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A50647
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The merit and honour of the old English clergy asserted by laws and customs patriarchal, mosaical, evangelical, English, ecclesiastick, ethnick, and the demerit of the new clergy discovered / by an author anonymous.
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Author anonymous.
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1662
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Wing M1786; ESTC R35039
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that_o very_a station_n or_o dejection_n rather_o 3._o i_o know_v again_o that_o this_o anonymous_n author_n or_o any_o advocate_n of_o clergie-revenue_n and_o dignity_n will_v be_v impeach_v by_o the_o common_a genius_n of_o this_o age_n as_o guilty_a either_o of_o some_o discontent_n and_o dissatisfaction_n with_o his_o own_o estate_n and_o condition_n or_o else_o of_o the_o idolatry_n of_o mammon_n that_o be_v covetousness_n can_v the_o author_n make_v any_o bar_n against_o that_o common_a plea_n of_o clergyadversary_n in_o the_o aforesaid_a simplicity_n and_o sincerity_n of_o a_o christian_a priest_n he_o can_v and_o will_v say_v if_o his_o own_o heart_n be_v not_o his_o own_o jacob_n that_o be_v his_o own_o supplant_a and_o deceiver_n according_a to_o that_o hebrew_n elegancy_n of_o scripture_n jer._n 17.9_o and_o he_o do_v say_v anton_a w._n c._n bishop_n of_o anton_a in_o the_o word_n of_o a_o late_a godly_a prelate_n who_o lose_v the_o best_a bishopric_n in_o all_o england_n a_o few_o day_n before_o his_o death_n i_o thank_v god_n i_o never_o know_v that_o night_n in_o which_o i_o lose_v one_o quarter_n of_o a_o hour_n rest_n or_o sleep_v for_o all_o my_o own_o personal_a loss_n and_o deprivation_n yea_o the_o author_n be_v so_o far_o from_o all_o paroxysme_n of_o discontent_n in_o either_o state_n that_o he_o have_v imbibe_v this_o principle_n or_o dogma_fw-la with_o the_o very_a milk_n of_o his_o mother_n the_o university_n that_o there_o be_v very_o small_a or_o no_o difference_n except_v the_o extremity_n of_o poverty_n and_o cleanness_n of_o tooth_n betwixt_o high_a or_o low_a estate_n of_o any_o person_n temporal_a or_o ecclesiastic_a his_o ground_n be_v unmoveable_a and_o his_o reason_n invincible_a from_o god_n own_o mouth_n when_o god_n himself_o be_v lord_n almoner_n to_o his_o own_o people_n of_o both_o order_n lay_v and_o clergy_n and_o give_v they_o a_o daily_a allowance_n of_o manna_n from_o his_o own_o immediate_a hand_n it_o be_v express_o 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lack_v you_o any_o thing_n luk._n 22.35_o it_o be_v the_o gallant_a and_o dare_a quaere_fw-la of_o our_o great_a rabbi_n to_o his_o own_o disciple_n though_o then_o the_o anonymous_n author_n may_v probable_o and_o just_o say_v for_o a_o double_a apprenticeship_n of_o year_n 7.131_o epist_n 7.131_o with_o luther_n ego_fw-la pro_fw-la annuo_fw-la stipendio_fw-la tantùm_fw-la novem_fw-la antiquas_fw-la sexagenas_fw-la habeo_fw-la praeter_fw-la have_v nè_fw-la obolus_fw-la quidem_fw-la aut_fw-la mihi_fw-la aut_fw-la fratribus_fw-la è_fw-la civitate_fw-la accedit_fw-la that_o be_v only_o sixty_o pound_n for_o his_o annual_a stipend_n yet_o he_o then_o be_v and_o he_o hope_v ever_o shall_v be_v so_o far_o from_o a_o querulous_a temper_n that_o when_o he_o gather_v much_o he_o have_v nothing_o over_o and_o when_o little_a he_o have_v no_o lack_n of_o sufficient_a contentment_n and_o satisfaction_n i_o will_v now_o hearty_o wish_v and_o pray_v for_o my_o brethren_n that_o there_o be_v no_o 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say_v silver_n and_o gold_n have_v i_o none_o act._n 3.6_o both_o lay_v and_o clergy-order_n may_v and_o must_v know_v that_o it_o be_v with_o the_o revenue_n of_o priest_n as_o with_o the_o phylactery_n of_o the_o pharisee_n god_n himself_o allow_v yea_o enjoin_v exod._n 13.16_o deut._n 6.8_o they_o be_v jure_fw-la divino_fw-la the_o use_n of_o these_o phylactery_n yet_o when_o there_o be_v a_o enlargement_n and_o ampliation_n of_o they_o though_o they_o be_v conservatoria_fw-la pietatis_fw-la as_o their_o name_n import_v it_o be_v condemn_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o soul_n in_o the_o very_a pharisee_n matth._n 23.5_o thus_o even_o just_a 〈◊〉_d with_o church-revenue_n god_n do_v not_o only_o allow_v and_o approve_v but_o also_o enjoin_v a_o large_a and_o liberal_a income_n to_o churchman_n especial_o in_o time_n of_o affluence_n peace_n and_o plenty_n in_o the_o christian_a state_n and_o these_o revenue_n also_o be_v conservatoria_fw-la pietatis_fw-la great_a conservatory_n and_o 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