o in_o the_o other_o condition_n and_o we_o say_v that_o the_o pastoral_n order_n be_v oblige_v by_o state_n so_o the_o high_a degree_n of_o charity_n which_o be_v to_o 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