1+2 ,.r evelation ofthe Apocalypfe. C A P. 3. Luke- Is it any whit a leihe filthy thing, to come to a Rec ory , that is of warm Gods appointment, by favour, then by money ? Ifwe will judge in- vaine differently., it is all one fault to creepe in,whither it be by bribing and glorious Simony, or byfawning and flattery. Laodicea The reff of the rout in the Country are diligent in attending the common fort of Patrons ; whofe threfholds they lye watching at , whofe wives they brave and court as if they were their Miftreifes whofe children they cogge with, whofe fervants they allure with fair words and promifes to be their fpokefinen, and in every place and point they play the parts ofmiferablebeggars. Some there are that beg more craftily, like to thofe that fit in the high wayes, or in pla- ces where two wayes meete, and there they offer pilled rods to paf- fengers,_to get a peece ofmoray therewith,as it were apenniworthe for a penny : So do thefe men make way for their fuits , by large giving ofnmony in hand , or elfe by compaá ing to give fome oftheir yeerlÿ Tithesfor agratification.But force man will fay,all this is not the cor- ruptionof lawes, but the corruptneffeof men. Nay Purely , as long as that manner of conferring Eccleíìaf icall charges taketh place , which bathbeen inufe among us to this day, there can beno remedy applyed,to cure or prevent this beggarlineffe. Do we not fuffici- ently finde it to be true in experience ? In the late Parliaanent,lawes, were enacted feverely againft it ; but what came of that ? Nothing truly, but that it made men deal more clofelyand cunningly to cofen the law. We muff not think todo any goodwith our lawes, where Chrifts lawes are not obferved. But toproceed, whènonce the li- ving is by beggary obtained from theT.qtron,what a deale ofbegging worke is there to come,, for thofe fir johnLack-1atins,that Inflitar- tionmight be had fromtheWhop. Here he mutt fulrplicate,_not only to the Right reverend LordBifhop; but to.Mafier Examiner., to my Lords Groome ofhis Chamber, his R, tier, the reomanofhis Bast- try and Lardor,yea the meaneft that belongeth tohim. Not that want oflatin and learning will keepehim from entrance intohis benefice, but that he that hathneed ofmore favour for difpatch,or fpeech with my Lord, or the like, mutt fee the fervants the better, whofe gain co- meth trowling in this way. There is no caicle. fo defenced, which a latin-leffe Affe,laden withgolden metall,may not fcale and conquer. Neither is there any almoft fo unfit that hath the repulfe , but by what engines he prevaileth,let themloeke to it. The like is the condition ofPrebendaries, Archdeaconsand Deanr; Nay are the Lord Bithops themÇelves deer ofthis befe beggary ? What
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=