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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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their_o function_n but_o for_o profit_n which_o be_v false_a good_a pastor_n have_v no_o such_o base_a tentation_n but_o more_o noble_a thought_n seek_v thing_n above_o and_o not_o those_o of_o the_o earth_n in_o the_o service_n of_o soul_n the_o troop_n of_o relief_n be_v despoil_v of_o all_o interest_n ask_v not_o any_o thing_n render_v all_o their_o service_n for_o nothing_o be_v not_o burdensome_a to_o any_o and_o to_o speak_v with_o the_o scripture_n fight_n at_o their_o own_o cost_n and_o serve_v soul_n at_o their_o own_o charge_n this_o be_v the_o great_a conclusion_n that_o they_o will_v draw_v from_o this_o reproache_v so_o bold_o not_o to_o use_v any_o sharp_a phrase_n advance_v so_o poor_o prove_v so_o rash_o maintain_v so_o odious_o repeat_v and_o so_o easy_a to_o be_v cast_v back_o upon_o the_o face_n of_o its_o author_n chap._n xii_o a_o demonstration_n of_o the_o revenue_n of_o pastor_n and_o cenobite_n but_o not_o to_o give_v cause_n of_o offence_n to_o any_o according_a to_o the_o remonstrance_n of_o the_o apostle_n let_v we_o rest_v satisfy_v in_o represent_v simple_o and_o such_o as_o it_o be_v the_o temporal_a interest_n which_o accrewe_v unto_o pastor_n by_o service_n of_o soul_n and_o that_o which_o the_o cenobite_n gather_v thereby_o as_o well_o found_v as_o mendicant_n and_o by_o this_o demonstration_n which_o i_o will_v make_v no_o less_o evident_a than_o if_o it_o be_v mathematical_a it_o shall_v appear_v who_o be_v the_o most_o interest_v directour_n let_v we_o compare_v the_o revenue_n of_o the_o pastoral_n state_n with_o those_o of_o the_o cenobiticall_a and_o we_o shall_v discover_v who_o they_o be_v that_o suck_v the_o milk_n of_o the_o people_n let_v we_o behold_v first_o the_o fine_a husbandry_n which_o the_o cenobite_n have_v use_v as_o well_o in_o the_o country_n as_o city_n and_o then_o we_o will_v consider_v that_o of_o mendicant_n both_o in_o city_n and_o country_n and_o from_o theme_n we_o shall_v judge_v who_o be_v 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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diocesan_n pastor_n have_v noâ—_n much_o more_o than_o a_o bundred_n crown_v a_o monthe_n for_o his_o entertainment_n behold_v in_o a_o few_o line_n how_o all_o the_o mean_n of_o the_o pastor_n of_o this_o diocese_n wherein_o i_o have_v be_v place_v as_o sentinel_v i_o omit_v to_o say_v that_o there_o be_v more_o than_o five_o and_o twenty_o or_o thirty_o curate_n which_o have_v no_o more_o mean_n have_v double_a charge_n to_o wit_n two_o parochial_a church_n to_o serve_v and_o without_o any_o vicar_n and_o in_o two_o such_o place_n where_o the_o earth_n be_v not_o see_v uncoverd_v with_o snow_n but_o six_o month_n in_o the_o year_n and_o where_o the_o learned_a &_o eloquent_a panigarole_n say_v have_v pass_v the_o alps_n that_o he_o will_v not_o dwell_v there_o so_o much_o as_o in_o picture_n their_o sufferance_n can_v be_v express_v nor_o conceive_v but_o by_o experience_n no_o more_o they_o the_o rigour_n of_o the_o winter_n which_o reign_n there_o almost_o always_o and_o which_o 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clothe_v worse_o feed_v expose_v to_o cold_a to_o heat_n to_o hunger_n to_o labour_v in_o all_o time_n in_o every_o place_n at_o all_o hour_n without_o cease_v always_o bend_v always_o watch_v always_o employ_v ready_a to_o go_v upon_o the_o least_o word_n at_o the_o least_o sound_n of_o the_o bell_n fastened_z subject_a tie_v submit_v to_o every_o creature_n servant_n of_o all_o for_o jesus-christ_n anguish_v miserable_a afflict_a beside_o despise_v and_o as_o it_o be_v trample_v under_o foot_n without_o be_v respect_v of_o any_o but_o contrariwise_o contemn_v disdain_a as_o the_o refuse_n and_o filth_n of_o the_o world_n by_o who_o by_o their_o own_o subject_n by_o those_o unto_o who_o they_o administer_v the_o holy_a thing_n who_o they_o feed_v with_o sound_n doctrine_n and_o good_a example_n by_o who_o by_o those_o who_o owe_v unto_o they_o double_a honour_n and_o of_o who_o they_o may_v say_v i_o have_v nourish_v child_n and_o behold_v they_o have_v despise_v i_o chap._n fourteen_o a_o sigh_n upon_o this_o misery_n o_o poore-pastour_n may_v it_o be_v permit_v to_o sigh_v upon_o your_o misery_n and_o to_o say_v unto_o god_n in_o the_o term_n of_o the_o lamentable_a prophet_n lord_n remember_v what_o be_v happen_v unto_o they_o behold_v and_o consider_v their_o reproach_n their_o heritage_n their_o holy_a tithe_n be_v pass_v away_o to_o stranger_n to_o those_o who_o have_v nether_a care_n nor_o charge_n of_o soul_n their_o house_n their_o honour_n and_o their_o good_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o those_o who_o be_v not_o of_o the_o hierarchy_n they_o be_v make_v like_o orfans_fw-fr without_o father_n and_o their_o church_n the_o mother_n of_o people_n be_v become_v widow_n they_o drink_v their_o proper_a water_n for_o money_n they_o buy_v at_o a_o price_n their_o own_o wood_n they_o be_v press_v oppress_a surcharge_v and_o they_o have_v no_o repose_n nor_o relaxation_n in_o their_o weariness_n yet_o if_o it_o be_v permit_v they_o to_o hold_v out_o their_o 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