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the_o bishop_n send_v to_o their_o inferior_a clergy_n who_o be_v force_v to_o do_v the_o same_o to_o the_o poor_a people_n or_o to_o spare_v it_o out_o of_o their_o wife_n and_o child_n mouth_n but_o many_o time_n they_o engage_v for_o more_o than_o they_o can_v perform_v and_o bring_v the_o church_n so_o much_o in_o debt_n to_o the_o turk_n that_o its_o ruin_n be_v daily_o threaten_v thereby_o which_o without_o god_n great_a mercy_n uphold_v it_o can_v long_o subsist_v i_o be_v inform_v that_o patriarch_n parthenius_n be_v then_o owe_v fifty_o purse_n of_o dollar_n each_o purse_n contain_v five_o hundred_o which_o amount_v to_o twenty_o five_o thousand_o make_v in_o english_a money_n about_o six_o thousand_o pound_n which_o to_o raise_v in_o the_o great_a poverty_n that_o church_n be_v in_o will_v be_v a_o great_a difficulty_n to_o he_o than_o it_o be_v to_o be_v make_v patriarch_n we_o have_v but_o a_o short_a conference_n with_o his_o all_o holiness_n which_o be_v the_o title_n they_o give_v he_o in_o discourse_n viz._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o to_o their_o ordinary_a bishop_n they_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d your_o all-priestship_a or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d your_o beatitude_n and_o to_o every_o inferior_a priest_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d your_o holiness_n etc._n etc._n we_o desire_v to_o see_v his_o library_n hope_v to_o find_v many_o good_a manuscript_n in_o it_o but_o he_o inform_v we_o that_o he_o have_v but_o few_o or_o no_o book_n at_o all_o though_o in_o a_o paper-shop_n hard_a by_o his_o door_n we_o buy_v about_o twenty_o or_o thirty_o ancient_a greek_a manuscript_n of_o which_o i_o may_v perhaps_o at_o some_o other_o time_n give_v the_o world_n a_o account_n it_o will_v be_v pertinent_a in_o this_o place_n to_o give_v some_o short_a view_n of_o the_o state_n and_o religion_n of_o this_o church_n but_o that_o subject_a have_v be_v so_o ample_o and_o ingenuous_o handle_v by_o mr._n smith_n and_o mr._n ricaut_n i_o shall_v only_o at_o present_a make_v some_o remark_n on_o their_o opinion_n of_o the_o eucharist_n which_o have_v be_v so_o much_o and_o long_o controvert_v between_o late_a writer_n of_o the_o romish_a and_o protestant_a church_n and_o that_o i_o shall_v do_v with_o the_o same_o sincerity_n and_o frankness_n as_o i_o have_v my_o information_n from_o bishop_n caloyer_n and_o other_o religious_a man_n of_o that_o communion_n with_o who_o i_o converse_v in_o several_a place_n of_o my_o journey_n the_o eucharist_n or_o holy_a communion_n be_v the_o sacrament_n in_o which_o they_o show_v most_o of_o their_o devotion_n it_o be_v the_o chief_a part_n of_o their_o religious_a worship_n wherein_o they_o express_v the_o whole_a mystery_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o the_o death_n passion_n resurrection_n and_o ascension_n of_o jesus_n christ_n into_o heaven_n lib_fw-la ii_o fig_n viii_o