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           THE
           OFFICE
           Of
           a
           CHAPLAIN
           Enquir'd
           into
           ,
           and
           Vindicated
           FROM
           SERVILITY
           And
           CONTEMPT
           .
        
         
           CAMBRIDGE
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Iohn
             Hayes
          
           ,
           Printer
           to
           the
           University
           :
           For
           
             Henry
             Dickinson
          
           Bookseller
           in
           Cambridge
           .
           And
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Sam.
             Smith
          
           Bookseller
           at
           the
           
             Prince's
             Arms
          
           in
           St.
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           ,
           London
           .
           1688.
           
        
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           The
           Office
           of
           a
           CHAPLAIN
           Enquired
           into
           ,
           &c
           ▪
        
         
           JUVENAL
           observes
           Sat.
           7.
           that
           the
           Practice
           of
           the
           Lawyers
           in
           his
           time
           was
           usually
           proportioned
           to
           the
           Figure
           they
           made
           at
           the
           Bar
           ;
           where
           he
           that
           appear'd
           in
           the
           best
           Equipage
           was
           supposed
           to
           have
           the
           greatest
           share
           of
           Law
           and
           sense
           in
           him
           :
           so
           that
           had
           the
           Vulgar
           had
           any
           Power
           in
           determining
           Right
           ,
           a
           good
           Cause
           might
           oftentimes
           have
           been
           lost
           for
           want
           of
           fine
           cloathes
           to
           plead
           it
           in
           .
           Whether
           any
           part
           of
           this
           vanity
           prevails
           with
           us
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           dispute
           ;
           however
           this
           inference
           may
           be
           fairly
           allowed
           ,
           that
           the
           Success
           of
           Truth
           depends
           very
           much
           upon
           the
           Reputation
           of
           its
           Advocate
           .
           For
           the
           generallity
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           in
           regard
           they
           are
           not
           judicious
           and
           impartial
           enough
           to
           penetrate
           the
           bottom
           of
           things
           ,
           are
           more
           influenced
           by
           show
           and
           appearance
           ,
           than
           by
           
           substance
           and
           reallity
           .
           And
           therefore
           if
           a
           mans
           Person
           or
           Office
           happens
           to
           wear
           an
           uncreditable
           Name
           ,
           and
           falls
           under
           a
           general
           disesteem
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           undeservedly
           ,
           he
           must
           not
           expect
           to
           be
           persuasive
           with
           others
           ,
           though
           the
           nature
           and
           proof
           of
           what
           he
           recommends
           ,
           may
           appear
           sufciently
           evident
           and
           weighty
           to
           an
           unprejudiced
           mind
           .
           For
           besides
           that
           men
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           learn
           Rules
           of
           Wisdom
           and
           Conduct
           from
           those
           they
           contemn
           ,
           because
           this
           looks
           like
           a
           disparagement
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           sets
           the
           despised
           Person
           in
           some
           measure
           above
           them
           ,
           besides
           I
           say
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           over-willing
           to
           be
           informed
           by
           such
           Instructors
           ;
           't
           is
           not
           often
           that
           they
           think
           they
           can
           :
           For
           't
           is
           generally
           taken
           for
           granted
           that
           Discourses
           cannot
           rise
           much
           above
           the
           Character
           of
           those
           that
           make
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           't
           is
           scarce
           possible
           for
           an
           inconsiderable
           man
           to
           say
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           worth
           the
           taking
           notice
           of
           .
           So
           that
           when
           men
           have
           entertained
           a
           little
           opinion
           of
           any
           Person
           ,
           he
           is
           under
           a
           mighty
           disadvantage
           of
           fixing
           any
           good
           advice
           upon
           them
           .
           The
           contemptible
           notion
           they
           have
           of
           him
           gives
           their
           judgements
           an
           ill
           tincture
           ,
           and
           makes
           them
           unindifferent
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           neither
           see
           things
           in
           their
           true
           colours
           ,
           nor
           allow
           them
           their
           proper
           weight
           ;
           but
           are
           apt
           to
           conclude
           
           the
           reasonings
           of
           those
           they
           disesteem
           resemble
           the
           insignificancy
           of
           their
           Authors
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           a
           good
           well-meaning
           argument
           is
           turned
           back
           and
           discountenanced
           ,
           only
           for
           keeping
           suspected
           unreputable
           company
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           observation
           ill
           men
           are
           very
           apprehensive
           ,
           who
           being
           desirous
           of
           enjoying
           the
           pleasures
           of
           vice
           ,
           without
           coming
           under
           the
           discipline
           of
           ignominy
           and
           restraint
           ,
           make
           it
           their
           business
           to
           misrepresent
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Religion
           ,
           depressing
           their
           Authority
           ,
           and
           decrying
           the
           usefulness
           of
           their
           profession
           ;
           being
           well
           assured
           that
           when
           they
           have
           disarm'd
           their
           adversaries
           (
           as
           they
           reckon
           them
           )
           of
           their
           Reputation
           ,
           they
           need
           not
           fear
           any
           considerable
           disturbance
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           pursuance
           of
           this
           design
           they
           would
           fain
           perswade
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           the
           Clergy
           are
           so
           far
           from
           deserving
           any
           additional
           esteem
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           their
           Office
           ,
           that
           for
           this
           reason
           they
           ought
           to
           forfeit
           part
           of
           what
           they
           had
           before
           ;
           as
           if
           Orders
           suppos'd
           some
           antecedent
           crime
           ,
           and
           were
           rather
           inflicted
           than
           given
           ,
           and
           that
           those
           who
           receive
           them
           ought
           to
           pass
           for
           persons
           Degraded
           from
           the
           priviledges
           of
           Birth
           and
           Education
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           not
           to
           enjoy
           them
           without
           stain
           and
           abatement
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           that
           there
           are
           some
           Persons
           ,
           and
           those
           not
           all
           of
           the
           lowest
           Rank
           ,
           who
           seem
           to
           be
           of
           this
           unreasonable
           opinion
           ,
           is
           too
           apparent
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           desire
           them
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           account
           the
           Priesthood
           a
           lessening
           of
           a
           mans
           Quality
           ,
           must
           either
           believe
           all
           Religion
           to
           be
           an
           Imposture
           ,
           or
           if
           they
           do
           own
           the
           Being
           of
           a
           God
           ,
           their
           apprehension
           of
           him
           is
           so
           scandalous
           and
           unworthy
           ,
           that
           I
           think
           it
           would
           be
           a
           kindness
           to
           them
           to
           suppose
           them
           Atheists
           :
           For
           't
           is
           not
           so
           monstrous
           and
           provoking
           to
           deny
           the
           Existence
           of
           a
           Deity
           ,
           as
           to
           suppose
           him
           void
           of
           Excellency
           and
           Perfection
           :
           To
           imagine
           him
           to
           be
           so
           far
           from
           being
           the
           Fountain
           of
           Honour
           ,
           that
           He
           is
           rather
           to
           be
           accounted
           a
           discredit
           to
           those
           who
           belong
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           person
           of
           Condition
           ought
           to
           be
           asham'd
           of
           his
           service
           ;
           such
           a
           Notion
           of
           God
           Almighty
           as
           this
           ,
           besides
           the
           absurdity
           of
           it
           ,
           looks
           like
           a
           malicious
           acknowledgement
           of
           his
           Being
           ,
           only
           to
           make
           him
           capable
           of
           contempt
           .
        
         
           But
           besides
           ,
           the
           Function
           of
           the
           Clergy
           in
           general
           is
           too
           often
           misunderstood
           ,
           (
           which
           in
           such
           a
           sceptical
           and
           licentious
           age
           we
           need
           not
           wonder
           at
           ,
           )
           those
           who
           officiate
           in
           private
           houses
           lie
           under
           particular
           disadvantages
           :
           Here
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           Family
           
           usually
           expects
           an
           extraordinary
           observance
           from
           the
           Priest
           ,
           and
           returns
           him
           less
           notice
           in
           exchange
           ,
           than
           to
           others
           of
           the
           same
           order
           and
           condition
           .
           Now
           one
           would
           think
           in
           point
           of
           reason
           ,
           that
           an
           Ecclesiastical
           (
           as
           well
           as
           a
           Civil
           or
           Military
           )
           Officer
           should
           be
           more
           consider'd
           within
           the
           limits
           and
           extent
           of
           his
           employ
           than
           elsewhere
           ,
           both
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           the
           Jurisdiction
           he
           hath
           there
           ,
           and
           because
           of
           the
           advantage
           those
           he
           is
           concern'd
           with
           ,
           do
           or
           may
           receive
           from
           the
           execution
           of
           his
           Office.
           
        
         
           Now
           the
           reason
           of
           this
           unaccountable
           practice
           must
           be
           resolved
           into
           one
           or
           both
           of
           these
           pretences
           ;
           either
           
             
               1.
               
               That
               a
               Clergyman
               officiating
               in
               a
               Family
               ,
               ought
               to
               be
               entertain'd
               no
               otherwise
               than
               under
               the
               notion
               of
               a
               servant
               :
               or
            
             
               2.
               
               Because
               't
               is
               in
               the
               Patrons
               power
               to
               oblige
               the
               Priest
               with
               Church-Preferment
               .
            
          
        
         
           It
           will
           be
           therefore
           the
           design
           of
           these
           papers
           to
           shew
           ,
           
             
               1.
               
               That
               a
               Priest
               ,
               or
               Chaplain
               in
               a
               Family
               is
               no
               servant
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               whatever
               fair
               expectations
               the
               Patron
               may
               have
               given
               the
               Priest
               of
               future
               advantage
               ,
               those
               are
               no
               sufficient
               grounds
               to
               justifie
               an
               Imperious
               deportment
               on
               the
               one
               hand
               ,
               or
               a
               servile
               submission
               on
               the
               other
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           1.
           
