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 of affaires, and the whole bleing of God, profeing alo their great hope of the kindnee of the Emperour, and their Lords, and the diminihing of their burdens, and they alo themelves being but little liberall in uch a grievous dearth of proviion, did offer either money, or corn, if they would change their religion, by which tratagem ome are deceived; examples of this thing are extant every where, and alo in Koimberg, Cerket; where when a Monk being more greedy of praie for the converion of Hereticks, or rather of meriting heaven did promie to every one tha confeed a buhell of wheat, the poorer ort ran to him, bringing their confeions to the Priet for corn, he being afraid of his Granary, let it hould faile, if he did o largely ditribute, reolved to dipene more paringly, and gives to one of a mean etate that came to him, but halfe the meaure; but he taking away his hare, returns and requires the ret. The Monk denying him, What, ayes he, is my oule more vile then the ret? o he departed angerly. Is not this groly to make merchandie of the ouls of men, as Peter fore-told? or rather to bring the mierable common people to uch a pae as they hould think gain to be godlinee, which Paul in the firt of Timothy notes of certain fale teachers, and men of corrupt minds, and avere from the truth. 4. But