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clergy_n xxxviii_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o clergy_n one_o may_v easy_o imagine_v how_o eminent_o holy_a the_o life_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o their_o clergy_n be_v yet_o in_o the_o outward_a manner_n of_o their_o live_n the_o liberty_n of_o the_o church_n produce_v etc._n v._o thom._n disc_n p._n two_o l._n i_o c._n 20_o etc._n etc._n some_o change_n which_o may_v deserve_v our_o consideration_n it_o be_v now_o they_o begin_v to_o wear_v some_o exterior_a badge_n of_o their_o profession_n though_o to_o speak_v the_o truth_n the_o difference_n of_o habit_n be_v scarce_o perceivable_a till_o after_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o barbarous_a prince_n under_o who_o the_o clergy_n still_o keep_v to_o the_o habit_n of_o the_o roman_n as_o they_o do_v to_o their_o law_n and_o language_n many_o embrace_v the_o way_n of_o live_v in_o common_a as_o be_v the_o more_o perfect_a life_n and_o take_v from_o the_o first_o church_n of_o jerusalem_n these_o as_o far_o as_o possible_o they_o can_v contrive_v it_o lodge_v all_o in_o the_o same_o house_n and_o eat_v in_o the_o same_o hall_n at_o least_o they_o hold_v nothing_o in_o propriety_n subsist_v only_o on_o what_o the_o church_n supply_v they_o with_o so_o that_o they_o make_v one_o large_a family_n of_o which_o the_o bishop_n be_v the_o father_n such_o be_v the_o clergy_n under_o st._n eusebius_n vercellensis_n under_o st._n martin_n and_o st._n austin_n and_o these_o be_v call_v canonical_a clerk_n or_o canon_n 51._o v._o thom._n disc_n p._n i._n l._n i._o c._n 56._o &_o p._n two_o l._n i_o c._n 46._o &_o p._n iii._o l._n c._n 28._o &_o 51._o by_o way_n of_o distinction_n from_o those_o who_o do_v not_o live_v up_o so_o strict_o to_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o canon_n who_o service_n the_o church_n nevertheless_o accept_v of_o they_o who_o be_v not_o thus_o embody_v live_v at_o least_o two_o or_o three_o of_o they_o together_o the_o priest_n who_o be_v confine_v to_o church_n in_o the_o country_n have_v with_o they_o some_o young_a clerk_n who_o they_o direct_v in_o their_o study_n who_o manner_n they_o form_v and_o who_o they_o keep_v always_o by_o they_o as_o witness_n of_o their_o own_o conversation_n such_o be_v those_o young_a reader_n who_o suffer_v martyrdom_n in_o africa_n by_o the_o iii._o martyrol_n jul._n iii._o vandal_n the_o bishop_n have_v also_o some_o priest_n or_o deacon_n who_o never_o stire_v from_o he_o but_o lay_v always_o in_o the_o same_o chamber_n with_o he_o and_o this_o be_v he_o who_o the_o greek_n call_v the_o syncellus_n which_o afterward_o become_v a_o high_a dignity_n the_o pope_n st._n gregory_n have_v none_o but_o clerk_n or_o monk_n in_o his_o palace_n and_o this_o custom_n be_v still_o observe_v in_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n where_o the_o domestic_a officer_n of_o the_o pope_n be_v all_o in_o holy_a order_n but_o whether_o the_o ecclesiastic_n live_v in_o common_a or_o separate_a they_o be_v not_o allow_v to_o have_v woman_n lodging_n in_o the_o same_o house_n with_o they_o among_o the_o accusation_n against_o paulus_n samosatenus_fw-la this_o be_v 10._o conc._n antioch_n two_o a_o 270._o euseb_n seven_o hist_o c._n 10._o one_o that_o he_o keep_v in_o the_o house_n with_o he_o two_o young_a handsome_a woman_n