4+8 o °n "°ur°errs moo hated °rß°4. 'Upon theMondayafter wh rated in the breRof hisPric4s i patience. And albeit reprehending thePharifees, his patiencefound it felfe of- fended,that he didnot (ticktotell them to their face,Yoa are ofjourfather theDe- mill:& preaching to the People, the hingesof the doreto his words did creake, and did noyfeforth his diTpleafure,caufing great admiration in the hearers, see that kathears let himheare,&c.yet heneuer took awhip in his hand,as he did ï:uw, to punifh either them or their faults ;which is amanifeft figne and token, that as his diuinefurie did exceed it'sbounds,fadid the occafions by them giuen. Firftofall thenletmcgiueyou to vnderftand, T:;atGodsbreft can by no meanesbrooke theauarice and couetoufneffe ofthe Priefts. Saint Cyril, Saint vekr.r4. Chryfoflome, and Saint Augufline fay , That tholelathes were not onely laid on the flockes ofSheepe, and drouesofOxen , but alto onthe Merchants and Priefts. And Pope Anacletue, and ¡alises the firtt,afñrme, (which is nomore than the Text faith) Eiecit omnes de Temple,Hedram them allout of the Temple, as many as there bought and Could : where the Priefts ( as it is noted by Betio) referuing tholebeaftsaliue, which wereoffered vp in the Temple,theymade Caleofthem for money ; fomeofwhich beatsdidpaflèfrom onemafter to another fixor feuen times, likeajewell that isbrought intoan Almonedaor publique out-crie, tobe found. InDeutronomie God commanded , Tnat tholethat liued farre off from the Temple,mightmake tale oftheir firftfruits and tenths at home,turning it into moneyand when theyhad fo donc,to takethat monyalang with them, and commingto the Temple,tobeftow thetameeitherin Oxen, or Sheepe, or Wine,or whatfoeuerelfe he had moft mind too : but there Priefts for theirown greater gaine, had their Cattell and their moneys there in a readineffe , for to trucke to their aduantage, and make profit byputting it forth to vfe. Now our Sauior Chrift not permitting theMerchants to makehis Temple ahoule ofcon- tradtation, would much lefTe giue way that the Minifters ofhis houfe fhould be Merchant-men, and fuch as fhould trade and deale in the world. Saint Gregorie'. writing to Npetianw, faith, Clericam negetiatorem, expauperediuitem, tpeflem Age, AClergie man thatfhalldrittea trade in theworld, andbee agreat Negotiant, whereby ofapooreMinifler hebecomesa rich Merchant, fliefremhim as thou woaldeft from theplague. Saint Cryfoflomeis ofopinion, That aMerchant feldome or ne- uer can pleafeGod. And inanother place he fairh,That fewof themare faaed. And Saint LAuguflinerendersthe realonof ir, That out of their greedinefl'e of gaine they hueMan euerlaffing kind of lying, blafphemingat their lotfes, and forfwearing for theirprofit. Andas Ariftetle faith,Thereis nogreat gains with- out great fraud ; i oniamnon cognouí literaturam : WhichSaint Ldugufine ren- ders inanother letter to beNegotiationem tuam,introiboinpotentiasDomini,Becaufe ¡ neuertraded nor contractedinthis dealingandwindingofcommodities tooandfro in the world, ¡hope through Gods merde, tofee my f lfewith him in hisglorie. And ifin aLayman trading and negotiation bee fo dangerous; What dial] it bee in a Clergie man, whome the Cannons ofthe Councell fo grieuoufly cenfure and condemne. The honor of The Priefthood is fo foueraigne and fo diuineacalling, that in it's purenes, Pricfhood. it admits ofnoMedium in it's flidingor flipping, butfats from one exrreame to another. And therefore God walkesalwayes witha wandofiuftice in his hand, tobeateout theduff of their imperfections. This made him fay vnto Mofes, 1 Sanaîifrcabor ab gs, quiappropinquanenn hi. origendifcourfine,That God is a fire Exod.as. 1péaketh in his name, ,9,uiiuxtá me ell, iuxtá ignemeft, He that is hereuntome, is neerevnto thefire. Now then,ifaPrieft being partly apparrelled in linnen, and partlyannoyntedwith oyle,fhall draw neere vnto thisfire, he had needbe very - circum-
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