Pure clergy mocked (Clémanges; Oldys; Park, The Harleian miscellany, 1809, vol. 4)
Text: " Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women ..." Daniel 11:37 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry ..." 1 Timothy 4:1-3 Quote: Taceo de fornicationibus et adulteriis, à quibus qui alieni sunt, probro cæteris ac ludibrio esse solent, spadonesque aut sodomitæ appellantur; (saith 836 Nicholas Clemangis,) speaking of your priests: 'I say nought of your priests' fornications and adulteries, from which crimes, if any man be free, he is made a laughing-stock to the rest, and either called an eunuch or a sodomite.' Oldys, William; Park, Thomas, The Harleian miscellany: A collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript a...