           I
           shall
           prove
           that
           a
           Priest
           or
           Chaplain
           in
           a
           Family
           is
           no
           servant
           ,
           the
           contrary
           of
           which
           I
           believe
           he
           is
           often
           thought
           to
           be
           ,
           though
           't
           is
           not
           always
           spoken
           out
           .
           Now
           in
           order
           to
           the
           removing
           this
           mistake
           ,
           I
           shall
           in
           the
        
         
           First
           place
           answer
           those
           objections
           ,
           which
           seem
           to
           have
           given
           the
           most
           probable
           occasion
           of
           its
           rise
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           I
           shall
           give
           a
           short
           description
           of
           the
           Office
           of
           a
           Chaplain
           ;
           and
           shew
           how
           much
           it
           differs
           from
           that
           of
           a
           Servant
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           I
           shall
           answer
           those
           Objections
           ,
           which
           have
           given
           the
           most
           probable
           occasion
           to
           this
           mistake
           ;
           among
           which
           we
           may
           reckon
           the
           Priests
           being
           entertained
           with
           Diet.
           
        
         
           But
           that
           eating
           at
           anothers
           Table
           does
           not
           make
           a
           man
           a
           Servant
           is
           plain
           ;
           for
           if
           it
           did
           ,
           then
           every
           one
           that
           visits
           his
           friend
           ,
           if
           he
           happens
           to
           eat
           or
           drink
           without
           paying
           for
           it
           ,
           must
           immediately
           forfeit
           his
           liberty
           .
           If
           it
           be
           said
           that
           't
           is
           not
           eating
           now
           and
           then
           upon
           a
           visit
           which
           brings
           a
           man
           into
           the
           Condition
           of
           a
           servant
           ,
           but
           doing
           it
           constantly
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           same
           person
           :
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           ,
           That
           if
           eating
           by
           the
           year
           makes
           a
           man
           a
           servant
           for
           a
           year
           ,
           then
           eating
           by
           the
           day
           must
           make
           him
           a
           servant
           for
           that
           day
           ;
           the
           only
           difference
           in
           this
           case
           
           is
           ,
           ●●at
           the
           one
           who
           eats
           but
           a
           meal
           or
           two
           comes
           into
           his
           Liberty
           sooner
           than
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           But
           possibly
           't
           is
           the
           Priests
           contracting
           for
           Diet
           which
           makes
           him
           mistaken
           for
           a
           servant
           to
           him
           that
           affords
           it
           ;
           and
           here
           't
           is
           supposed
           to
           come
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           Wages
           ,
           because
           the
           Priest
           is
           to
           do
           something
           for
           it
           .
           Now
           because
           a
           consideration
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           received
           in
           money
           or
           diet
           ,
           or
           both
           ,
           is
           the
           same
           thing
           ;
           I
           shall
           prove
           that
           a
           man's
           receiving
           money
           in
           consideration
           of
           bestowing
           his
           time
           and
           pains
           upon
           another
           ,
           does
           not
           make
           him
           a
           servant
           to
           him
           that
           returns
           him
           a
           recompence
           for
           his
           trouble
           .
           For
           example
           ,
           Lawyers
           and
           Physicians
           have
           their
           Fees
           ,
           or
           their
           Wages
           if
           you
           please
           ,
           and
           yet
           I
           suppose
           none
           will
           say
           that
           they
           are
           servants
           to
           all
           the
           Clients
           and
           Patients
           that
           imploy
           them
           ,
           and
           if
           not
           to
           all
           ,
           then
           for
           the
           same
           reason
           not
           to
           any
           :
           The
           Judges
           have
           a
           Fee
           for
           every
           Cause
           which
           is
           tried
           at
           the
           
             Nisi
             prius
          
           Bar
           ,
           and
           a
           Justice
           of
           Peace
           hath
           money
           allow'd
           him
           for
           making
           a
           Warrant
           ,
           which
           both
           of
           them
           may
           receive
           without
           forfeiting
           their
           Authoty
           .
           The
           House
           of
           Commons
           likewise
           have
           Pensions
           from
           their
           Electors
           ,
           during
           the
           Session
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           I
           confess
           't
           is
           not
           usually
           paid
           now
           ,
           but
           if
           they
           did
           receive
           it
           
           as
           formerly
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           I
           hope
           no
           one
           would
           say
           a
           Knight
           of
           a
           Shire
           was
           servant
           to
           a
           man
           of
           Fourty
           shillings
           
             per
             annum
          
           ,
           because
           he
           contributed
           something
           towards
           his
           maintenance
           .
           On
           all
           these
           cases
           a
           man
           is
           engaged
           in
           the
           business
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           receives
           a
           consideration
           for
           his
           employment
           ,
           and
           yet
           hath
           no
           reason
           to
           be
           accounted
           a
           servant
           for
           his
           pains
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           in
           most
           of
           these
           instances
           the
           Salaries
           are
           assign'd
           by
           Law
           ,
           and
           consequently
           that
           there
           is
           no
           contract
           between
           him
           that
           receives
           and
           him
           that
           gives
           the
           consideration
           ;
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           vertual
           ,
           though
           not
           an
           express
           contract
           ,
           because
           the
           people
           have
           agreed
           to
           consent
           to
           whatever
           their
           Representatives
           shall
           determine
           .
        
         
           2ly
           ,
           As
           to
           the
           case
           of
           the
           Lawyers
           ,
           though
           their
           Fees
           are
           stated
           by
           Law
           ,
           yet
           every
           one
           chooses
           whom
           he
           will
           make
           use
           of
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           voluntary
           Retaining
           any
           one
           ,
           is
           no
           less
           than
           a
           plain
           Contract
           ,
           and
           the
           giving
           him
           so
           much
           money
           upon
           condition
           that
           he
           will
           plead
           for
           him
           .
        
         
           3ly
           ,
           'T
           is
           not
           the
           contracting
           for
           money
           in
           lieu
           of
           some
           other
           exchange
           which
           makes
           a
           man
           a
           servant
           ,
           for
           then
           every
           one
           that
           sells
           for
           money
           would
           be
           a
           servant
           to
           the
           buyer
           ,
           and
           consequently
           a
           Pedlar
           might
           
           make
           himself
           Master
           of
           the
           best
           Merchant
           in
           London
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           happen
           to
           be
           so
           ambitious
           as
           to
           be
           his
           customer
           :
           and
           which
           is
           most
           to
           be
           lamented
           ,
           if
           a
           man
           could
           not
           by
           way
           of
           Contract
           receive
           money
           with
           one
           hand
           ,
           without
           parting
           with
           his
           Liberty
           with
           the
           other
           ,
           then
           the
           Landlord
           must
           be
           a
           servant
           to
           the
           Tenant
           ;
           for
           the
           bare
           contracting
           for
           Rent
           ,
           though
           he
           never
           receiv'd
           a
           peny
           ,
           is
           enough
           to
           bring
           him
           under
           ;
           so
           that
           according
           to
           this
           opinion
           ,
           a
           man
           cannot
           let
           his
           Farm
           without
           Demising
           and
           Granting
           away
           himself
           .
        
         
           But
           further
           ,
           That
           the
           entertaining
           the
           Clergy
           with
           Diet
           and
           Salary
           is
           no
           argument
           of
           their
           subjection
           ,
           will
           appear
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           that
           we
           are
           bound
           to
           contribute
           towards
           the
           support
           of
           our
           Parents
           ,
           if
           they
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           yet
           I
           suppose
           it
           does
           not
           follow
           that
           this
           makes
           us
           their
           Superiors
           :
           'T
           is
           so
           far
           from
           it
           ,
           that
           our
           assisting
           them
           is
           accounted
           part
           of
           that
           honour
           which
           the
           Fifth
           Commandment
           enjoyns
           us
           to
           pay
           them
           ,
           and
           is
           so
           interpreted
           by
           our
           Saviour
           himself
           ,
           St
           Matth.
           15.4
           ,
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           The
           communication
           therefore
           of
           part
           of
           our
           wealth
           to
           the
           Clergy
           officiating
           in
           our
           houses
           ,
           is
           in
           reason
           nothing
           but
           a
           due
           respect
           to
           their
           Function
           ,
           and
           a
           gratefull
           acknowledgement
           of
           their
           care
           ;
           What
           the
           Priest
           receives
           from
           
           us
           is
           in
           effect
           offered
           to
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           because
           't
           is
           given
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           the
           Relation
           he
           hath
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           advantages
           we
           receive
           from
           thence
           .
           This
           is
           honouring
           God
           with
           our
           substance
           ,
           who
           in
           regard
           he
           stands
           in
           need
           of
           nothing
           himself
           ,
           hath
           order'd
           those
           persons
           (
           whom
           he
           hath
           set
           apart
           to
           keep
           up
           his
           Service
           and
           Worship
           )
           to
           receive
           what
           men
           present
           to
           him
           in
           token
           of
           his
           Sovereignty
           and
           Providence
           .
           Thus
           what
           was
           offer'd
           to
           God
           under
           the
           old
           Testament
           (
           except
           what
           was
           spent
           in
           sacrificing
           )
           was
           the
           Priests
           portion
           ,
           assign'd
           by
           the
           Divine
           appointment
           ,
           Numb
           .
           18.8
           ,
           9.
           and
           in
           the
           20th
           verse
           of
           that
           Chapter
           the
           reason
           why
           the
           Tribe
           of
           Levi
           was
           to
           have
           no
           Inheritance
           in
           the
           Land
           which
           was
           to
           be
           divided
           ,
           is
           given
           ,
           because
           God
           promised
           to
           be
           their
           Inheritance
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           give
           them
           those
           offerings
           which
           were
           made
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           was
           a
           very
           liberal
           assignment
           ,
           and
           much
           exceeded
           the
           provision
           which
           was
           made
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Tribes
           ,
           might
           easily
           be
           made
           good
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           foreign
           to
           the
           present
           argument
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           many
           other
           places
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           which
           may
           be
           alledg'd
           for
           the
           confirmation
           of
           this
           Truth
           ,
           as
           Deut.
           18.2
           .
           Iosh.
           13.14
           .
           Ezek.
           44.28
           ,
           &c.
           And
           that
           this
           practice
           did
           not
           depend
           upon
           any
           Ceremonial
           
