The Miseries and Great Hardships of the Inferior Clergy in and about London; And a Modest Plea for Their Rights and Better Usage. Iin a Letter to a Right Reverend Prelate (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1737 Excerpt: ... "plow with the Heifer, if ever we. wou'd Jvdl "out the Riddle of some Mens Humour." Thus j my Lord, you fee what vile things. we must become, if we think to continue in. Curacies, that are held by no other Title, than the bare Will.of the Incumbent.. We must; be. subject. to every one's Humour and Cognizance; . for every one will then take an Authority over us: , We must be Slaves, and Flatterers to the Vanity and wild Caprice of our Principals, for we have no other Hold of their Favour and Affection to us. We may be abus'd, and ill treated by others for Injuries are invited very, often, by a known Inability to resist them: We; may be difmiss'd for Trifles, for Surmises, for nothing, nay, for what deserves Commendation, our more abundant Labour and Assiduity; or we may sink into the Neglect.and Indifference to, it Charge, which we cannot think our own, because we may be driven out from it before the. next Sun goes down; and all. this for want, of Licences. ' But what, should you do with' a. Licence? fayr, . 1 the Incumbent to the Curate, a little before the Day of Visitation, comes (for I know his. c-Language upon that Head to a Tittle) what; ', should you do with a-Licence? 'sis but throw'ing away so much Money to a worthless Officer, that inhances the Trice of every thing, and i-ahs us pay Sauce, whenever: we some, into 1 his Clutches, she Bijtcp is old, and cannot live long: I too ffjail be removed from-this, toa much better Living in a little while. I: have . great Friends, and vast Promij7s) and daily Assurances that make me not doubt it: You too-, -have a-Chance to be. promoted, to something ', better; aud if any of these things, happen, 'why, there's; an. End ef the. Validity of your. f Licence, or so much Money to be thrown away us on ...