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experience_n of_o that_o to_o which_o notwithstanding_o by_o voluntary_a obedience_n he_o both_o before_o and_o then_o present_a do_v submit_v himself_o say_v nevertheless_o not_o as_o i_o will_v but_o as_o thou_o will_v be_v do_v redemptorem_fw-la do_v caluin_n ibid._n eadem_fw-la vehementia_fw-la praesentem_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la decreti_fw-la memoriam_fw-la illi_fw-la abstulit_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la reputaret_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la momento_n se_fw-la hac_fw-la lege_fw-la missum_fw-la esse_fw-la generis_fw-la humani_fw-la redemptorem_fw-la the_o same_o vehemency_n of_o grief_n say_v caluin_n take_v away_o from_o he_o the_o present_a remembrance_n of_o the_o heavenly_a decree_n so_o that_o in_o the_o very_a moment_n he_o do_v not_o weighwith_o himself_o that_o upon_o this_o condition_n namely_o with_o condition_n of_o drink_v this_o cup_n he_o be_v send_v to_o be_v the_o redeemer_n of_o mankind_n by_o which_o word_n caluin_n do_v not_o import_v that_o christ_n have_v habitual_o forget_v god_n decree_n but_o that_o by_o mean_n of_o the_o excess_n of_o his_o grief_n he_o do_v not_o for_o the_o present_a actual_o fix_v his_o mind_n upon_o it_o omne_fw-la it_o ibid._n sicut_fw-la saepegravis_fw-la anxietas_fw-la caliginem_fw-la oculis_fw-la obducit_fw-la ne_fw-la simul_fw-la in_o mentem_fw-la veniant_fw-la omne_fw-la as_o say_v he_o great_a heaviness_n do_v often_o cast_v a_o mist_n before_o the_o eye_n so_o that_o all_o thing_n come_v not_o to_o mind_v at_o once_o now_o m._n bishop_n report_v these_o word_n as_o if_o caluin_n have_v say_v that_o christ_n absolute_o have_v forget_v the_o decree_n than_o which_o he_o intend_v nothing_o less_o and_o not_o content_v therewith_o he_o add_v another_o falsification_n that_o he_o remember_v not_o for_o the_o time_n that_o he_o be_v send_v to_o be_v the_o redeemer_n of_o mankind_n whereas_o caluin_n add_v with_o this_o condition_n namely_o with_o condition_n of_o undergo_n that_o heavy_a burden_n so_o far_o be_v christ_n 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turpitudinem_fw-la operantes_fw-la etc._n etc._n vide_fw-la eund_n de_fw-fr conuers_n ad_fw-la clericos_fw-la ca._n 29._o be_v give_v over_o to_o a_o reprobate_a sense_n say_v bernard_n they_o do_v the_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o convement_n for_o it_o be_v a_o shame_n say_v he_o to_o name_v the_o thing_n which_o be_v do_v in_o secret_a even_o by_o the_o bishop_n man_n with_o man_n work_v filthiness_n and_o receive_v the_o recompense_n of_o their_o own_o error_n of_o this_o holy_a clergy_n clemangis_n to_o be_v short_a say_v that_o he_o be_v etc._n be_v ibid._n none_a apud_fw-la me_fw-it dubium_fw-la plures_fw-la nunc_fw-la latrones_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la repertum_fw-la iri_fw-la quam_fw-la veros_fw-la pastor_n et_fw-la postea_fw-la sacrorum_fw-la eloquiorum_fw-la studia_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la professoribus_fw-la in_o risum_fw-la atque_fw-la lâ—â—r_fw-la brium_fw-la omnibus_fw-la versa_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o praesertim_fw-la pontificibus_fw-la qui_fw-la svas_fw-la traditiones_fw-la divinis_fw-la longè_fw-la man_n datis_fw-la anteponunt_fw-la jam_fw-la illud_fw-la egregium_fw-la &_o praeclarissimum_fw-la praedicandi_fw-la officium_fw-la solis_fw-la quondam_a pastoribus_fw-la attributum_fw-la eisque_fw-la maximè_fw-la debitum_fw-la ita_fw-la apud_fw-la eos_fw-la viluit_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la magis_fw-la indignâ—â—_n aut_fw-la magis_fw-la suae_fw-la dignitatierubescendum_fw-la existiment_fw-la et_fw-la post_fw-la siquis_fw-la body_n desidiosus_fw-la est_fw-la siquis_fw-la à _fw-la labour_v abhorrens_fw-la siquis_fw-la in_o otio_fw-la luxuriari_fw-la volens_fw-la ad_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la convolat_a etc._n etc._n out_o of_o doubt_n that_o there_o be_v more_o thief_n than_o true_a pastor_n that_o the_o study_n of_o sacred_a scripture_n together_o with_o the_o professor_n thereof_o be_v with_o they_o become_v a_o matter_n of_o laughter_n and_o mockery_n special_o with_o their_o pope_n or_o bishop_n