           Constitution
           ,
           but
           was
           founded
           in
           the
           unalterable
           reason
           of
           things
           ,
           will
           appear
           if
           we
           look
           into
           the
           New
           Testament
           ;
           where
           St.
           Paul
           tells
           us
           that
           God
           has
           ordained
           
             that
             those
             that
             Preach
             the
             Gospel
          
           (
           which
           every
           Priest
           does
           who
           reads
           the
           New
           Testament
           )
           
             should
             live
             of
             the
             Gospel
          
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           9.14
           .
           Our
           Spiritual
           Governours
           are
           
             Ministers
             of
             God
          
           to
           us
           as
           well
           as
           our
           Temporal
           ,
           Rom.
           13.4
           .
           and
           therefore
           the
           Apostle's
           inference
           ,
           v.
           6.
           may
           ,
           in
           a
           qualified
           sense
           at
           least
           ,
           be
           applied
           to
           them
           ,
           
             For
             this
             cause
             pay
             you
             Tribute
             also
             .
          
           And
           that
           the
           same
           Apostle
           did
           not
           believe
           that
           a
           Consideration
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           ought
           to
           subject
           the
           Clergy
           to
           Distance
           and
           submissive
           behaviour
           ,
           is
           beyond
           question
           ;
           for
           he
           plainly
           tells
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           9.11
           .
           
             If
             we
             have
             sown
             unto
             you
             spiritual
             things
             ,
             is
             it
             a
             great
             thing
             ,
             if
             we
             shall
             reap
             your
             carnal
             things
             ?
          
           It
           seems
           he
           did
           not
           believe
           this
           Favour
           so
           extraordinary
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           any
           such
           commanding
           quality
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           him
           their
           servant
           ,
           or
           dependant
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           received
           it
           .
           Nay
           he
           tells
           them
           that
           he
           had
           
             power
             to
             eat
             and
             to
             drink
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           God
           had
           given
           him
           a
           right
           to
           a
           Competent
           maintenance
           out
           of
           the
           Estates
           of
           those
           he
           instructed
           ;
           which
           without
           question
           ,
           where
           the
           circumstances
           of
           the
           person
           will
           permit
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           proportioned
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           person
           Represented
           ,
           and
           
           to
           the
           nature
           and
           quality
           of
           the
           Employ
           .
           'T
           is
           plain
           therefore
           that
           the
           Apostle
           thought
           that
           if
           Gods
           Ministers
           lived
           out
           of
           the
           Fortunes
           of
           their
           charge
           ,
           yet
           they
           were
           not
           so
           mightily
           indebted
           beyond
           a
           possibility
           of
           Requital
           ;
           but
           that
           the
           Obligation
           was
           full
           as
           great
           on
           the
           other
           side
           :
           and
           the
           reason
           why
           some
           men
           now
           a
           days
           are
           not
           of
           the
           same
           mind
           is
           ,
           because
           the
           concerns
           of
           the
           other
           world
           have
           none
           ,
           or
           a
           very
           slender
           consideration
           allow'd
           them
           ;
           for
           otherwise
           without
           question
           men
           would
           look
           upon
           those
           as
           none
           of
           their
           least
           beneficial
           Friends
           ,
           who
           are
           appointed
           by
           God
           to
           guide
           them
           securely
           in
           their
           passage
           to
           Eternity
           :
           but
           now
           't
           is
           the
           Mode
           with
           too
           many
           to
           live
           as
           if
           their
           souls
           were
           the
           most
           inconsiderable
           thing
           they
           carried
           about
           them
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           It
           may
           be
           Objected
           ,
           that
           every
           Family
           ought
           to
           be
           under
           the
           Government
           of
           one
           single
           person
           ,
           and
           because
           the
           Priest
           is
           confessed
           not
           to
           be
           the
           Master
           ,
           therefore
           he
           must
           be
           under
           command
           ,
           and
           consequently
           a
           servant
           .
           Now
           this
           is
           so
           slender
           an
           Objection
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           have
           waved
           the
           mention
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           that
           some
           people
           seem
           desirous
           of
           being
           imposed
           upon
           in
           this
           matter
           ;
           and
           we
           know
           when
           men
           are
           in
           love
           with
           a
           mistake
           ,
           the
           least
           appearance
           of
           a
           reason
           is
           apt
           to
           entangle
           their
           understandings
           ,
           and
           
           make
           them
           overlook
           the
           evidence
           of
           an
           assertion
           they
           are
           prejudiced
           against
           .
        
         
           To
           what
           is
           objected
           therefore
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           this
           Argument
           proves
           all
           Boarders
           servants
           ,
           though
           their
           Office
           or
           Quality
           be
           never
           so
           much
           above
           those
           they
           sojourn
           with
           .
           I
           grant
           the
           Priest
           is
           not
           to
           disturb
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           house
           in
           the
           Government
           of
           his
           Family
           ,
           nor
           to
           intermeddle
           in
           his
           Affairs
           ,
           (
           to
           do
           this
           were
           an
           unreasonable
           incroachment
           )
           but
           the
           living
           under
           his
           roof
           makes
           him
           no
           more
           his
           servant
           ,
           then
           his
           Father
           or
           Mother
           are
           ,
           when
           they
           reside
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           There
           may
           be
           several
           other
           things
           urged
           against
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Proposition
           I
           am
           to
           defend
           ,
           but
           the
           solving
           the
           remaining
           Objections
           will
           fall
           in
           more
           conveniently
           ,
           after
           I
           have
           given
           a
           short
           description
           of
           the
           Office
           of
           a
           Chaplain
           ,
           and
           shown
           how
           much
           it
           differs
           from
           that
           of
           a
           servant
           ,
           and
           how
           inconsistent
           it
           is
           with
           it
           ;
           which
           I
           shall
           proceed
           to
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Therefore
           ,
           The
           Office
           of
           a
           Clergy-man
           in
           a
           Family
           ,
           is
           to
           Pray
           for
           ,
           Bless
           ,
           and
           give
           Absolution
           to
           those
           he
           is
           concern'd
           with
           ;
           which
           are
           all
           Acts
           of
           Authority
           and
           Jurisdiction
           .
           He
           is
           to
           Counsel
           ,
           Exhort
           ,
           and
           Reprove
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           Family
           himself
           ,
           upon
           occasion
           (
           though
           with
           respect
           to
           his
           
           station
           )
           which
           Offices
           are
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           condition
           of
           a
           servant
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           very
           unsuccessfully
           perform'd
           by
           him
           ,
           as
           will
           further
           appear
           afterwards
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           He
           does
           not
           receive
           this
           Commission
           from
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           Family
           ,
           or
           from
           any
           humane
           Authority
           ,
           but
           from
           God
           himself
           ,
           whose
           Deputy
           he
           is
           in
           things
           pertaining
           to
           Religion
           :
           He
           is
           not
           entertain'd
           upon
           any
           secular
           account
           ,
           or
           to
           manage
           any
           other
           business
           but
           what
           relates
           to
           another
           world
           ;
           and
           is
           Consecrated
           to
           this
           Function
           by
           the
           Divine
           Warrant
           and
           appointment
           ,
           and
           consequently
           he
           is
           Gods
           Minister
           not
           mans
           .
           The
           place
           in
           which
           he
           is
           engaged
           is
           his
           Parish
           ,
           and
           the
           difference
           between
           a
           Parochial
           Priest
           and
           him
           lies
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           extent
           of
           his
           Charge
           is
           not
           so
           large
           as
           that
           of
           a
           Parish-Priest
           ;
           the
           one
           having
           but
           only
           one
           single
           Family
           to
           take
           care
           of
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           a
           great
           many
           :
           but
           the
           Office
           is
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           one
           hath
           no
           more
           reason
           to
           be
           accounted
           a
           servant
           than
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           However
           pride
           ,
           ignorance
           ,
           or
           inconsideration
           may
           sometimes
           byass
           mens
           minds
           ,
           yet
           if
           they
           would
           but
           attend
           to
           their
           own
           practice
           ,
           they
           would
           see
           that
           the
           concern
           of
           a
           Priest
           in
           a
           Family
           is
           no
           servile
           employment
           ;
           because
           in
           the
           absence
           of
           a
           Priest
           the
           
           Master
           of
           the
           Family
           supplies
           his
           place
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           lawfully
           he
           may
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           praying
           and
           giving
           thanks
           at
           meat
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           plain
           confession
           that
           men
           are
           satisfied
           that
           't
           is
           very
           improper
           to
           employ
           any
           of
           their
           servants
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           Holy
           Offices
           ;
           the
           doing
           of
           which
           would
           be
           dishonourable
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           weaken
           the
           force
           and
           Majesty
           of
           Religion
           ;
           and
           therefore
           when
           one
           Consecrated
           to
           Holy
           Ministrations
           is
           not
           present
           ,
           God
           ought
           to
           be
           addressed
           to
           by
           a
           person
           of
           the
           greatest
           consideration
           in
           the
           Family
           ;
           which
           implicit
           confession
           of
           theirs
           ,
           is
           both
           agreeable
           to
           the
           reason
           of
           mankind
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           first
           Ages
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           when
           the
           Civil
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           Authority
           were
           united
           ,
           the
           same
           Person
           being
           both
           Priest
           and
           Prince
           in
           his
           Family
           ;
           as
           appears
           from
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
             ,
             Iacob
          
