Parson.

1. THough we write [Parson] different∣ly, yet ’tis but Person; that is, the individual Person set apart for the Service of such a Church, and ’tis in La∣tin Persona, and Personatus is a Personage. Indeed with the Canon-Lawyers, Perso∣natus is any Dignity or Perferment in the Church.

2. There never was a merry World since the Faries left Dancing, and the Parson left Conjuring. The Opinion of the latter kept Thieves in aw, and did as much good in a Country as a Ju∣stice of Peace.