Magalratsfhouldbe freefrotn the fourthSonday in Lent.Ser. 26. t thole faults they ate topunlib. cuftome ; efpecially thole ofyourgreat andpówèrfüllMidiffers, who committhem without controlement by publike authoritie. God deliuer vs from thofeMinifters who fell that for their private profit ; which they are bound to doegratie ourof their OrTice;andfrom that Plitt} whichmakes fale of theadminiftrationofthe Sacraments;from that Confefforthatwill befoundly payd for hisAbfolution ; From that Iudge that will bebribed before lice will doe iuftice; and from that Secretary that makes futors comeoff roundly for their quicker difpatch: Thefebe things that fendmanyof themquickè to hell.. The Phárifees should, haue kept their Temple clean from all coúetoufneffe, hauebanifhedyour Merchantsbankes, andhaue fauoured andgraced thcife their Sacrifices;in Readwhereof they fold thofebeafts that were tobeoffered,made money ofthem, andput the fame forth to vieand profit, as others did. Sacerdo- teseiw,contempferunt leg?' á f bbatis mein ouertersent oculospas, coinqui- nabar inmedroeorum,7heFrithsofmy+Temple hauebroken myLarr,àndhaste defiledmy holy things ;They hueputnodifferencebetween the holy andprophane, neytherd f cr- ned between the vncleane andthe clean andhauehidtheir eyesfrommySabboths, and I amprophianedamongli them.Where I would haue you by the way towaigh t il.. flmc word, coinquinabar. For the Miniftersofa Starebeing rheeues,they make their Lord& Masterlikewife a theef,thouhaft mademy houfe aden oftheeucs, by beingthy felfea companion oftheeues : According tó that of Efy, Socÿfu rum. And therefore Chrift lafheth themwith whips ; a fitting punifhment for theeues. Saint lerome faith,That he is athcefe, and makes the Church a den of theeuesQui lucrumde religione reportat,Whoout ofthe dutyofhieEccleftafrcalldig- nity, makesprintgaireandprofit tohimfelfe. Saint Gregory is of thefame minde. And asTheodofiw the Emperour faid: u nidpoterit offecxrum,fijàmlitas incorrup- ta,corrumpatur? What canhe f cure,i f incorruptedSanîïityfhallbecorrupted?Which is all onewith that of lob; That a Gouernour fhould rob widowes, and'deuoure their houfes, beingbound'to defend 'and proteEt them ; thathe should (trip that poore man nakedwhom he ought tocloath ; thisis a great crueltie. There is a curie that lyes vpon them that(hail lead away the Aflè of the fatherlefle, and take thewidowes Oxetopledge;that (hall rife early fora prey, caufe thenaked tolodgewithout garment, andwithoutcoueringin thecold, and toplucke the fatherlefTe from the breaft,&c. It is fo dueadebt which Prigces owe;to`faüour, fuccour, anddefend the right ofthe poore, ofthe farherleffe, andofthe widow, thatCaffiodorus inhis thirty nine epi(tle, faith,That it isas ncedlefTe and fuperfiu- ous a bufinefle to aske it at his hands as to fue to that whichis heauy todefcend downeward,.or to that which is light to afcend vpward. But Saluisntée lamen- ting themiferies of his times, coltìplaineth, That your great and powerfull Minifters, inReadof complyingwith theirobligation, and in ftead of fluouring and defendingtheirpoore VafTalls, fell themIuftice at adearerate : Verifying that lamentation ofleremy, vlquamnotranmpalmist bibimus, & lignanófrapreeio coìnparauimue, Selling vino them thewater oftht4rWells, and afickeoffirefrom their hearthes. And would toGod they would but fell their water andtheir wood, is othersvfe todoe at commonandordinary rates ; for then therewouldfome- thingremain tothe buyer: but there is a new kindof tyranny nowadayes, he thatfells, wrapsand wrings allhecanvnto him, but retornes nothing; takes all, but gluesnotadodkinto thepoore: whereas hethat buyes, giues all that bee hathandreceiueth nothing. And therefore in that Countrey Or Kingdome where the Great onesarc all fo generallybad,' iris nogreat wonder, that Reli- gion, ice,andwhatfo uerelfebelongingtogbuernmenr,fhouldbefoldand let +57 EVob.22.26. s4. Sale ofoffices, the ruine of a Kingdóme.
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