           ,
           and
           Iob's
           erecting
           Altars
           ,
           and
           offering
           sacrifices
           :
           and
           before
           the
           Institution
           of
           the
           Mosaick
           Law
           (
           in
           which
           God
           chose
           a
           distinct
           Tribe
           to
           serve
           him
           in
           Holy
           Offices
           )
           the
           First-born
           ,
           among
           other
           considerable
           priviledges
           ,
           had
           the
           Priesthood
           annext
           to
           his
           Birth-right
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           This
           notion
           of
           a
           servant
           destroys
           the
           end
           and
           design
           of
           the
           Priestly
           Office
           ,
           it
           renders
           his
           Person
           cheap
           ,
           and
           his
           Discourse
           insignificant
           ,
           it
           causes
           his
           Reproofs
           to
           be
           look'd
           upon
           as
           presumptuous
           ,
           and
           makes
           a
           generous
           freedom
           and
           impartial
           plainness
           ,
           to
           be
           interpreted
           
           a
           forgetfulness
           of
           Distance
           :
           and
           yet
           this
           sort
           of
           plain-dealing
           is
           not
           more
           necessary
           toward
           any
           sort
           of
           people
           than
           those
           who
           are
           wealthy
           and
           Honourable
           ,
           the
           nature
           of
           their
           circumstances
           being
           such
           as
           make
           them
           much
           more
           apt
           to
           flatter
           themselves
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           flatter'd
           by
           others
           ;
           which
           made
           St.
           Paul
           command
           St.
           Timothy
           ,
           to
           
             charge
             those
             that
          
           were
           
             rich
             that
             they
             should
             not
             be
             high-minded
          
           :
           The
           Apostle
           well
           knew
           in
           how
           great
           danger
           such
           persons
           were
           of
           taking
           the
           height
           of
           their
           condition
           amiss
           ,
           and
           confiding
           too
           much
           in
           it
           ;
           for
           to
           this
           unhappy
           mistake
           they
           have
           not
           only
           the
           common
           artifices
           of
           self-love
           to
           betray
           them
           ,
           but
           several
           confederate
           circumstances
           from
           without
           strike
           in
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           imposture
           ,
           and
           to
           cheat
           them
           into
           a
           wrong
           opinion
           of
           themselves
           .
           They
           see
           how
           they
           are
           reverenced
           and
           admired
           by
           almost
           all
           sort
           of
           people
           ,
           and
           that
           men
           frequently
           resign
           their
           ease
           ,
           their
           Liberty
           and
           conscience
           too
           ,
           to
           purchase
           fewer
           conveniencies
           than
           they
           are
           already
           possess'd
           of
           :
           They
           find
           that
           wealth
           and
           Reputation
           puts
           them
           into
           a
           capacity
           of
           gratifying
           their
           senses
           ,
           and
           their
           humour
           ,
           gives
           them
           many
           opportunities
           of
           obliging
           their
           friends
           and
           crushing
           their
           enemies
           ,
           and
           makes
           their
           will
           a
           kind
           of
           Law
           to
           their
           Inferiours
           and
           Dependants
           .
           Now
           these
           Advantages
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           not
           throughly
           examined
           ,
           but
           rated
           according
           to
           the
           value
           which
           
           Vulgar
           estimation
           sets
           upon
           them
           ,
           are
           apt
           to
           swell
           them
           into
           an
           unreasonable
           conceit
           of
           themselves
           ;
           which
           vanity
           is
           still
           fed
           and
           inflamed
           because
           they
           are
           often
           so
           unfortunate
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           attend
           ,
           that
           these
           worldly
           accommodations
           are
           things
           really
           distinct
           from
           their
           owners
           ;
           that
           these
           ornamental
           priviledges
           are
           but
           a
           decent
           varnish
           which
           enriches
           no
           deeper
           then
           the
           surface
           ;
           and
           an
           Impression
           ,
           which
           though
           Royal
           ,
           cannot
           alter
           the
           mettal
           :
           but
           on
           the
           contrary
           they
           are
           apt
           to
           fancy
           their
           Fortunes
           and
           themselves
           to
           be
           all
           of
           a
           piece
           ,
           that
           this
           glorious
           outside
           grows
           out
           of
           some
           intrinsick
           Prerogative
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           genuine
           lustre
           and
           complexion
           of
           their
           nature
           .
           And
           since
           a
           flourishing
           condition
           is
           thus
           apt
           to
           impose
           upon
           men
           ,
           and
           hath
           such
           a
           natural
           tendency
           to
           give
           them
           a
           false
           Idea
           of
           their
           own
           Excellency
           ,
           have
           they
           not
           need
           of
           a
           prudent
           and
           conscientious
           Friend
           ,
           to
           insinuate
           that
           they
           have
           no
           Essential
           Advantages
           above
           the
           rest
           of
           mankind
           ,
           to
           awaken
           them
           into
           right
           apprehensions
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           rescue
           them
           from
           that
           delusion
           which
           their
           own
           vanity
           ,
           and
           the
           ignorance
           or
           design
           of
           others
           often
           puts
           upon
           them
           .
           Therefore
           if
           men
           would
           have
           their
           Lives
           correct
           and
           happy
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           encourage
           their
           Friends
           (
           especially
           those
           who
           are
           particularly
           concern'd
           in
           the
           Regulation
           of
           their
           Conscience
           )
           to
           tell
           them
           of
           their
           faults
           ;
           they
           should
           invite
           them
           to
           this
           
           freedom
           ,
           if
           not
           by
           express
           declaration
           ,
           yet
           by
           affable
           Deportment
           ,
           always
           receiving
           the
           performance
           of
           the
           nice
           Office
           with
           demonstrations
           of
           pleasure
           and
           satisfaction
           .
           Did
           men
           consider
           how
           slippery
           and
           difficultly
           manageable
           an
           Elevated
           station
           is
           ,
           they
           would
           easily
           discern
           that
           it
           was
           not
           the
           safest
           way
           to
           trust
           altogether
           to
           their
           own
           Conduct
           ,
           but
           to
           take
           in
           the
           constant
           assistance
           of
           a
           Religious
           Person
           ,
           that
           so
           their
           miscarriages
           might
           be
           represented
           ,
           their
           Consciences
           directed
           in
           doubtfull
           cases
           ,
           and
           their
           minds
           fortified
           with
           defensatives
           proper
           to
           the
           temptations
           of
           their
           condition
           and
           temper
           .
           Indeed
           the
           very
           converse
           of
           such
           a
           Guide
           ,
           if
           his
           character
           were
           rightly
           understood
           ,
           and
           prudently
           supported
           ,
           would
           help
           to
           keep
           them
           upon
           their
           guard
           ;
           and
           by
           striking
           a
           kind
           of
           Religious
           awe
           upon
           their
           spirits
           ,
           make
           their
           conversation
           more
           staunch
           and
           regular
           ,
           and
           often
           prevent
           their
           falling
           into
           any
           remarkable
           excesses
           :
           But
           these
           advantages
           are
           all
           lost
           upon
           those
           who
           misapprehend
           the
           Priests
           Office
           ,
           and
           entertain
           him
           upon
           the
           same
           account
           they
           do
           their
           Footmen
           ,
           only
           to
           garnish
           the
           Table
           ,
           and
           stuff
           out
           the
           Figure
           of
           the
           Family
           .
           When
           a
           man
           hath
           received
           such
           a
           disparaging
           notion
           of
           the
           Priest
           ,
           and
           rang'd
           him
           amongst
           his
           servants
           ,
           there
           is
           small
           likelihood
           of
           his
           being
           the
           better
           for
           his
           company
           ;
           for
           this
           conceit
           will
           make
           his
           carriage
           lofty
           and
           reserv'd
           ;
           
           his
           words
           ,
           gestures
           ,
           and
           silence
           ,
           will
           all
           carry
           marks
           of
           Neglect
           and
           Imperiousness
           in
           them
           :
           which
           are
           plain
           and
           designed
           Intimations
           that
           the
           Priest
           must
           not
           insist
           upon
           the
           priviledges
           of
           his
           Function
           ;
           that
           he
           must
           not
           pretend
           to
           any
           Liberty
           ,
           but
           what
           his
           Patron
           is
           pleas'd
           to
           allow
           ;
           with
           the
           Direction
           of
           whose
           actions
           he
           is
           not
           to
           intermeddle
           ,
           nor
           remonstrate
           against
           the
           unreasonableness
           of
           any
           practice
           ,
           nor
           show
           him
           the
           danger
           of
           continuing
           in
           it
           :
           for
           though
           all
           this
           be
           done
           with
           caution
           and
           tenderness
           ,
           and
           respect
           ,
           yet
           he
           must
           look
           for
           nothing
           but
           disdain
           and
           disappointment
           in
           requital
           ,
           for
           presuming
           to
           admonish
           his
           Superiours
           ;
           which
           is
           such
           an
           Usurpation
           upon
           Dominion
           and
           Quality
           as
           is
           not
           to
           be
           endur'd
           ;
           being
           neither
           agreeable
           to
           the
           servile
           Employment
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           nor
           consistent
           with
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           5ly
           ,
           This
           degrading
           the
           Priesthood
           into
           a
           servile
           Office
           ,
           takes
           off
           from
           that
           Veneration
           which
           is
           due
           to
           the
           solemn
           Mysteries
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           makes
           them
           look
           common
           and
           contemptible
           ;
           by
           being
           administred
           by
           Persons
           not
           
             sui
             juris
          
           ,
           but
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           pleasure
           of
           those
           who
           receive
           them
           :
           God
           therefore
           to
           prevent
           his
           Ordinances
           from
           falling
           into
           contempt
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           them
           effectual
           to
           procure
           the
           happiness
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           hath
           given
           his
           Priests
           Authority
           over
           all
           they
           are
           concern'd
           with
           ;
           
           they
           are
           to
           bless
           the
           people
           in
           his
           Name
           ,
           and
           the
           Author
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             that
             without
             contradiction
             the
             less
             is
             blessed
             of
             the
             better
             ,
          
           Hebr.
           7.7
           .
           They
           are
           called
           
             the
             Lords
             Priests
          
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           22.17
           .
           