who_o he_o carry_v about_o with_o he_o where_o ever_o he_o go_v and_o that_o he_o also_o permit_v his_o priest_n and_o deacon_n to_o entertain_v that_o sort_n of_o woman_n who_o they_o call_v subintroductae_fw-la pttae_fw-la subintroductae_fw-la agae_fw-la pttae_fw-la this_o be_v a_o abuse_n grow_v common_a when_o the_o church_n be_v unpersecute_v against_o which_o there_o be_v extant_a many_o treatise_n of_o the_o father_n and_o regulation_n of_o the_o council_n it_o be_v first_o introduce_v upon_o the_o pretence_n of_o charity_n for_o these_o person_n who_o live_v in_o this_o manner_n with_o the_o clerk_n be_v virgin_n consecrate_a to_o god_n or_o such_o other_o that_o make_v a_o particular_a profession_n of_o devotion_n to_o who_o the_o clergy_n pretend_v to_o be_v instead_o of_o father_n or_o brother_n manage_v their_o affair_n and_o do_v for_o they_o those_o service_n which_o they_o can_v not_o decent_o do_v themselves_o especial_o in_o place_n where_o woman_n rare_o appear_v in_o public_a and_o these_o devout_a woman_n on_o their_o side_n perform_v for_o their_o brother_n all_o those_o domestic_a office_n which_o be_v consistent_a with_o the_o honour_n of_o their_o profession_n for_o notwithstanding_o their_o inhabit_v together_o they_o pretend_v nevertheless_o to_o subintr_n in_o eos_fw-la qui_fw-la tenent_fw-la subintr_n keep_v their_o vow_n of_o continence_n and_o st._n chrysostom_n encounter_v this_o abuse_n suppose_v that_o they_o effectual_o do_v so_o he_o accuse_v they_o only_o of_o be_v please_v in_o see_v and_o discourse_v with_o each_o other_o that_o the_o pleasure_n of_o conversation_n be_v more_o affect_v between_o person_n of_o different_a sex_n that_o by_o this_o mean_v they_o be_v carry_v on_o to_o scandal_n and_o indecency_n and_o rash_o expose_v themselves_o to_o the_o danger_n of_o a_o crime_n to_o rectify_v this_o disorder_n the_o unmarried_a nepot_n v._o thom._n p._n i._n l._n i._o c._n 49._o n._n ix_o v._o mend._n in_o conc._n elib_n c._n 27._o conc._n nic._n cap._n iii._o seu._n sulp._n in_o vita_fw-la s._n martin_n hier._n on_o ep_n ad_fw-la nepot_n clerk_n be_v absolute_o forbid_v all_o habitation_n with_o woman_n that_o be_v stranger_n that_o be_v to_o say_v all_o that_o be_v not_o very_o near_o relate_v to_o they_o which_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a restrain_v to_o sister_n mother_n and_o aunt_n and_o beside_o the_o point_n of_o cohabitation_n it_o be_v not_o think_v convenient_a that_o ecclesiastic_n shall_v have_v much_o conversation_n with_o woman_n though_o under_o the_o pretence_n of_o piety_n or_o that_o they_o shall_v receive_v from_o they_o their_o little_a present_n of_o habit_n ornament_n fruit_n or_o other_o such_o like_a refreshment_n serve_v rather_o for_o delight_n than_o use_n which_o have_v any_o appearance_n of_o voluptuousness_n and_o decency_n but_o upon_o the_o main_a the_o sanctity_n of_o the_o ecclesiastic_n be_v as_o yet_o very_o great_a and_o though_o there_o be_v always_o among_o they_o person_n who_o have_v their_o weakness_n and_o their_o passion_n the_o generality_n of_o they_o lead_v live_v extreme_o virtuous_a and_o exemplary_a the_o world_n likewise_o do_v they_o justice_n and_o they_o be_v much_o respect_v though_o the_o bishop_n make_v no_o great_a figure_n in_o the_o world_n as_o to_o temporal_a authority_n and_o though_o they_o live_v in_o a_o plain_a way_n as_o private_a