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577._o 3._o industrious_a advantage_n of_o cenobite_n their_o union_n 580_o 4._o their_o glitter_a virtue_n 588_o 5._o their_o defect_n be_v judicious_o conceal_v 595_o 7._o that_o the_o contempt_n of_o paslour_n be_v a_o great_a fault_n 603_o 7._o the_o division_n of_o pastor_n and_o of_o cenobite_n 607_o 8._o a_o evident_a demonstration_n 615_o 9_o a_o say_n of_o a_o holy_a personage_n 10._o the_o principal_a design_n of_o this_o treatise_n 621_o 11._o what_o it_o be_v to_o aid_v the_o simple_a in_o the_o choice_n of_o a_o director_n 625_o 12._o that_o this_o choice_n be_v necessary_a 627_o 13._o that_o it_o wound_n not_o confidence_n 611_o 14._o answer_n to_o some_o objection_n 635_o 15._o a_o advice_n touch_v this_o work_n 643_o chap._n 16._o a_o protestation_n and_o conclusion_n 652_o the_o spiritvall_a director_n disinterest_v the_o first_o parte_fw-la chap._n i._n the_o occasion_n of_o this_o treatise_n there_o be_v some_o year_n past_a since_o i_o be_v call_v unto_o one_o of_o 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help_v they_o in_o the_o administration_n of_o their_o charge_n if_o they_o will_v not_o hear_v this_o rude_a but_o just_a dismission_n take_v that_o which_o be_v you_o and_o carry_v it_o away_o why_o grumble_v you_o because_o i_o be_o good_a what_o wrong_n do_v i_o to_o you_o for_o the_o fat_a of_o a_o other_o be_v his_o advauncement_n your_o ruin_n cardinal_n bellaâ—mine_n who_o authority_n in_o all_o thing_n and_o principal_o in_o this_o can_v be_v suspect_v by_o any_o cenobite_n in_o chap._n 42._o lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr monach_n cite_v the_o first_o clementine_n do_fw-mi de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la acknowledge_v the_o power_n of_o demand_v maintenance_n of_o the_o people_n belong_v only_o to_o pastor_n and_o not_o to_o cenobite_n otherwise_o these_o shall_v have_v right_a to_o gather_v the_o tithe_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o clementine_n allege_v which_o do_v not_o attribute_v they_o but_o to_o pastor_n whereupon_o this_o great_a cardinal_n conclude_v that_o the_o cenobite_n 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they_o who_o have_v have_v more_o care_n of_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o earth_n pastor_n or_o cenobite_n and_o because_o it_o will_v be_v a_o endless_a enquiry_n and_o without_o bound_n to_o run_v over_o the_o universal_a church_n and_o the_o particular_a diocese_n i_o will_v contain_v myself_o in_o the_o part_n of_o the_o solicitude_n which_o the_o divine_a providence_n have_v be_v please_v i_o shall_v have_v and_o within_o the_o narowe_n compass_v of_o the_o little_a fold_n which_o be_v commit_v so_o my_o government_n by_o this_o paw_n you_o will_v know_v the_o lion_n by_o this_o scantling_n the_o whole_a piece_n as_o israel_n by_o the_o greatness_n of_o some_o fruit_n judge_v of_o the_o fertility_n of_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n i_o know_v that_o there_o be_v thing_n incomparable_o great_a and_o wherein_o consequent_o the_o inequality_n which_o i_o go_v about_o to_o show_v be_v much_o more_o extreme_a and_o i_o likewise_o know_v that_o the_o recital_n thereof_o will_v breed_v 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they_o may_v be_v hold_v for_o commendataire_n which_o have_v only_o the_o tonsure_v of_o clerk_n which_o be_v not_o a_o order_n but_o only_o a_o disposition_n of_o who_o i_o have_v see_v but_o one_o reside_v in_o his_o benefice_n as_o for_o the_o mendicant_n there_o be_v two_o house_n as_o well_o in_o the_o city_n as_o in_o a_o other_o little_a town_n which_o be_v of_o ancient_a election_n and_o one_o of_o reform_a which_o we_o have_v establish_v in_o the_o cathedral_n city_n but_o not_o to_o extend_v this_o catalogue_n further_o and_o to_o come_v to_o the_o point_n behold_v the_o division_n of_o the_o good_n of_o the_o diocese_n i_o say_v of_o tithe_n and_o of_o all_o else_o there_o be_v thirty_o or_o five_o and_o thirty_o found_v