The Miseries and Great Hardships of the Inferiour Clergy: In and about London. And a Modest Plea for Their Rights, and Better Usage; ... By a Clergyman of the Church of England

T. Payne, 1722 - 251 pagina's

This appears from the general Intention of	1

From the Awfulness of their Offices St Chry	2

His Hopes and Expectations from its Succefs	7

That Biſhops cannot delegate the Buſineſs of arbi	10

That the Clergy in general have a Right to	13

The Minifter and Curate compard together under	19

How the contrary to this is commonly practicd	25

Curates hereupon exhorted to maintain their	31

The Happiness of fuch an Oeconomy in the Church	136

Reaſons why Licences fhould be granted	142

The Jewish Notion of the Qualifications requifite	144

Becauſe the inferior Clergy may otherwise be grofly	145

Pretences made ufe of to detain Curates from	147

The Care that our Church has taken to prevent	151

For the Quiet and Security of Curates	158

And from the Canons and Offices of our preſent	161

That	37

Dr Combers Opinion upon this Point	43

And then a general Exhortation to Bishops to	49

way	55

The Provifion that God made for the Jewish Priests	61

The Monks Cruelty and Small Allowances to their	63

The grofs Perverfion and Abuſe of it among	69

They are feldom advancd to any Preferments	75

That this mean Provifion for Curates is far from	81

In the Execution of their Office	87

This Custom justly expoſed	98

But that the Dignities of the Church are fufficiens	118

The third thing that the inferior Clergy think they	125

The Bishops Confent hereunto his Interpofition	130

His great Difcouragement to attend the Work	165

The fourth thing that the inferior Clergy think IV	182

The Clergies Right to appeal to their Bishop provd	187

Whereupon tis granted that there ought to be fome	189

A Paffage in St Mat xviii 15 c cleard from	194

The ufual Obstructions of Justice and Partiality	200

The mean and poor Condition of the Appellant	207

The Practice of primitive Biſhops and the	213

But fuppofing them guilty they have ftill a Right	221

And how conformable this is to Scripture and	228

Such is Refidence of Bishops	232

The Benefit that would accrue from hence	240

Inviting them fometimes to Dinner by way	246

Titel	The Miseries and Great Hardships of the Inferiour Clergy: In and about London. And a Modest Plea for Their Rights, and Better Usage; ... By a Clergyman of the Church of England
Auteur	Thomas Stackhouse
Uitgever	T. Payne, 1722
Oorspronkelijk uit	Ohio State University
Gedigitaliseerd	8 aug 2014
Lengte	251 pagina's

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