person_n without_o any_o thing_n of_o worldly_a pomp_n or_o outside_n show_v of_o grandeur_n yet_o they_o be_v high_o honour_v not_o only_o by_o the_o people_n but_o also_o by_o the_o magistrate_n and_o even_o by_o the_o prince_n themselves_o i_o have_v before_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o honour_n which_o constantine_n pay_v to_o the_o father_n assemble_v in_o council_n at_o nice_a the_o emperor_n maximus_n make_v st._n martin_n with_o one_o of_o his_o priest_n eat_v at_o the_o same_o table_n with_o he_o and_o the_o empress_n his_o wife_n serve_v they_o with_o her_o own_o hand_n as_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o roman_n than_o be_v to_o give_v to_o all_o person_n in_o place_n different_a title_n as_o of_o eminent_a of_o illustrious_a glorious_a renown_a most_o eminent_a illustris_fw-la gloriosus_n spectabilis_fw-la imp._n v._o panâ—ir_n in_o not._n imp._n clarissimus_fw-la which_o be_v state_v appellation_n according_a to_o the_o rank_n and_o dignity_n of_o the_o person_n to_o who_o they_o be_v apply_v so_o they_o give_v to_o the_o bishop_n that_o of_o holy_a or_o bless_a to_o which_o they_o add_v that_o of_o pious_a religious_a belove_v of_o god_n and_o such_o like_a these_o title_n be_v so_o appropriate_v to_o bishop_n that_o they_o be_v not_o omit_v even_o in_o the_o
vow_n of_o celibacy_n and_o poverty_n have_v be_v inconvenient_a and_o but_o ill_o keep_v this_o may_v have_v be_v prevent_v by_o the_o omission_n of_o of_o they_o for_o as_o this_o author_n observe_v we_o see_v no_o solemn_a vow_n in_o these_o first_o time_n st._n chrysostom_n speak_v of_o a_o monk_n return_v to_o the_o world_n as_o of_o a_o thing_n altogether_o free_a again_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o monk_n in_o imitation_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n spend_v much_o of_o their_o time_n in_o read_v the_o holy_a scripture_n the_o rule_n of_o st._n benedict_n prescribe_v the_o same_o to_o his_o monk_n and_o more_o particular_o that_o all_o the_o time_n of_o lent_n and_o on_o sunday_n they_o shall_v apply_v themselves_o only_o to_o this_o exercise_n he_o judicious_o remark_n how_v forge_v book_n and_o pretend_a miracle_n gain_v credit_n for_o want_v of_o critical_a learning_n and_o the_o knowledge_n of_o antiquity_n they_o be_v ready_a to_o receive_v such_o suppositious_a write_n as_o be_v impose_v upon_o the_o world_n under_o the_o specious_a name_n of_o ecclesiastical_a author_n and_o also_o become_v too_o credulous_a in_o believe_v miracle_n so_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o the_o apostle_n and_o their_o disciple_n have_v wrought_v miracle_n and_o that_o many_o true_a one_o be_v be_v daily_a perform_v at_o the_o tomb_n of_o the_o martyr_n that_o they_o be_v not_o now_o overcurious_a in_o examine_v so_o as_o to_o distinguish_v the_o true_a from_o the_o false_a the_o most_o surprise_a relation_n of_o this_o kind_n in_o history_n be_v the_o best_a receive_v ignorance_n in_o philosophy_n and_o the_o little_a knowledge_n they_o have_v of_o nature_n make_v they_o take_v all_o strange_a appearance_n for_o prodigy_n and_o interpret_v they_o as_o the_o supernatural_a sign_n of_o god_n wrath_n they_o believe_v there_o be_v something_o extraordinary_a in_o astrology_n and_o dread_a eclipse_n and_o comet_n as_o dismal_a presage_n to_o give_v but_o one_o example_n more_o religion_n say_v