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that the fouls of them whom the hearer of 
the mafs intendeth to pray for in time of 
the mafs be faved from pain. 
St. Bede “faith, that the third. vertue 
is, that -whatfever a man jy, that 
day is more convenient for his nature after 
the hearing of tie mafs than he is before. 
St. Chryfoftcm faith, the fourth vertue 
ts, that a man in hearing cf mafs agreeth 
not, nor believeth not, but as Adam and 
Eve did before the eating of the tree of 
life, oder agrd ne fyunyd.{ Alfo the © 
children of L{rael agre:d, not as long as 
they eat manna in defar ner that food 
went never to digeftion, and he fhall not 
be deprived of his food. 
St. Powle faith, the fifth vertue is, that 
more avail the bedd or chief prayer, that 
#8 to fay the’ mafs is the prayer ef Chrit 
—and we be his members, therefore the 
mafs more than_all prayers availeth. 
St. Bernard faith, the fixth vertue is, 
that if a woman be with child, and de- 
voutly heareth the mais, if the travail that 
day fhall have the lefs difeale and pain in 
gomparifon, 
St. Matthew faith, that the feventh 
vertue is, that a man which is penitent of 
his fins, and devoutly heareth the mafs, 
whatfoever he atketh rightfully it thail be 
granted to him. 
St. Anielem faith, the eight h vertue is, 
the pacys, going or coming for to hear 
mafs, be numbered of God's and. fhall be 
rewarded. 
St. Bede faith,. the ninth vertue is, that 
for every mafs devoutly heard a finner is 
converted, and a foul delivered out of paia, 
and alfo a rightfull man fyby lyd of 
his way of righteoufnels, 
St. Bede faith, the tenth vertue is, that 
a mafs availeth more ina man’s life thana 
thoufand after his death, and it avaiieth 
more for forgivenels of fin than any other 
prayer. 
St. Bede faith, the eleventh vertue is, 
that while the mafs in faying the’ fins ot 
them that live and that be dead. 
St. Bede faith, that the twelfth vertue 
is, that the faying of a mais is as msch in 
value as the ben releafed, death of 
Chri# on the crofs; for as the death of 
Chrift hath redeemed us from our fins, fo 
faying of a mafs leffeth and delivereth cur 
fouls from their pains; therefore the mals 
fhould be gladly and devoutly heard, by 
the which a man may be healthfully faved, 
and the foulsfrom their painsto be délivered. 
St. Bede faith, chat a prieft laying out 
of deadly fins, and in good purpole, if he 
fay nut his mafs when he is difpoled, he 
depriveib, as much as is in him, the blefled 
Extraéis from the Port-folia af a@ Man of Letters. 
_being unacquainted with it. 
“ [March 1, 
Trinity from his glory, the angels of 
heaven from their joy, and men labouring 
here on earth from their benefits and gifts 
of grace, and the fouls that have departed, 
abiding of their paines for yefens, and 
therefore the worfhipfull and reverend 
priefts, whofe order paffes all other orders, 
remember this aforefaid to your laud and 
merits. A.D. MCCCCCXXXII. 
— 
Letter from Fobu Dunning, Efy.toa gen- 
tleman of the Inner Temple. 
*€ DEAR SIR, 
¢¢ The habits of intercourfe in which IT 
have lived with your family, joined to the 
regard which I entertain for -yourfelf, 
makes me folicitous, in compliance with 
your requete, to give you fome hints ¢on- 
cersing the ftudy of the law. 
. & Our profeffion is generally ridiculed, . 
as being dry and uninteretting j —- -a 
mind anxious for the difcovery of truth 
and information will be amply gratified 
for the toil, in inveftigating the erigin 
and pregrefs of a jurifprudence which has 
the good of the people for irs bafis, and 
the accumulated wifdom and experience of - 
ages for its improvement. Nor is the 
ftudy: itfelf fo intricate as has been ima- 
gined; more efpeciaily fince the Jabours 
af forme: miedens: writers ‘have given it a 
more regular and f{cientific form. . With- 
cut indufry, however, it is impoffible ta: 
“arrive at any eminence in practice; and 
the man who fhal! be bold enough to at= 
tempt excellence by abilities alone, will 
foon -find himieif foiled by many who have 
inferior underftandings, but better aifain- 
ments. On the ether hand, the moft pain- 
ful plodder can never arfive at celebrity 
by mere reading ; a mau calculated’ for 
fuceefs, rauft - ‘add to native ‘genius a 
ditiaftive-faculty in the difeovery and 
retention of that knowledge only, which 
can be at once uleful and produciive. 
‘| imagine that a confiderabledegree of 
learning-is abfolutely neceflary. The eldea 
authors frequently. wrote in- Latin, and 
the foreign jurifts continue the practice to 
thisday. Befides this, claffical attainments 
contribute much to the rehfnement of the 
underftanding-and-the embeliifiment of - 
the ftyle: The utility of grammar, rhe- 
toric, and logic, is known and felt by 
every one. Geometry will afford® tha. 
moft.oppofite examples of clofe and point- 
ed reafoning ; and geography is fo very 
neceflary in common life, that there is lefs 
credit im knowing, than. difiorour’ in 
Bet. it is 
hilkory, and more particularly that of his 
own country, which will occupy the at- 
I tention 
—— a cae ey 
