As for the office of a dean / as it is used with us / it is therefore unlawful / for that he being minister / hath no several charge or congregation appointed wherein he may exercise his ministry / and for that he is ruler / and as it were master of divers other ministers in his college / which likewise have no several charges of congregations: and for that which is most intolerable both he him self oftentimes having a several church or benefice / as they call it / is under the colour of his deaneship / absent from his church / and suffereth also those that are underneath him / to be likewise absent from their churches. And whereas M. Doctor allegeth S. Augustine / to prove this office to be ancient / in deed the name is there found / but besides the name / not one property of that Dean which we have. For Augustine speaking of the monks of those days / sayeth / that the money which they gate with the labour of their hands / they gave to their dean / which did provide them meat and drink / and cloth / and all things necessary for them / so that the monks should not be drawn away from their studies and meditations / through the care of worldly things / so that this dean which he speaketh of / was servant and steward / and cater to the monks / and therefore only called dean / because he was steward and cater to ten monks. Now let it be seen what Augustine's dean / maketh for the dean which is now / and what faith and trust M. Doctor useth / in reciting of the old fathers.
As for the office of a deane / as it is vsed wyth vs / it is therfore vnlawfull / for that he being minister / hathe no seuerall charge or congregation appoynted wherein he maye exercise hys ministerie / and for that he is ruler / and as it were maister of diuers other ministers in hys colledge / whych likewise haue no seueral charges of congregations: and for that whych is most intollerable bothe he hym selfe oftentimes hauing a seuerall churche or benefice / as they call it / is vnder the coloure of hys deaneship / absent from hys churche / and suffereth also those that are vnderneathe hym / to be likewise absent from their churches. And whereas M. Doctor alleageth S. Augustine / to proue thys office to be auncient / in deede the name is there founde / but besides the name / not one propertye of that Deane whych we haue. For Augustine speaking of the monkes of those dayes / sayeth / that the money which they gate wyth the labor of their hands / they gaue to their deane / which did prouide them meate and drinke / and cloth / and all things necessary for them / so that the monkes shoulde not be drawne away from their studies and meditations / throughe the care of worldly things / so that thys deane whych he speaketh of / was seruaunt and steward / and cater to the monkes / and therfore only called deane / because he was steward and cater to ten monkes. Now let it be seene what Augustines deane / maketh for the deane whych is nowe / and what faith and trust M. Doctor vseth / in reciting of the olde fathers.
