The Miseries and Great Hardships of the Inferior Clergy in and about London: and a Modest Plea for Their Rights and Better Usage. In a Letter to a Right Reverend Prelate. By the Reverend Mr. Tho. Stackhouse |
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... committed the Laver of " Regeneration , and the fprinkling of the Blood of God . As much therefore as Regeneration " is more defirable than Birth , and an happy " Eternity than a fhort uncertain Life ; fo much " fhould our Love and ...
... committed the Laver of " Regeneration , and the fprinkling of the Blood of God . As much therefore as Regeneration " is more defirable than Birth , and an happy " Eternity than a fhort uncertain Life ; fo much " fhould our Love and ...
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... committing fuch mean and debafing Actions himself , as muft in all Probability render him and his Administrations both contemptible : WERE he indeed in any Expectance of coming at Preferment after fuch a Course of ftarving , much might ...
... committing fuch mean and debafing Actions himself , as muft in all Probability render him and his Administrations both contemptible : WERE he indeed in any Expectance of coming at Preferment after fuch a Course of ftarving , much might ...
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... commit the Defence of her Doctrine , Difcipline , and Worship , against all Attacks whatever : ' Tis enough for us , that we can render an Account of our Faith * in Latin , and confirm it with Teftimonies out of Holy Scrip- ture ; that ...
... commit the Defence of her Doctrine , Difcipline , and Worship , against all Attacks whatever : ' Tis enough for us , that we can render an Account of our Faith * in Latin , and confirm it with Teftimonies out of Holy Scrip- ture ; that ...
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... committed to † yearly Curates , and by another , at the Council of Lateran , directing Bishops , that , in cafe a Clerk were not nominated in due time , they themselves fhould affume the Prefentation . Ar other times they were cruel to ...
... committed to † yearly Curates , and by another , at the Council of Lateran , directing Bishops , that , in cafe a Clerk were not nominated in due time , they themselves fhould affume the Prefentation . Ar other times they were cruel to ...
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... committed to the Care of an old Woman of a Curate , who has nothing to recommend him , but a grave Stupidity , and fanctimonious Look ; who is forc'd every Sunday to commute for his want of Stile , Method , and Invention , with odd ...
... committed to the Care of an old Woman of a Curate , who has nothing to recommend him , but a grave Stupidity , and fanctimonious Look ; who is forc'd every Sunday to commute for his want of Stile , Method , and Invention , with odd ...
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Page 139 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 20 - I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 108 - The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
Page 27 - Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind ; neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Page 152 - Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel...
Page 118 - And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty : thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress : of that wherewith the Lord thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
Page 28 - Be to the flock of Christ a shepherd, not a wolf; feed them, devour them not. Hold up the weak, heal the sick, bind up the broken, bring again the outcasts, seek the lost.
Page 159 - Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the Cross of Christ: whose; end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things...
Page 43 - Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
Page 52 - But as a dog that turns the spit Bestirs himself, and plies his feet To climb the wheel, but all in vain, His own weight brings him down again: And still he's in the self-same place Where at his setting out he was...