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epist_n ad_fw-la sabinionum_fw-la diaconum_fw-la qui_fw-la virginem_fw-la ad_fw-la stuprum_fw-la sollicitaverat_fw-la oper._n tom._n i._o pag._n 231._o edit_fw-la froben_n and_o it_o be_v not_o inconvenient_a that_o they_o who_o have_v demean_v themselves_o disorderly_a shall_v there_o be_v make_v to_o expiate_v the_o fault_n and_o error_n of_o their_o life_n by_o hard_a and_o severe_a labour_n but_o now_o these_o and_o the_o like_a cenobitical_a constitution_n neither_o do_v nor_o can_v affect_v the_o parochial_a clergy_n live_v in_o the_o great_a and_o open_a commerce_n of_o man_n attend_v on_o the_o public_a ministry_n of_o the_o church_n busy_v in_o pastoral_a care_n oblige_v to_o have_v a_o constant_a eye_n over_o their_o flock_n and_o in_o a_o word_n take_v up_o with_o other_o more_o weighty_a affair_n to_o be_v able_a to_o do_v that_o also_o which_o recluse_n and_o solitary_a man_n may_v have_v leisure_n enough_o to_o do_v and_o so_o st._n augustin_n tell_v the_o monk_n in_o the_o book_n abovemention_v agnoscite_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la quibus_fw-la servimus_fw-la talem_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la ut_fw-la nos_fw-la ad_fw-la illa_fw-la opera_fw-la ad_fw-la quae_fw-la vos_fw-la hortamur_fw-la vacare_fw-la non_fw-la sinant_fw-la twenty-five_o sinant_fw-la de_fw-fr op._n monach_n cap._n twenty-five_o but_o we_o need_v only_o read_v st._n jerom_n epistle_n to_o nepotianus_n and_o to_o rusticus_n to_o know_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o church_n about_o this_o matter_n in_o that_o to_o rusticus_n who_o have_v choose_v the_o monastic_a life_n st._n jerom_n press_v the_o necessity_n of_o fill_v up_o the_o vacancy_n of_o his_o time_n with_o bodily_a labour_n so_o as_o never_o to_o be_v idle_a and_o he_o large_o and_o elegant_o describe_v that_o great_a variety_n of_o work_n of_o all_o kind_n which_o may_v occupy_v a_o man_n shut_v up_o in_o solitude_n 46._o solitude_n facito_fw-la aliquid_fw-la operis_fw-la ut_fw-la te_fw-la semper_fw-la diabolus_fw-la inveniat_fw-la occupatum_fw-la velure_n fiscellam_fw-la texe_n junco_n vel_fw-la canistrum_fw-la lentis_fw-la plexe_n viminibus_fw-la sarriatur_fw-la humus_fw-la areolae_fw-la aequo_fw-la limit_fw-la dividantur_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la câ—m_fw-la olerum_fw-la jacta_fw-la fuerint_fw-la semina_fw-la vel_fw-la plantae_fw-la per_fw-la ordinem_fw-la positae_fw-la aquae_fw-la ducantur_fw-la irriguae_fw-la inserantur_fw-la infructuosae_fw-la arbores_fw-la vel_fw-la gemmu_fw-la vel_fw-la surculis_fw-la ut_fw-la parvo_fw-la post_fw-la tempore_fw-la laboris_fw-la tui_fw-la dulcia_fw-la poma_fw-la decerpa_v apum_fw-la fabricare_fw-la alvearia_fw-la &_o monasteriorum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la ac_fw-la regiam_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la in_fw-la paruis_fw-la disce_fw-la corporibus_fw-la texantur_fw-la &_o lina_fw-la â—â—piendis_fw-la piscibus_fw-la scribantur_fw-la libri_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o manus_fw-la operetur_fw-la cibum_fw-la &_o animus_n lectione_n saturetur_fw-la in_o desideriis_fw-la est_fw-la omnis_fw-la otiosus_fw-la aegyptiorum_n monasteria_fw-la hunc_fw-la morem_fw-la tenent_fw-la ut_fw-la nullum_fw-la absque_fw-la operis_fw-la labour_n suscipiant_fw-la non_fw-la tà m_fw-la propter_fw-la victûs_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la quà m_fw-la propter_fw-la animae_fw-la salutem_fw-la tom._n i._o pag._n 45._o &_o 46._o whereas_o in_o that_o to_o nepotianus_n who_o be_v a_o secular_a presbyter_n and_o have_v a_o public_a charge_n he_o say_v nothing_o concern_v it_o what_o can_v his_o silence_n argue_v but_o a_o concession_n that_o nepotianus_n will_v find_v so_o much_o employment_n in_o go_v about_o to_o acquit_v himself_o honest_o and_o conscientious_o of_o the_o duty_n of_o his_o function_n as_o will_v supersede_n the_o necessity_n of_o join_v manual_a labour_n thereunto_o to_o bring_v this_o point_n to_o a_o conclusion_n the_o very_a heathen_n will_v not_o suffer_v the_o minister_n of_o their_o religion_n to_o do_v any_o servile_a handy_a work_n and_o therefore_o aristotle_n contend_v that_o 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