who_o prefer_v their_o own_o tradition_n far_o 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harlot_n company_n to_o the_o altar_n of_o god_n thus_o clemangis_n two_o hundred_o year_n ago_o describe_v the_o state_n of_o the_o popish_a clergy_n and_o it_o be_v infinite_a to_o set_v down_o what_o other_o also_o have_v write_v to_o the_o same_o effect_n and_o may_v we_o not_o just_o return_v m._n bishop_n word_n upon_o himself_o be_v not_o these_o goodly_a lamp_n of_o the_o old_a religion_n as_o they_o call_v it_o and_o likely_a man_n to_o be_v choose_v by_o christ_n to_o give_v light_n to_o other_o as_o for_o devout_a religious_a soul_n we_o need_v not_o doubt_v to_o affirm_v that_o they_o be_v far_o more_o with_o we_o than_o either_o clergy_n or_o cloister_n ever_o breed_v with_o they_o far_o more_o remoove_v from_o the_o world_n not_o by_o place_n but_o by_o affection_n and_o conversation_n wherein_o be_v that_o true_a retire_a life_n which_o christ_n have_v commend_v unto_o us._n and_o for_o their_o monkish_a life_n we_o be_v not_o desirous_a to_o be_v follower_n or_o partaker_n of_o it_o the_o filthiness_n thereof_o be_v such_o as_o that_o it_o may_v well_o be_v say_v of_o their_o religious_a which_o of_o old_a be_v say_v of_o the_o canaanite_n 18.25_o canaanite_n leu._n 18.25_o the_o land_n be_v defile_v by_o they_o therefore_o god_n visit_v their_o wickedness_n upon_o they_o and_o the_o land_n spew_v they_o out_o clemangis_n note_v of_o their_o monk_n that_o disiuncti_fw-la that_o clemang_v ut_fw-la supra_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la inter_fw-la caeteros_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la filios_fw-la ex_fw-la votis_fw-la suae_fw-la religiâ—nis_fw-la perfecti_fw-la esse_fw-la debebant_fw-la etc._n etc._n tantò_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la omnibus_fw-la rebus_fw-la licet_fw-la eos_fw-la videre_fw-la magis_fw-la alienos_fw-la magis_fw-la videlicet_fw-la tenace_n â—agis_fw-la avaros_fw-la magis_fw-la seculari_fw-la rei_fw-la versis_fw-la retrorsum_fw-la animus_fw-la immixtâ—s_fw-la magis_fw-la insuper_fw-la lubricos_fw-la indisciplinatos_fw-la dissolute_n inquieto_n etc._n etc._n nihil_fw-la illis_fw-la aequè_fw-la odiosum_fw-la quà m_fw-la cella_fw-la &_o claustrum_fw-la lectio_fw-la &_o oratio_fw-la regula_fw-la &_o religio_fw-la quocirca_fw-la monachi_fw-la sunt_fw-la exteriori_fw-la habitu_fw-la sed_fw-la vita_fw-la sed_fw-la operibus_fw-la sed_fw-la internae_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la spurcitia_fw-la à _fw-la perfectione_n longissimè_fw-la disiuncti_fw-la whereas_o by_o the_o vow_n of_o their_o religion_n they_o shall_v have_v be_v more_o perfect_a than_o other_o more_o withdraw_v from_o the_o world_n more_o continent_n more_o obedient_a they_o be_v so_o much_o the_o further_o off_o from_o all_o these_o thing_n more_o hold_v more_o covetous_a more_o give_v to_o the_o world_n as_o have_v their_o mind_n turn_v quite_o backward_o more_o wanton_a unmannerly_a dissolute_a unquiet_a nothing_o so_o hateful_a to_o they_o as_o their_o cell_n and_o cloister_n as_o read_v and_o pray_v as_o their_o rule_n and_o religion_n be_v monk_n in_o outward_a habit_n but_o in_o life_n in_o work_n by_o inward_a filthiness_n of_o conscience_n far_o distant_a from_o perfection_n he_o say_v anon_o after_o that_o exponere_fw-la that_o ibid._n de_fw-fr monialibus_fw-la plura_fw-la dicere_fw-la verecundia_fw-la prohibet_fw-la ne_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-fr coetu_fw-la virginum_fw-la deo_fw-la dicatarum_fw-la sed_fw-la magis_fw-la de_fw-la lupanaribus_fw-la de_fw-la dolis_fw-la &_o procacia_fw-la meretricum_fw-la de_fw-la stupris_fw-la &_o incestuosis_n operibus_fw-la prolixè_fw-la sermonem_fw-la trahamus_fw-la nam_fw-la quid_fw-la obsecro_fw-la aliud_fw-la sunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la tempore_fw-la puellarum_fw-la monasteria_fw-la nisi_fw-la quaedam_fw-la non_fw-la dico_fw-la dei_fw-la sanctuaria_fw-la sed_fw-la veneris_fw-la execranda_fw-la prosâ—ibula_fw-la sed_fw-la lâ—scivorum_fw-la &_o impudicorum_fw-la iwenum_fw-la ad_fw-la explendas_fw-la libidines_fw-la receptacula_fw-la ut_fw-la idem_fw-la sit_fw-la hodie_fw-la virginem_fw-la velare_fw-la 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