cenobite_n of_o who_o there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o that_o preach_v nor_o administer_v sacrament_n nor_o render_v any_o service_n to_o soul_n unless_o it_o be_v by_o his_o prayer_n which_o enjoy_v 9_o part_n themselves_o without_o care_n without_o charge_n without_o labour_n the_o ten_o whereof_o which_o close_v up_o the_o total_a remainder_n for_o the_o portion_n as_o well_o of_o the_o diocesan_n pastor_n as_o of_o all_o the_o curate_n who_o bear_v all_o the_o burden_n of_o the_o heat_n and_o of_o the_o day_n and_o be_v charge_v with_o soul_n perform_v all_o the_o service_n and_o all_o the_o function_n necessary_a for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o piety_n and_o religion_n in_o the_o people_n behold_v à _fw-fr part_n of_o the_o good_a husbandry_n which_o the_o found_v cenobite_n have_v use_v in_o the_o country_n upon_o the_o good_n of_o the_o church_n be_v even_o become_v master_n of_o cure_n by_o the_o patronage_n and_o presentation_n the_o carat_n of_o who_o they_o be_v patron_n and_o nominatour_n be_v their_o perpetual_a vicar_n and_o call_v themselves_o for_o honour_n sake_n want_v nevertheless_o the_o charge_n of_o soul_n primitive_a curate_n and_o the_o diocesan_n pastor_n collatour_n ordinary_a though_o in_o four_o month_n of_o the_o year_n his_o holiness_n have_v eight_o not_o able_a to_o confer_v with_o full_a right_n which_o be_v so_o say_v so_o denominate_v unto_o fifteen_o cure_n by_o confer_v they_o you_o think_v that_o this_o be_v all_o hear_v other_o news_n three_o or_o sour_a abbays_n of_o the_o neighbour_a diocese_n take_v the_o tithe_n and_o have_v patronage_n in_o many_o cure_n two_o abbess_n the_o one_o within_o the_o diocese_n the_o other_o without_o near_o upon_o two_o day_n iorney_n distant_a have_v â—ight_a to_o take_v tithe_n and_o to_o present_a curate_n to_o many_o cure_n imagine_v how_o they_o can_v judge_v of_o the_o capacity_n of_o the_o present_v and_o it_o be_v never_o in_o my_o power_n what_o diligence_n soever_o i_o use_v to_o discover_v how_o it_o happen_v that_o woman_n who_o profession_n be_v of_o closure_n be_v come_v so_o far_o as_o to_o get_v tithe_n and_o patronage_n in_o a_o diocese_n which_o be_v then_o under_o the_o dominion_n of_o a_o strange_a prince_n of_o france_n there_o be_v no_o simple_a priory_n which_o have_v not_o the_o patronage_n and_o the_o tithe_n of_o five_o or_o six_o cure_n which_o become_v ruyne_v therewith_o brief_o it_o be_v so_o lamentable_a a_o spoil_n as_o there_o be_v scarce_o a_o pastor_n who_o have_v bread_n while_o the_o rest_n that_o do_v nothing_o for_o the_o service_n of_o soul_n and_o will_v to_o god_n that_o many_o do_v nothing_o worse_o be_v in_o abundance_n and_o as_o fat_a kine_n feed_v themselves_o upon_o the_o mountain_n of_o samaria_n be_v this_o all_o not_o the_o half_a for_o think_v you_o that_o the_o mendicant_n live_v of_o nothing_o i_o have_v often_o visit_v such_o a_o parish_n where_o i_o be_v assure_v that_o in_o the_o harvest_n they_o have_v almost_o gather_v as_o much_o by_o holy_a charity_n as_o the_o other_o by_o the_o justice_n of_o tithe_n be_v this_o all_o nothing_o less_o there_o be_v not_o a_o month_n which_o yield_v not_o unto_o those_o who_o trot_v up_o and_o down_o the_o country_n and_o hill_n à _fw-fr special_a contribution_n of_o wool_n of_o butter_n of_o wood_n of_o cheese_n of_o oil_n of_o fruit_n of_o flesh_n of_o wine_n and_o what_o not_o be_v this_o all_o there_o be_v not_o a_o day_n in_o the_o year_n that_o by_o their_o questor_n they_o be_v not_o at_o the_o gate_n of_o house_n in_o town_n and_o by_o the_o visitt_n of_o their_o directour_n in_o the_o hall_n and_o chamber_n as_o well_o to_o see_v the_o sound_n as_o the_o sick_a as_o to_o converse_v with_o soul_n in_o some_o i_o make_v account_n that_o the_o mendican_a arm_n have_v no_o less_o hold_n in_o this_o little_a diocese_n than_o the_o found_v in_o other_o i_o know_v that_o it_o be_v much_o great_a and_o nevertheless_o iâ—_n furnish_v but_o two_o preacher_n and_o four_o confessor_n who_o sufficiency_n god_n