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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.^
