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4. Churchmen's Sinister interest

4. 1 Perpetuation of immorality in the shape of insincerity /shame[?]/ 2 perpetuation of absurdity in matters /on subjects/ of highest importance 3 extortion practiced upon the many for the benefit of a few - 4 in the distribution of rewards /the matter[?]/ idleness and incapacity, preferred to laborious ability and useful talent rare talents laboriously employed employed in public service. 5 the means of corruption poured in a copious and uninterrupted strain into hands constantly occupied in the application of them to that purpose - 6 a vast in any[?] of the three kingdoms a vast majority kept in a state of humiliation debasement /degradation/ and avowed humiliation to no other purpose than to secure the continuance[?] of the other abuses just mentioned - there are the /many/ abuses in the defence of which men of the description in question are exterted[?] and engaged in course[?].

7 But whosoever is engaged by interest in the support of any one abuse of /in/ government, (it has been already shewn) (+) is engaged by interest in the support of every abuse that remains or shall be introduced /has place or it declared in future[?] to have place/ in government, since whoever has no interest in the support of any one such abuse will, unless by his own might /sufficient power/ he is enabled[?] to support it, look out of course for support from all other quarters from which support is promised to it: the result of which is that for the sake of findung effectual support for the abuses in which he

himself

himself is specially interested, each will lend his support to every abuse in support of which any other person[?] member of the confederacy is interested.