know_v yet_o have_v it_o this_o advantage_n over_o the_o other_o which_o have_v not_o one_o only_a laborour_n among_o the_o curate_n i_o will_v speak_v here_o to_o god_n glory_n who_o grace_n have_v make_v they_o such_o i_o have_v not_o meet_v with_o very_o ill_a liver_n none_o rebellious_a disobedient_a or_o unrulie_a all_o catechise_v many_o exhort_v sufficient_o enough_o some_o have_v well_o enough_o study_v in_o divinity_n there_o be_v some_o who_o have_v read_v philosophy_n and_o preach_v many_o whole_a lent_n as_o well_o in_o the_o cathedral_n as_o in_o diverse_a town_n of_o the_o kingdom_n even_o honour_v with_o the_o court_n of_o parliament_n and_o have_v give_v content_a to_o their_o auditor_n and_o after_o all_o this_o without_o presumption_n and_o without_o complaint_n serve_v alone_o two_o parish_n some_o of_o they_o be_v distant_a à _fw-fr great_a league_n the_o one_o from_o the_o other_o in_o such_o savage_a mountain_n as_o they_o cause_v horror_n to_o behold_v they_o and_o content_v themselves_o with_o forty_o crown_n a_o convenient_a portion_n to_o pass_v over_o the_o year_n sweet_o and_o cheerful_o amidst_o all_o these_o toil_n employ_v in_o the_o service_n of_o god_n and_o of_o soul_n without_o complain_v of_o their_o poverty_n without_o think_v of_o the_o state_n of_o perfection_n without_o publish_v their_o pain_n their_o fast_n their_o sufferance_n without_o magnify_v themselves_o or_o without_o cause_v other_o to_o thunder_v out_o their_o good_a work_n to_o conclude_v without_o sound_v the_o trumpet_n and_o without_o use_v so_o many_o gesture_n to_o seem_v great_a saint_n as_o also_o to_o live_v by_o this_o reputation_n chap._n xiii_o the_o deplorable_a condition_n of_o a_o certain_a pastor_n but_o let_v we_o not_o go_v out_o of_o the_o precinct_n of_o our_o little_a city_n there_o be_v both_o of_o the_o chapter_n and_o in_o house_n of_o community_n three_o score_n and_o fifteen_o cenobite_n beside_o the_o house_n of_o nun_n now_o all_o this_o be_v exempt_a by_o privilege_n from_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o diocesan_n pastor_n there_o be_v but_o one_o parish_n depend_v of_o the_o chapter_n which_o have_v but_o one_o perpetual_a vicar_n the_o chapter_n be_v primitive_a curate_n patron_n and_o receiver_n of_o all_o the_o tithe_n this_o vicar_n be_v assist_v only_o by_o one_o priest_n who_o aid_n he_o in_o quality_n of_o a_o subvicar_n they_o have_v in_o charge_n of_o the_o fowl_n of_o the_o whole_a town_n of_o three_o neighbour_a village_n and_o of_o a_o large_a parish_n annex_v to_o that_o of_o the_o town_n which_o be_v distant_a a_o good_a league_n of_o two_o house_n of_o man_n cenobite_n they_o be_v aid_v but_o with_o four_o confessor_n there_o be_v but_o two_o that_o preach_v whereof_o one_o be_v not_o for_o the_o town_n but_o only_o for_o the_o country_n and_o most_o common_o outof_a the_o diocese_n behold_v all_o the_o assistance_n which_o they_o receive_v from_o the_o three_o score_n and_o fifteen_o cenobite_n there_o be_v at_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o city_n two_o found_v house_n of_o cenobite_n the_o one_o of_o man_n the_o other_o of_o woman_n who_o revenue_n join_v to_o that_o of_o the_o chapter_n amounte_v to_o two_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o pound_n sterling_a in_o rent_n i_o reckon_v not_o the_o mendicant_n who_o alone_o know_v what_o they_o draw_v from_o the_o people_n for_o their_o beg_n come_v not_o into_o account_n though_o by_o their_o number_n and_o by_o the_o great_a building_n which_o they_o erect_v every_o one_o do_v &_o which_o the_o the_o found_v dare_v not_o to_o have_v a_o thought_n of_o enterprize_v one_o may_v judge_v that_o they_o do_v not_o live_v nor_o build_v of_o nothing_o much_o less_o of_o the_o labour_n of_o their_o hand_n nether_a do_v i_o speak_v of_o two_o monastery_n of_o woman_n which_o we_o have_v establish_v in_o the_o town_n near_o fifty_o in_o number_n for_o these_o be_v chargeable_a to_o no_o body_n every_o one_o live_v of_o the_o dowry_n which_o she_o bring_v and_o so_o