             The
             Messengers
             of
             the
             Lord
             of
             hosts
             ,
          
           Mal.
           2.7
           .
           and
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           they
           are
           stiled
           the
           Stewards
           and
           
             Ambassadors
             of
             God
          
           ;
           and
           made
           
             Overseers
             of
             his
             Church
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
          
           2
           Cor.
           5.20
           .
           Acts
           20.28
           .
           The
           sense
           of
           which
           Texts
           ,
           and
           partly
           the
           words
           ,
           are
           by
           the
           appointment
           of
           our
           Church
           applied
           to
           those
           who
           are
           ordain'd
           Priests
           ,
           to
           put
           them
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           dignity
           of
           their
           Office
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Care
           they
           ought
           to
           take
           about
           the
           conscientious
           discharge
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           confess
           't
           is
           possible
           for
           a
           Priest
           to
           make
           himself
           a
           servant
           ;
           he
           may
           't
           is
           likely
           be
           Steward
           or
           Clark
           of
           the
           Kitchin
           if
           he
           pleases
           ,
           (
           as
           Bishop
           Latimer
           complains
           some
           of
           the
           Clergy
           were
           forced
           to
           be
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           Heylin
           Hist.
           Refor
           .
           p.
           61.
           )
           but
           as
           long
           as
           he
           does
           not
           engage
           in
           any
           Employment
           which
           is
           intended
           for
           State
           ,
           or
           the
           convenience
           of
           Life
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           he
           keeps
           to
           his
           Priestly
           Function
           ,
           so
           long
           he
           may
           be
           assured
           he
           hath
           no
           Master
           in
           the
           House
           ;
           and
           for
           any
           to
           suppose
           he
           hath
           ,
           is
           an
           unreasonable
           and
           absurd
           mistake
           ;
           (
           to
           say
           no
           worse
           of
           it
           )
           't
           is
           an
           inverting
           that
           Order
           which
           God
           made
           between
           the
           Priest
           and
           people
           ,
           and
           denies
           that
           Authority
           which
           God
           hath
           granted
           for
           the
           Edification
           of
           his
           Church
           .
           It
           endeavours
           to
           destroy
           
           that
           Honourable
           Relation
           which
           the
           Priest
           hath
           to
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           ,
           (
           to
           whose
           service
           he
           is
           appropriated
           )
           which
           God
           is
           pleas'd
           to
           dignifie
           him
           with
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           have
           the
           greater
           Influence
           upon
           those
           he
           is
           concern'd
           with
           ,
           and
           be
           successfull
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           his
           Office
           :
           and
           therefore
           for
           a
           Patron
           to
           account
           such
           a
           Consecrated
           Person
           his
           Priest
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           belonged
           to
           him
           as
           a
           servant
           ,
           is
           in
           effect
           to
           challenge
           Divine
           Honours
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           up
           himself
           for
           a
           God
           :
           for
           if
           he
           is
           any
           thing
           less
           ,
           he
           must
           own
           that
           the
           service
           of
           the
           Priest
           does
           not
           belong
           to
           him
           ;
           for
           that
           in
           the
           very
           terms
           and
           notion
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           intended
           for
           no
           Being
           inferiour
           to
           that
           which
           is
           suppos'd
           to
           be
           Divine
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           Objected
           that
           the
           Priest
           hath
           obliged
           himself
           to
           remove
           with
           the
           Patron
           ,
           when
           and
           whither
           he
           thinks
           fit
           ,
           and
           therefore
           seems
           to
           be
           in
           the
           same
           condition
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Attendants
           ;
           to
           this
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           this
           makes
           him
           no
           more
           a
           servant
           than
           the
           travelling
           and
           ambulatory
           way
           of
           living
           among
           the
           Tartars
           ,
           would
           make
           the
           Priests
           servants
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           provided
           they
           were
           Christians
           :
           To
           make
           it
           plainer
           ,
           suppose
           a
           Bishop
           Ordain'd
           over
           the
           Company
           of
           a
           Ship
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Dioecese
           lay
           only
           in
           one
           Bottom
           ;
           can
           we
           imagine
           that
           he
           would
           lose
           his
           Episcopal
           power
           ,
           and
           fall
           into
           the
           Condition
           of
           other
           Seamen
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Ship
           was
           order'd
           to
           weigh
           anchor
           ,
           and
           began
           to
           make
           its
           
           Voyage
           from
           one
           Port
           to
           another
           :
           At
           this
           rate
           a
           man
           may
           call
           a
           Guardian
           Angel
           one
           of
           his
           Domesticks
           ,
           because
           for
           the
           security
           and
           protection
           of
           their
           Charge
           ,
           these
           benevolent
           Spirits
           are
           pleas'd
           to
           accompany
           us
           from
           one
           place
           to
           another
           .
           I
           grant
           the
           Scripture
           tells
           us
           they
           are
           sent
           forth
           to
           
             minister
             for
             those
             who
             are
             Heris
             of
             Salvation
             ,
          
           Hebr.
           1.14
           .
           but
           then
           we
           must
           allow
           them
           to
           be
           Gods
           Ministers
           not
           ours
           ;
           and
           so
           likewise
           are
           those
           of
           whom
           I
           am
           speaking
           ,
           as
           among
           other
           places
           may
           be
           seen
           from
           2
           Cor.
           6.4
           .
           God
           hath
           pleas'd
           to
           put
           the
           Clergy
           in
           joynt
           Commission
           with
           the
           Angels
           themselves
           ,
           for
           the
           Guidance
           of
           ,
           and
           superintending
           his
           Church
           .
           When
           St.
           Iohn
           would
           have
           worshipped
           the
           Angel
           which
           appear'd
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           is
           forbid
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           reason
           alledged
           is
           ,
           
             because
             I
             am
             thy
             fellow
             servant
             ,
          
           Rev.
           19.10
           .
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           Grotius
           expounds
           it
           ,
           we
           are
           both
           Ambassadors
           of
           the
           same
           King.
           And
           although
           St.
           Iohn
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Apostles
           had
           priviledges
           peculiar
           to
           themselves
           ,
           both
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           extent
           of
           their
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           the
           infallibility
           of
           their
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           other
           miraculous
           Gifts
           with
           which
           they
           were
           endowed
           ,
           to
           which
           Bishops
           themselves
           ,
           much
           less
           inferiour
           Priests
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           pretend
           ;
           yet
           though
           God
           was
           pleas'd
           for
           the
           more
           speedy
           and
           effectual
           planting
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           to
           qualifie
           the
           Apostles
           in
           an
           extraordinary
           manner
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           them
           a
           larger
           Commission
           
           than
           to
           the
           Clergy
           of
           succeeding
           Ages
           ,
           yet
           they
           all
           act
           by
           the
           same
           Authority
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           same
           End
           ;
           therefore
           the
           unfix't
           and
           moving
           Nature
           of
           a
           Cure
           ,
           does
           not
           alter
           ,
           and
           degrade
           the
           Office
           of
           a
           Priest
           :
           He
           is
           not
           less
           a
           Shepherd
           ,
           because
           the
           Flock
           happens
           sometimes
           to
           wander
           unaccountably
           ,
           from
           one
           Pasture
           to
           another
           :
           He
           is
           bound
           to
           attend
           the
           Charge
           he
           hath
           undertaken
           ,
           and
           must
           answer
           the
           Neglect
           of
           it
           to
           God
           ;
           and
           when
           it
           does
           not
           continue
           in
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           to
           accompany
           its
           motion
           ,
           is
           no
           more
           a
           diminution
           to
           his
           Office
           ,
           than
           it
           is
           to
           that
           of
           a
           Judge
           to
           go
           the
           Circuit
           ,
           whose
           Commission
           is
           as
           considerable
           ,
           though
           it
           travels
           with
           him
           from
           one
           County
           to
           another
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           always
           fix't
           in
           Westminster-Hall
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           farther
           Objected
           ,
           that
           the
           Patron
           appoints
           the
           hours
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           which
           seems
           to
           imply
           something
           of
           command
           ;
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           ,
           That
           in
           his
           choosing
           the
           time
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           he
           does
           not
           appoint
           any
           service
           for
           himself
           ,
           but
           only
           declares
           when
           he
           and
           his
           Houshold
           are
           ready
           for
           Gods
           worship
           ,
           and
           desirous
           of
           the
           Priestly
           absolution
           ,
           and
           blessing
           ;
           which
           is
           proper
           for
           him
           to
           do
           ,
           because
           the
           Family
           is
           employed
           in
           his
           business
           ,
           and
           under
           his
           command
           ;
           and
           therefore
           without
           his
           permission
           ,
           they
           have
           not
           many
           times
           an
           opportunity
           of
           meeting
           together
           for
           Divine
           Service
           :
           Which
           is
           still
           more
           reasonable
           ,
           because
           the
           Priest
           is
           suppos●d
           only
           to
           intend
           the
           
           affairs
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           always
           ready
           for
           the
           performance
           of
           his
           Office
           ,
           and
           consequently
           that
           time
           which
           is
           most
           convenient
           for
           those
           under
           his
           Care
           ,
           and
           in
           which
           the
           assembly
           is
           like
           to
           be
           most
           numerous
           ,
           he
           is
           by
           vertue
           of
           his
           Office
           bound
           to
           observe
           ,
           whether
           his
           Cure
           lies
           in
           a
           private
           Family
           ,
           or
           a
           whole
           Parish
           .
        