mr._n fleury_n can_v subsist_v without_o study_n and_o preach_v to_o preserve_v the_o soundness_n of_o its_o doctrine_n and_o the_o purity_n of_o its_o moral_n it_o must_v necessary_o fall_v into_o decay_n unless_o the_o holy_a scripture_n be_v diligent_o read_v teach_v and_o expound_v to_o the_o people_n unless_o the_o apostolical_a tradition_n be_v preserve_v in_o their_o purity_n and_o purge_v from_o time_n to_o time_n of_o those_o spurious_a addition_n which_o the_o invention_n of_o man_n without_o any_o just_a authority_n have_v make_v to_o they_o will_v but_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n take_v away_o these_o and_o all_o other_o addition_n that_o be_v contrary_a to_o and_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o first_o and_o pure_a age_n of_o christianity_n and_o forbid_v all_o disputation_n etc._n etc._n as_o innocent_a xi_o by_o his_o decree_n of_o the_o 19_o of_o feb._n 1678._o entire_o abolish_v the_o office_n of_o the_o immaculate_a conception_n etc._n etc._n approve_a by_o paul_n v._o they_o may_v happy_o put_v a_o end_n to_o the_o great_a division_n that_o have_v so_o long_o make_v the_o enemy_n of_o christianity_n to_o rejoice_v or_o be_v able_a to_o maintain_v the_o charge_n of_o schism_n against_o those_o that_o shall_v then_o refuse_v their_o communion_n what_o passage_n or_o expression_n occur_v in_o this_o treatise_n which_o may_v be_v judge_v contrary_a to_o and_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o doctrine_n worship_n and_o government_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n as_o by_o law_n establish_v the_o author_n and_o editor_n of_o this_o book_n be_v not_o answerable_a for_o nor_o pretend_v to_o justify_v consider_v that_o it_o be_v only_o a_o translation_n of_o a_o historical_a tract_n write_v in_o french_a and_o often_o print_v by_o a_o learned_a author_n of_o the_o roman_a communion_n who_o name_n be_v mention_v in_o the_o title-page_n of_o this_o book_n what_o he_o have_v say_v in_o favour_n of_o several_a of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o reformation_n and_o the_o admirable_a moral_a reflection_n which_o frequent_o occur_v throughout_o his_o history_n and_o especial_o the_o former_a part_n together_o with_o other_o pious_a relation_n of_o it_o be_v enough_o to_o show_v that_o excellent_a use_n may_v be_v make_v of_o this_o treatise_n and_o hence_o to_o justify_v the_o publication_n of_o it_o in_o our_o own_o language_n and_o the_o more_o exceptionable_a passage_n that_o be_v in_o it_o i_o must_v entreat_v the_o reader_n to_o consiâ—â—â—_n 〈◊〉_d the_o mere_a effect_n of_o our_o author_n be_v 〈…〉_o the_o communion_n wherein_o he_o 〈◊〉_d and_o to_o admire_v rather_o that_o he_o 〈◊〉_d say_v so_o much_o on_o our_o side_n than_o that_o 〈◊〉_d have_v say_v no_o more_o errata_fw-la page_n 8._o line_n 16._o read_v to_o establish_v p._n 13._o l._n 13._o r._n in_o mind_n of_o p._n 27._o l._n 22._o deal_n and._n p._n 35._o l._n 22._o r._n orchard_n p._n 37._o ibid._n l._n 22._o r._n disease_n p._n 41._o l._n 11._o r._n furnish_v ibid._n 18._o r._n christian_n p._n 42._o l._n 24._o r._n paedagogus_fw-la p._n 45._o l._n 8._o r._n sanctify_v p._n 47._o l._n 29._o r._n give_v p._n 54._o l._n 32._o r._n itself_o p._n 56._o l._n 27._o r._n use_v p._n 77._o l._n 18._o for_o where_o r._n be_v ibid._n l._n 24._o r._n zealous_a p._n 86._o l._n 26._o r._n occasion_n p._n 