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who_o beside_o virtue_n and_o learning_n bring_v into_o the_o clergy_n eminence_n of_o parentage_n yet_o those_o be_v not_o to_o be_v contemn_v who_o come_v without_o it_o there_o be_v enough_o in_o the_o very_a nature_n and_o original_a of_o the_o office_n to_o procure_v they_o respect_n and_o reverence_n who_o bear_v it_o who_o according_a to_o st._n paul_n we_o be_v to_o esteem_v very_o high_o in_o love_n for_o their_o work_n sake_n or_o to_o pay_v they_o all_o possible_a respect_n for_o the_o pain_n that_o they_o take_v among_o we_o 1_o thes_n 5.12_o 13._o but_o if_o to_o what_o have_v be_v already_o speak_v all_o the_o real_a ground_n of_o this_o contempt_n be_v not_o reducible_a then_o what_o be_v want_v may_v be_v too_o just_o resolve_v into_o the_o decay_n of_o reverence_n to_o religion_n and_o obedience_n to_o god_n and_o now_o it_o be_v not_o virtue_n piety_n learning_n industry_n justice_n liberality_n nor_o all_o that_o can_v be_v imagine_v to_o fit_v the_o clergy_n for_o 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