         
           But
           lastly
           it
           may
           be
           urged
           that
           the
           33
           of
           Hen.
           8.
           cap.
           28.
           calls
           the
           Patrons
           of
           Chaplains
           their
           Masters
           ;
           and
           will
           any
           man
           be
           so
           hardy
           as
           to
           question
           the
           Judgement
           and
           determination
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ?
           But
           here
           we
           may
           observe
           that
           this
           Act
           calls
           only
           those
           Patrons
           Masters
           ,
           who
           can
           give
           Qualifications
           for
           Pluralities
           .
           Having
           premis'd
           this
           observation
           ,
           I
           answer
           ,
           with
           all
           due
           submission
           and
           respect
           to
           this
           Legislative
           Council
           ;
           that
           if
           the
           question
           was
           concerning
           any
           Civil
           Right
           ,
           then
           't
           is
           confessed
           't
           is
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Parliament
           either
           to
           limit
           ,
           or
           take
           it
           away
           ,
           because
           the
           whole
           Power
           and
           Authority
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           is
           there
           ,
           either
           personally
           ,
           or
           by
           Representation
           ;
           and
           therefore
           they
           may
           deprive
           any
           Person
           of
           his
           Honour
           or
           Estate
           (
           the
           Right
           of
           the
           Succession
           to
           the
           Crown
           excepted
           )
           as
           far
           as
           they
           please
           :
           not
           that
           't
           is
           impossible
           for
           them
           to
           act
           unjustly
           ,
           but
           only
           that
           what
           they
           Determine
           hath
           the
           force
           of
           a
           Law
           ,
           because
           every
           man
           is
           suppos'd
           to
           have
           given
           his
           consent
           to
           it
           .
           But
           here
           we
           must
           observe
           ,
           that
           the
           Church
           is
           a
           distinct
           Society
           from
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           independent
           
           upon
           it
           :
           The
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Church
           is
           founded
           in
           the
           Appointment
           of
           Christ
           ,
           in
           that
           Commission
           which
           he
           gave
           the
           Apostles
           and
           their
           Successors
           ,
           and
           consequently
           does
           not
           derive
           its
           Authority
           from
           any
           Earthly
           Power
           .
           The
           Civil
           Magistrate
           never
           yet
           made
           Bishop
           ,
           Priest
           ,
           or
           Deacon
           ,
           nor
           ever
           can
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           may
           safely
           affirm
           without
           any
           injury
           or
           disrespect
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           cannot
           make
           these
           Spiritual
           Offices
           greater
           or
           less
           than
           they
           are
           ;
           therefore
           if
           God
           hath
           made
           the
           Priests
           Office
           (
           as
           nothing
           is
           plainer
           in
           Scripture
           then
           that
           he
           hath
           )
           an
           Office
           of
           Government
           ,
           Direction
           ,
           and
           superintendance
           over
           those
           he
           is
           concern'd
           with
           ,
           then
           't
           is
           not
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Parliament
           to
           make
           his
           Condition
           servile
           :
           because
           no
           Person
           ,
           or
           Society
           of
           Persons
           can
           take
           away
           that
           Power
           which
           they
           never
           gave
           :
           The
           Parliament
           may
           with
           equal
           Right
           Enact
           that
           Parents
           shall
           be
           subject
           to
           their
           Children
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           wife
           shall
           be
           her
           husband's
           Mistress
           without
           a
           Complement
           ,
           as
           make
           the
           people
           the
           Priests
           Masters
           ,
           and
           give
           the
           Flock
           a
           Jurisdiction
           over
           the
           Shepherd
           ;
           they
           may
           with
           the
           same
           justice
           repeal
           the
           most
           Established
           Laws
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           invert
           the
           Right
           of
           the
           two
           former
           Relations
           ,
           as
           of
           this
           latter
           ;
           for
           this
           hath
           its
           Establishment
           from
           the
           same
           God
           that
           the
           other
           have
           ,
           and
           for
           Ends
           ,
           at
           least
           equally
           weighty
           ,
           and
           momentous
           .
           This
           Power
           of
           their
           Spiritual
           Governours
           they
           
           have
           no
           more
           Authority
           to
           destroy
           ,
           than
           they
           have
           to
           vote
           down
           the
           Canon
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           or
           to
           decree
           Sacrilege
           to
           be
           no
           sin
           :
           'T
           is
           granted
           ,
           that
           all
           Ecclesiastical
           Persons
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           Members
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           are
           subject
           to
           its
           Authority
           ;
           and
           that
           a
           Priest
           or
           Bishop
           ,
           may
           properly
           be
           a
           servant
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           if
           he
           holds
           any
           Secular
           Employment
           under
           him
           ;
           because
           in
           this
           case
           he
           acts
           by
           a
           Commission
           from
           the
           Civil
           Government
           ;
           but
           this
           only
           concerns
           him
           as
           he
           is
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           does
           not
           in
           the
           least
           affect
           his
           Spiritual
           Capacity
           :
           The
           Power
           which
           results
           from
           that
           ,
           flows
           from
           another
           Fountain
           ;
           and
           is
           given
           by
           our
           Saviour
           himself
           ,
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           be
           weakened
           or
           recall'd
           by
           any
           State-Constitution
           whatever
           .
           Men
           should
           do
           well
           therefore
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           as
           a
           Prince
           hath
           no
           reason
           to
           take
           it
           well
           ,
           if
           the
           people
           should
           look
           upon
           his
           Officers
           as
           their
           servants
           ;
           so
           't
           is
           not
           over-respectfull
           to
           God
           Almighty
           to
           suppose
           his
           Ministers
           stand
           in
           that
           inferiour
           Relation
           to
           those
           they
           are
           concern'd
           with
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           now
           proceed
           to
           the
           2d
           thing
           at
           first
           propounded
           ,
           viz.
           to
           show
           ,
           that
           whatever
           fair
           expectations
           the
           Patron
           may
           have
           given
           the
           Priest
           ,
           yet
           these
           are
           not
           sufficient
           Grounds
           for
           an
           Imperious
           Carriage
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           or
           a
           servlle
           submission
           on
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           This
           sort
           of
           Deportment
           were
           unreasonable
           ,
           supposing
           the
           Patron
           had
           as
           full
           and
           absolute
           
           a
           right
           in
           Church-Preferment
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           in
           any
           other
           part
           of
           his
           Estate
           .
           For
           what
           can
           be
           a
           more
           ungenerous
           and
           ungentlemanly
           practice
           ,
           than
           to
           require
           that
           a
           man
           should
           resign
           up
           his
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           forfeit
           the
           priviledges
           of
           his
           Station
           ,
           only
           upon
           the
           probability
           of
           receiving
           some
           sort
           of
           consideration
           for
           it
           afterwards
           ?
           How
           unlike
           a
           Benefactour
           does
           he
           look
           who
           sets
           an
           Excise
           upon
           his
           bare
           word
           ,
           and
           clogs
           the
           expectation
           of
           future
           Advantage
           with
           present
           Inconvenience
           ?
           Thus
           to
           anticipate
           the
           Revenues
           of
           a
           favour
           ,
           is
           like
           taking
           Usury
           for
           money
           before
           't
           is
           lent
           ,
           which
           certainly
           is
           one
           of
           the
           worst
           sorts
           of
           extortion
           ,
           because
           here
           a
           man
           not
           only
           pays
           for
           that
           he
           hath
           not
           ,
           but
           for
           that
           which
           possibly
           he
           may
           never
           have
           .
        
         
           But
           2ly
           ,
           Let
           us
           suppose
           the
           Priest
           in
           actual
           possession
           of
           some
           considerable
           Preferment
           ,
           yet
           being
           't
           is
           pretended
           to
           be
           given
           ,
           it
           ought
           certainly
           to
           come
           disencumber'd
           from
           all
           Conditions
           which
           may
           abate
           the
           kindness
           of
           it
           .
           He
           that
           pretends
           to
           give
           ,
           should
           chiefly
           respect
           the
           Advantage
           of
           him
           to
           whom
           the
           Favour
           is
           granted
           .
           He
           should
           demean
           himself
           towards
           the
           obliged
           party
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           obligation
           had
           never
           been
           ;
           that
           it
           may
           plainly
           appear
           ,
           that
           his
           intention
           in
           conferring
           it
           ,
           was
           disinterested
           ;
           that
           he
           had
           no
           little
           Designs
           of
           Profit
           or
           State
           ,
           to
           serve
           in
           it
           ;
           but
           that
           it
           proceeded
           purely
           from
           a
           generous
           inclination
           to
           promote
           the
           Happiness
           of
           another
           .
           