87._o l._n 13._o r._n gnostic_n p._n 99_o l._n 15._o r._n tutelar_a p._n 103._o l._n 18._o r._n eqweus_n p._n 104._o l._n 28._o r._n lewd_a way_n p._n 105._o l._n 5._o for_o of_o r._n off_o ibid._n l._n 6._o r._n spit_v it_o p._n 106._o l._n 17._o r._n martyr_n p._n 107._o l._n 23._o deal_n the._n p._n 110._o l._n 25._o r._n reduce_v p._n 119._o l._n 25._o r._n slave_n ibid._n r._n state_n p._n 124._o l._n 22._o r._n such_o case_n p._n 129._o l._n 9_o for_o bell_n r._n bell_n p._n 136._o l._n 7._o for_o thy_o r._n they_o ibid._n r._n deliver_v p._n 148._o l._n 12._o r._n wife_n p._n 149._o l._n 25_o r._n fifty_o p._n 156._o l._n 1._o r._n to_o each_o other_o p._n 157._o l._n 2._o r._n priest_n p._n 158._o l._n 17._o for_o they_o r._n him_z p._n 165._o l._n 20._o for_o this_o r_o his_o p._n 182._o l._n 24._o r._n martyrium_fw-la p._n 204._o l._n 30_o deal_n or_o the_o least_o sign_n p._n 205._o l._n 15._o r._n have_v reteme_v p._n 240_o l._n 22._o r._n sylvester_n p._n 241._o l._n 5._o r._n ornament_v ibid._n l._n 30._o r._n candlestick_n p._n 242._o l._n 15._o deal_n with_o p._n 251._o l._n 8._o r._n pestilence_n p._n 259._o l._n 15_o r._n soever_o p._n 266._o l._n 17._o r._n many_o p._n 272._o l._n 1._o for_o for_o r._n the_o p._n 289._o l._n 24._o r._n thereupon_o p._n 305._o l._n 30._o r._n conversion_n ibid._n l._n 32._o for_o be_v r._n were_z p._n 306._o l._n 1._o r._n religion_n ibid._n l._n 17._o r._n hungarian_n p._n 307._o l._n 13._o r._n can_v p._n 310._o l._n 2._o r._n canon_n ibid._n l._n 31._o r._n how_o miserable_o p._n 313._o l._n 30._o r._n barbarous_a p._n 314._o l._n 2._o r._n do_v that_o ibid._n l._n 6._o r._n modesty_n p._n 318._o l._n 10._o r._n chaplain_n p._n 322._o l._n 6._o r._n our_o way_n of_o live_v p._n 326._o l._n 20._o r._n journey_n ibid._n l._n 26._o r._n travel_n p._n 327._o l._n 32._o r._n upon_o they_o p._n 328._o l._n 15._o r._n bear_v p._n 330._o l._n 28._o r._n assistance_n p._n 332._o l._n 31._o r._n multitude_n the_o behaviour_n and_o manner_n of_o the_o christian_n part_v the_o first_o i_o shall_v divide_v my_o work_n into_o four_o part_n the_o first_o will_v represent_v the_o manner_n i._o i._o of_o the_o christian_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o the_o whole_a the_o division_n of_o the_o whole_a destruction_n of_o that_o city_n under_o vespasian_n this_o first_o state_n of_o christianity_n though_o but_o of_o a_o short_a continuance_n be_v so_o supereminent_a in_o its_o perfection_n that_o it_o will_v deserve_v a_o separate_a consideration_n the_o second_o will_v take_v in_o all_o the_o time_n of_o the_o persecution_n that_o be_v the_o entire_a space_n of_o three_o century_n in_o the_o three_o i_o shall_v describe_v the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n in_o its_o liberty_n which_o commence_v in_o the_o four_o age._n and_o in_o the_o last_o consider_v the_o change_n it_o afterward_o undergo_v and_o endeavour_v to_o discover_v the_o cause_n of_o they_o the_o christian_a religion_n as_o it_o be_v not_o the_o invention_n of_o man_n but_o the_o work_n of_o ii_o ii_o god_n so_o like_o the_o universe_n it_o have_v its_o full_a jerulem_fw-la the_o first_o part_n the_o church_n of_o jerulem_fw-la perfection_n in_o its_o first_o birth_n and_o be_v most_o glorious_a in_o its_o early_a production_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v imagine_v say_v tertullian_n that_o the_o