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A02679	The excommunication published by the L. archbishop of Dublin Thomas Flemming aliàs Barnwell friar of the Order of S. Francis, against the inhabitants of the diocesse of Dublin, for hearing the masses of Peter Caddell D. of Divinity, and Paul Harris priests, is proved not onely injust, but of no validity, and consequently binding to no obedience. In which treatise is also discovered that impious plot and policy of the aforesaid archbishop and his friars in supplanting the pastors and priests of the clergy, thereby to bring all into the hands of the friars, of whose disorders and foule abuses (especially in this kingdome) something is noted. The second edition, enlarged. By me Paul Harris priest.	Harris, Paul, 1573-1635?; Caddell, Peter. aut; Fleming, Thomas, 1593-1666. aut	1633 (1633)	STC 12810; ESTC S116899	71,181	112

Priests have And this shall suffice to have spoken of the Archbishops Censure and the Nullity thereof These Chapters following I ●as wished to adde by such of my friends as are zealous both of the good of the Church and of the Common wealth CAP. I. Of the shamefull Avarice and scandalous Begging of our Fryars Mendicant especially in this Kingdome of IRELAND SVrely if our Archbishop had beene so carefull of the good of his flocke as in his Excommunication is pretended it had beene a very methodicall charitie for him to have begun at home with his owne family of his beloved Friars and ●o have reformed those horrible infamous abuses among them of which not onely this Diocesse but the whole kingdome complaines groaning under the insupportable burden thereof I say it had beene very orderly for the Bishop to have begun his reformation at his owne house knowing what the Apostle saith Si quis autem suae domni praesse nescit quomodo Ecclesiae Dei diligentiam habebit 1. Tim. 3. But hee who knowes not how to governe his owne house how will hee have care of the Church of God For first The rule of S. Francis commaunds that his Fryars should worke labour with their hands such among them as know no trade or occupation should learne the same when they cannot sufficiently maintaine themselves by the labour of their hands then that it should be lawfull for them to begge but how not in Chappels or Oratoryes but ostiatim from doore to doore But to the end that none shall say that I speake this of mine owne head I will set you downe S. Francis his owne words as they iye in his Testament § 5. Et ego manibus meis laborabam volo laborare omnes alij fratres mei firmiter volo quod laborent de laboritio quod pertinet ad bonestatem qui nesciunt addiscant non propter cupiditatem recipiendi pretium laboris sed propter bonum exemplum ad repellandam otiositatem quando non daretur nobis pretium laboris recurramus ad mensam Domini petendo elemosinam ostiatim In English thus And I saith S. Francis laboured with my hands will labour all my other brethren I firmely will that they labour with their hands what pertaines to honesty such as know not let them learne not for desire of receiving a reward of their labours but for good example to avoyde sloath when the price of our worke is not given us let us have recourse unto the Table of our Lord asking almes from doore to doore By which it is manifest that the blessed S. Francis intends not the labour of the minde in studying to become learned but manuall labour bodily worke propounding the same unto them by his own example Et ego manibus me is laborabam I saith he laboured with my hands neither can any say that this is only advised them by way of counsell but rather absolutely commanded for so saith the Saint volo I will that all other my brethren labour de laboritio by which word is ever understood bodily labour Now if the Friars in their own defence say that it may be so expounded as extended unto the labour of the mind as well as of the body Then say I they violat another precept of their rule given them by S. Francis which is that they are to make no glosse commentary or exposition upon his rule but to understand the words plainly as they lye this is commanded them under obedience in the last Paragraph saving one of his Testament in these words Et omnibus fratribus meis Clericis Laicis praecipio firmiter per obedientiam ut non mittant glossas in Regulam nec in istis verbis dicendo Ita volunt intelligi sed sicut Dominus dedit mihi simpliciter purè dic ere scribere Regulam ista verba ita simpliciter purè sine glossa intelligatis cum sancta operatione observetis usque in finem The same in English is thus And I firmely commaund under obedience all my Friars Clergy and Laity that they make no glosses upon the Rule nor in these words saying So they wil be understood but as our Lord gave me simply purely to speak and to write the Rule those words so ought you to understand them without a glosse by holy operation observe them unto the end Now if our Friars tell us That the Testament of S. Francis is diverse from his Rule so not of that authority as to bind them to that obedience and observation as the Rule doth Then say I Let S. Francis answer for himself in his said Testament § 6. in these words Et non dicant fratres Haec est alia Regula quia haec est recordatio admonitio exhortatio meum testamentum quod ego frater Franciscus parvulus vester servus facio vobis fratribus meis benedictis propter hoc ut regulam quam Domino promisimus melius catholicè observemus In English thus And let not the Friars say This is another Rule for that this is a remembrance admonition exhortation my will which I brother Francis a little one your servant doe make to you my blessed brethren to this end that we may better Catholickly observe this Rule which we have promised unto our Lord. Lastly if the Friars say That howsoever it be yet they are dispensed by authority of the See Apostolick from the observance of his Testament consequently from any bodily work or labour other then it please themselves I answer As the Pope cannot dispense with any commannd or Precept of Canonicall Scripture no more can he with the Rule of S. Francis If it be true which S. Francis wrote in his Will and Testament a little before his death And I trust our Friars will hold it a great sin to say S. Francis lyed in these words Dominus dedit mihi simpliciter purè dicere scribere regulam ista verba Our Lord granted unto me simply purely to speak write the Rule these words Testament § 11. By which testimony of S. Francis it appeareth that as well his Testament or Will which he made but two yeares before his death as his Rule before given unto his brethren was indited by the Holy Ghost so by divine authority given unto him Notwithstanding the Friars of his Order doe exempt themselves from his Will Testament the observance thereof consequently from all bodily labour therein cōmanded contrary unto the expresse commaund of the aforesaid Will they take upon them to procure glosses expositions upon the Rule as also dispensations relaxations from the See Apostolick And this by vertue of the Declarations of S. Gregory 9 Nicolaus 3. who as they say have declared that they are not bound to observe or obey that Testament or Will of S.