           Whereas
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           to
           part
           with
           any
           thing
           out
           of
           a
           selfish
           Design
           ,
           is
           an
           exchange
           ,
           not
           a
           Gift
           ,
           which
           when
           't
           is
           done
           by
           a
           Person
           of
           Estate
           ,
           is
           an
           argument
           of
           a
           mean
           and
           mercenary
           spirit
           .
           But
           then
           to
           pursue
           a
           Benefit
           with
           superciliousness
           and
           contempt
           ,
           to
           expect
           a
           complyance
           with
           the
           most
           unreasonable
           humours
           ;
           to
           give
           upbraiding
           and
           contumelious
           signs
           of
           the
           dependance
           and
           unworthiness
           of
           the
           Receiver
           ;
           to
           require
           a
           man
           to
           relinquish
           the
           necessary
           Freedom
           of
           one
           of
           the
           most
           solemn
           and
           honourable
           Professions
           ;
           this
           turns
           an
           obligation
           into
           injury
           ,
           and
           affront
           ,
           and
           looks
           like
           a
           malicious
           trap
           set
           to
           catch
           a
           mans
           Reputation
           .
           Who
           that
           hath
           either
           Sense
           or
           Honesty
           would
           turn
           his
           Canonical
           Habit
           into
           a
           Livery
           ,
           and
           make
           himself
           useless
           and
           ridiculous
           for
           the
           greatest
           consideration
           whatever
           ?
           A
           worthy
           Person
           would
           scorn
           a
           Kingdom
           proffer'd
           upon
           such
           dishonourable
           terms
           .
        
         
           3ly
           ,
           If
           we
           put
           the
           case
           as
           't
           is
           determined
           by
           Law
           ,
           this
           practice
           will
           appear
           still
           more
           unreasonable
           .
           'T
           is
           sufficiently
           known
           ,
           and
           were
           it
           not
           for
           the
           overgrown
           prejudices
           of
           some
           Persons
           ,
           it
           were
           superfluous
           to
           mention
           ,
           that
           the
           Patron
           is
           so
           far
           from
           having
           a
           full
           Propriety
           in
           Churh-Preferments
           ,
           that
           his
           Right
           only
           consists
           in
           a
           power
           to
           Nominate
           who
           shall
           enjoy
           them
           .
           Which
           very
           Nomination
           must
           be
           made
           within
           six
           Months
           ,
           and
           fix't
           upon
           a
           Person
           Canonically
           
           qualified
           ,
           otherwise
           't
           is
           wholly
           invalid
           .
           His
           Interest
           in
           Church
           Livings
           only
           enables
           him
           to
           give
           them
           away
           ,
           not
           to
           keep
           them
           .
           He
           hath
           no
           power
           to
           enter
           upon
           any
           part
           of
           the
           Glebes
           ,
           or
           Tithes
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           to
           sequester
           the
           profits
           for
           the
           next
           Incumbent
           .
           He
           is
           only
           a
           Trustee
           authorized
           under
           certain
           conditions
           ,
           to
           dispose
           of
           the
           Patrimony
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           is
           settled
           upon
           it
           by
           as
           good
           Laws
           as
           any
           he
           holds
           his
           Estate
           by
           .
           That
           Right
           which
           he
           hath
           was
           originally
           granted
           in
           consideration
           of
           works
           of
           extraordinary
           Piety
           ,
           in
           building
           or
           endowing
           of
           Churches
           :
           which
           is
           a
           Title
           very
           few
           (
           except
           the
           King
           )
           can
           pretend
           to
           ,
           either
           upon
           their
           own
           ,
           or
           their
           Ancestors
           accounts
           .
           From
           all
           which
           it
           appears
           ,
           that
           the
           Patrons
           giving
           an
           Annuity
           out
           of
           his
           Estate
           ,
           is
           a
           quite
           different
           thing
           from
           his
           Presenting
           to
           a
           Living
           ,
           and
           therefore
           his
           expectations
           of
           gratitude
           and
           observance
           ,
           should
           not
           be
           set
           so
           high
           in
           this
           latter
           case
           .
           For
           here
           neither
           Law
           ,
           nor
           Religion
           allow
           the
           Donor
           to
           be
           a
           peny
           the
           better
           for
           what
           he
           disposes
           of
           ;
           he
           cannot
           detain
           the
           least
           part
           of
           it
           without
           Injustice
           and
           Sacrilege
           ,
           nor
           confer
           it
           upon
           exceptionable
           Persons
           without
           breach
           of
           Fidelity
           .
        
         
           The
           Trust
           indeed
           is
           honourable
           and
           weighty
           ,
           it
           being
           in
           the
           power
           of
           those
           to
           whom
           't
           is
           committed
           to
           encourage
           Learning
           ,
           and
           to
           provide
           the
           people
           with
           prudent
           ,
           and
           conscientious
           Guides
           :
           but
           then
           I
           must
           add
           ,
           that
           it
           ought
           to
           
           be
           discharged
           accordingly
           ,
           and
           that
           those
           who
           do
           not
           chiefly
           aim
           at
           these
           Ends
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           it
           ,
           have
           little
           either
           of
           Conscience
           or
           Honour
           in
           them
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           reason
           to
           believe
           that
           when
           the
           Church
           gave
           this
           right
           of
           Presentation
           to
           Lay-Patrons
           ,
           (
           for
           that
           the
           Bishops
           had
           originally
           the
           right
           of
           judging
           the
           Qualifications
           of
           Priests
           ,
           and
           fixing
           them
           in
           their
           respective
           Cures
           ,
           without
           being
           accountable
           to
           a
           
             Quare
             impedit
          
           for
           their
           refusal
           of
           the
           peoples
           choice
           ,
           might
           be
           made
           evident
           were
           it
           pertinent
           to
           the
           business
           in
           hand
           )
           When
           the
           Church
           I
           say
           parted
           with
           this
           Right
           ,
           she
           had
           no
           suspicion
           of
           the
           degeneracy
           of
           after
           Ages
           ;
           but
           imagined
           that
           the
           integrity
           ,
           and
           conscience
           ,
           if
           not
           the
           Munificence
           of
           the
           first
           Patrons
           might
           have
           been
           transmitted
           to
           the
           Heirs
           ,
           or
           Purchasers
           of
           their
           Right
           .
           The
           Piety
           of
           those
           times
           would
           have
           made
           it
           look
           uncharitable
           to
           have
           been
           apprehensive
           of
           Resignation
           Bonds
           ,
           of
           forced
           Compositions
           ,
           and
           Contracts
           for
           Farms
           ,
           or
           Women
           .
           But
           some
           people
           have
           now
           learn'd
           to
           make
           bold
           with
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           beyond
           the
           imagination
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           example
           of
           their
           Predecessors
           ;
           and
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           those
           sacrilegious
           Frauds
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           late
           Provision
           of
           our
           Laws
           against
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           seem
           not
           to
           have
           been
           so
           much
           as
           thought
           on
           ,
           in
           those
           more
           Primitive
           and
           Religious
           days
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           in
           point
           of
           Charity
           I
           think
           myself
           
           obliged
           to
           desire
           those
           who
           are
           concern'd
           in
           the
           Rights
           of
           Patronage
           ,
           to
           consider
           before
           't
           is
           too
           late
           ,
           how
           great
           a
           sin
           it
           is
           to
           abuse
           their
           Power
           ;
           and
           through
           Covetousness
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           unwarrantable
           principle
           ,
           to
           betray
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           hath
           in
           some
           measure
           made
           them
           her
           Guardian
           :
           It
           imports
           them
           very
           much
           to
           reflect
           how
           unworthy
           and
           unchristian
           it
           is
           to
           play
           upon
           the
           indigence
           or
           irresolution
           of
           another
           ;
           and
           take
           an
           advantage
           from
           the
           unfortunateness
           of
           his
           Condition
           or
           Temper
           ,
           to
           oblige
           him
           to
           mean
           and
           sinfull
           compliances
           !
           And
           what
           an
           open
           and
           undisguised
           Affront
           it
           is
           to
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           ,
           to
           endeavour
           to
           make
           his
           Ministers
           cheap
           and
           insignificant
           ;
           both
           before
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           conferring
           our
           pretended
           favours
           upon
           them
           .
           To
           create
           servile
           Dependances
           ,
           and
           raise
           our
           private
           Grandeur
           upon
           the
           Endowments
           of
           Religion
           ,
           is
           a
           perfect
           contradiction
           to
           the
           End
           and
           design
           of
           them
           .
           This
           makes
           the
           Church
           contemptible
           by
           the
           strength
           of
           her
           own
           Revenues
           ,
           and
           causes
           the
           Monuments
           of
           our
           Fore-fathers
           Piety
           to
           be
           instrumental
           in
           undermining
           ,
           and
           exposing
           that
           Faith
           they
           thereby
           intended
           to
           secure
           and
           advance
           ▪
           which
           whosoever
           is
           guilty
           of
           ,
           he
           may
           be
           assured
           he
           hath
           a
           right
           to
           the
           Imprecations
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Patronage
           of
           the
           first
           Endowers
           of
           Churches
           ,
           which
           dreadfull
           Legacy
           they
           were
           generally
           very
           carefull
           to
           settle
           upon
           such
           irreligious
           Posterity
           .
           
             Spelman
             de
             non
             temerand
             .
             Eccl.
             
