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118 Ibcultjes for ab0(^utioa, at suitable prices, was provided. The particolar grace distiognishing the present indulgence was, the applkalum of the foffimgw of tho chtirdi to the totUs of tbo ftiUifiil who have oxtondod hdpiiig handi in tbo pious mrk, wbothor liviiigy or in puigatoiyi that nowand finr peipeliiity thej mig^t enjoy tho laffirages of tho unironal ohurcih^ be defended from all evil in this world, and saved in the next. But the f*- vour was enhanced to the church of Saintes, in that these l^e- fits, which were entitled to two taxes, were reduced to one ; and that^ at tho liak of exposing such high benefits to contempti as boiRg 80 ebo^iiy obtained, and proYoking ouch inovoient 4»oechoi, aa— ^ What will yon giTO mo^ and I will deliver it to joa?** Tbo firitaatwer to fudi profane lailleiy ill that the tre^ ■ores of the cbarch ought not so to bo nndonraluod ; and then, that common confessionals, which promise no such plenary re- mission, nor such a share in the sutiragcs of the universal church, exact the tax of three florins^ or thereabouts ( taxatmn ad ire9jioreno^ vel/ere^ ^c) No wonder then, that the present nmo Uut shmUd emeeed the former: bat tho wonder should Imv that it was Jo mmUs ( mon miira/ndvm wmU guod tedm exeedai aHatia af ist §U iUt pamttu ) The fiuthfiil ought to prefer the soul to the body, fbr whicb thej grudge no ezpence.— But, (it was alleged,) the poor cannot obtain these indulgences, and there- fore their condition is inferior to that of the rich. Yes: and they must hear it : it were likewise better that tfsey should want the indulgences, than be tempted by their low price to degrade t l if ffp to the rank of mere worldly commodities. The commis- seiy, bowew, might settle this matter. The poisons concerned ate agsin reminded of the good beigain of two gfraeeB for one la#| and 0mi a aisdlsrols one: ( modica taxo-^um kum Hi or- dlniaiapfodtuiimffnUiMi.J Sereral other curious particulars ooenr^ and towards the end makes its appeaiance the cofno, or eifflo, or eft^sl, finr the reception of the iajge$ and alms. Hiese ia6t may be sent, to be faithfully deposited in the chest, without which, or visiting the cathedral, [not empty handed] the indul- gences tot// not be obtained: ( wdidgentia hujuemodi eis sitmnis •H^Vs^snliir.^