\"Such，then，isthewayinwhichwesoftenmattersinregardtothebeneficiaries。
Andnowforthepriests—wehavemaximsprettyfavourabletothemalso。
Takethefollowing，forexample，fromourfour—and—twentyelders：\"Canapriest，whohasreceivedmoneytosayamass，takeanadditionalsumuponthesamemass？Yes，saysFiliutius，hemay，byapplyingthatpartofthesacrificewhichbelongstohimselfasapriesttothepersonwhopaidhimlast；providedhedoesnottakeasumequivalenttoawholemass，butonlyapart，suchasthethirdofamass。’\"\"Surely，father，\"saidI，\"thismustbeoneofthosecasesinwhichtheproandtheconhaveboththeirshareofprobability。Whatyouhavenowstatedcannotfail，ofcourse，tobeprobable，havingtheauthorityofsuchmenasFiliutiusandEscobar；
andyet，leavingthatwithinthesphereofprobability，itstrikesmethatthecontraryopinionmightbemadeouttobeprobabletoo，andmightbesupportedbysuchreasonsasthefollowing：That，whiletheChurchallowspriestswhoareinpoorcircumstancestotakemoneyfortheirmasses，seeingitisbutrightthatthosewhoserveatthealtarshouldlivebythealtar，sheneverintendedthattheyshouldbarterthesacrificeformoney，and，stillless，thattheyshoulddeprivethemselvesofthosebenefitswhichtheyoughtthemselves，inthefirstplace，todrawfromit；towhichI
mightaddthat，accordingtoSt。Paul，thepriestsaretooffersacrificefirstforthemselvesandthenforthepeople；andthat，accordingly，whilepermittedtoparticipatewithothersinthebenefitofthesacrifice，theyarenotatlibertytoforegotheirsharebytransferringittoanotherforathirdofamass，or，inotherwords，forthematteroffourpenceorfivepence。Verily，father，littleasIpretendtobeagraveman，I