          
        
         
         
           In
           short
           ,
           to
           prostitute
           so
           sacred
           a
           Trust
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           to
           pride
           and
           ambition
           ,
           is
           in
           effect
           to
           sacrifice
           to
           the
           Devil
           with
           that
           which
           is
           consecrated
           to
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           and
           looks
           like
           a
           more
           provoking
           impiety
           ,
           than
           Belshazzer's
           debauching
           to
           the
           Honour
           of
           his
           Idols
           ,
           in
           the
           Vessels
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           Dan.
           5.3
           ,
           4.
           for
           here
           is
           not
           only
           an
           abuse
           of
           Holy
           things
           but
           persons
           too
           ,
           and
           God
           is
           dishonoured
           in
           those
           that
           Represent
           him
           upon
           a
           most
           solemn
           and
           important
           account
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           now
           at
           last
           crave
           leave
           to
           desire
           those
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           who
           are
           engaged
           in
           the
           Families
           of
           Secular
           Persons
           (
           for
           I
           mean
           no
           other
           )
           to
           reflect
           of
           what
           ill
           consequence
           it
           is
           to
           Religion
           for
           them
           not
           to
           assert
           their
           Office
           in
           a
           prudent
           defensible
           way
           :
           and
           how
           cheap
           in
           their
           persons
           ,
           and
           unsuccessfull
           in
           their
           Employment
           ,
           they
           must
           necessarily
           be
           ,
           if
           they
           betray
           the
           priviledges
           of
           their
           Function
           ,
           by
           servile
           compliance
           and
           flattery
           .
           People
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           imagine
           (
           and
           not
           without
           reason
           )
           that
           those
           who
           will
           cringe
           below
           the
           gravity
           of
           their
           Character
           ,
           to
           gain
           a
           little
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           can
           scarce
           have
           any
           great
           and
           Religious
           apprehensions
           of
           the
           other
           .
           Overmuch
           Ceremony
           in
           a
           Clergyman
           is
           frequently
           misinterpreted
           ,
           and
           supposed
           to
           proceed
           not
           from
           his
           Breeding
           or
           Humility
           ,
           but
           from
           a
           consciousness
           of
           his
           meanness
           ;
           and
           others
           are
           willing
           to
           allow
           him
           so
           much
           sense
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           a
           competent
           judge
           of
           his
           own
           inconsiderableness
           ;
           
           and
           since
           he
           confesses
           himself
           contemptible
           by
           his
           carriage
           ,
           they
           think
           it
           but
           just
           to
           treat
           him
           accordingly
           .
           For
           Men
           of
           Figure
           ,
           excepting
           those
           who
           are
           very
           understanding
           and
           Religious
           ,
           are
           apt
           to
           have
           misapprehensions
           conveyed
           into
           them
           by
           over-proportioned
           respect
           ;
           and
           to
           imagine
           the
           Distance
           between
           him
           that
           gives
           it
           ,
           and
           themselves
           ,
           to
           be
           much
           greater
           than
           really
           it
           is
           .
           Since
           therefore
           as
           things
           stand
           ,
           there
           is
           some
           danger
           lest
           Churchmen
           should
           complement
           away
           the
           usefulness
           and
           Authority
           of
           their
           calling
           ;
           they
           would
           do
           well
           to
           decline
           superlative
           observance
           ,
           for
           fear
           they
           give
           others
           a
           wrong
           notion
           of
           their
           Employ
           ,
           or
           be
           thought
           to
           have
           
             Mens
             persons
             in
             admiration
             because
             of
             advantage
             .
          
           It
           would
           be
           no
           more
           than
           requisite
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           reserve
           their
           Duty
           for
           their
           King
           ,
           their
           Bishop
           and
           their
           Parents
           ,
           and
           express
           their
           gratitude
           to
           their
           Patrons
           in
           Language
           less
           lyable
           to
           misconstruction
           ,
           and
           more
           proper
           to
           the
           Relation
           between
           them
           .
           For
           as
           they
           should
           not
           be
           unwilling
           to
           own
           the
           Distinctions
           which
           the
           Kings
           Laws
           have
           made
           ,
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           make
           some
           particular
           acknowledgements
           for
           the
           favours
           ,
           and
           civilities
           of
           those
           they
           are
           more
           immediately
           concern'd
           with
           ,
           and
           by
           inoffensive
           and
           agreeable
           conversation
           ,
           prevent
           all
           reasonable
           suspicion
           of
           their
           being
           displeas'd
           with
           the
           superiour
           Quality
           ,
           or
           Fortune
           of
           others
           ;
           So
           likewise
           are
           they
           obliged
           not
           to
           be
           so
           officiously
           ,
           or
           
           rather
           parasitically
           mindfull
           of
           the
           Condition
           of
           any
           Person
           ,
           as
           wholly
           to
           be
           forgetfull
           of
           their
           own
           .
           For
           notwithstanding
           the
           disadvantages
           they
           may
           sometimes
           happen
           to
           come
           into
           the
           world
           with
           ;
           the
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Government
           hath
           set
           them
           upon
           the
           same
           Level
           with
           the
           inferiour
           Gentry
           ,
           as
           a
           reward
           of
           their
           Education
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           regard
           to
           their
           Function
           :
           Now
           that
           the
           Laws
           were
           not
           Priest-ridden
           and
           superstitiously
           lavish
           of
           their
           Honour
           in
           this
           case
           might
           ,
           were
           it
           necessary
           ,
           be
           abundantly
           proved
           from
           the
           reason
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           and
           the
           general
           practice
           of
           other
           Countries
           ,
           both
           with
           respect
           to
           ancient
           and
           modern
           times
           .
           These
           priviledges
           therefore
           being
           confer'd
           upon
           just
           and
           publick
           accounts
           ,
           a
           man
           is
           sometimes
           bound
           to
           maintain
           ;
           and
           to
           surrender
           them
           up
           to
           the
           superciliousness
           of
           every
           assuming
           or
           ignorant
           Pretender
           ,
           is
           a
           Reflection
           upon
           the
           wisdom
           ,
           and
           ingratitude
           to
           the
           Religious
           Bounty
           of
           those
           Kings
           who
           granted
           them
           :
           and
           which
           is
           worse
           ,
           a
           Churchman
           by
           making
           himself
           contemptible
           hath
           parted
           with
           his
           power
           of
           doing
           good
           ;
           and
           consequently
           disappointed
           the
           great
           End
           of
           his
           Calling
           .
           Whereas
           without
           doubt
           't
           is
           part
           of
           the
           design
           of
           these
           priviledges
           to
           exact
           a
           sutable
           Resolution
           and
           presence
           of
           mind
           in
           those
           that
           have
           them
           ,
           that
           so
           their
           spirit
           being
           raised
           up
           to
           their
           civil
           station
           ,
           their
           character
           and
           deportment
           may
           be
           the
           better
           proportioned
           ,
           and
           their
           actions
           keep
           a
           
           truer
           decorum
           with
           the
           Nature
           of
           their
           Office
           ;
           that
           they
           might
           not
           be
           overawed
           ,
           and
           almost
           struck
           dumb
           with
           the
           glitterings
           of
           Title
           ,
           or
           Fortune
           ;
           but
           retain
           a
           gracefull
           Freedom
           in
           conversation
           ,
           neither
           Idolizing
           Greatness
           ,
           nor
           neglecting
           it
           .
           The
           intention
           of
           the
           Laws
           in
           distinguishing
           the
           Clergy
           from
           the
           Vulgar
           ,
           besides
           the
           consideration
           of
           their
           Merit
           ;
           was
           to
           put
           them
           into
           a
           better
           Capacity
           to
           maintain
           the
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           of
           Religion
           among
           all
           sorts
           of
           Persons
           ;
           that
           the
           rich
           as
           well
           as
           the
           poor
           might
           be
           advantaged
           by
           their
           Ministery
           ,
           and
           when
           Persons
           of
           Condition
           were
           to
           be
           told
           of
           their
           faults
           ,
           the
           Priest
           might
           be
           fortified
           with
           a
           convenient
           courage
           to
           give
           the
           reproof
           ,
           and
           the
           others
           dispos'd
           to
           receive
           it
           without
           disgust
           and
           impatience
           .
           Now
           to
           be
           ready
           upon
           all
           occasions
           to
           resent
           any
           dishonour
           done
           to
           Religion
           with
           a
           prudent
           gravity
           and
           assurance
           ,
           carries
           such
           a
           noble
           Air
           of
           greatness
           &
           undesigning
           honesty
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           forces
           a
           secret
           Veneration
           from
           Enemies
           themselves
           ;
           &
           though
           a
           man
           may
           happen
           to
           be
           unjustly
           hated
           for
           speaking
           unacceptable
           truths
           ;
           yet
           he
           is
           sure
           never
           to
           be
           despised
           .
           Whereas
           a
           diffident
           and
           unsupported
           behaviour
           in
           a
           Clergyman
           ,
           is
           often
           suppos'd
           to
           proceed
           from
           ignoble
           qualities
           ,
           and
           consequently
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           weaken
           the
           force
           of
           his
           publick
           Instructions
           ;
           it
           being
           natural
           for
           Ill
           men
           especially
           ,
           to
           disregard
           ,
           if
           not
           to
           deride
           the
           admonitions
           of
           those
           they
           
           believe
           are
           afraid
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           cannot
           talk
           without
           concern
           before
           a
           Sinner
           of
           Quality
           any
           where
           but
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           might
           almost
           as
           good
           say
           nothing
           to
           him
           there
           .
           For
           if
           a
           Church-mans
           conversation
           be
           servile
           and
           designing
           all
           the
           Week
           ,
           his
           appearing
           with
           a
           new
           Set
           of
           Notions
           upon
           the
           Sunday
           ,
           will
           be
           interpreted
           only
           a
           formal
           compliance
           with
           his
           Profession
           :
           His
           pressing
           those
           Doctrines
           which
           his
           Practice
           contradicts
           ,
           will
           signifie
           little
           either
           to
           his
           own
           advantage
           ,
           or
           theirs
           that
           hear
           him
           :
           For
           though
           men
           ought
           to
           mind
           what
           is
           said
           ,
           and
           not
           who
           says
           it
           ;
           yet
           the
           prejudices
           of
           the
           generality
           are
           such
           ,
           that
           a
           good
           cause
           usually
           suffers
           very
           much
           when
           't
           is
           pleaded
           by
           an
           improper
           and
           exceptionable
           Advocate
           :
           How
           fulsome
           an
           Entertainment
           is
           it
           to
           hear
           a
           Coward
           harang
           upon
           Valour
           ,
           or
           a
           Covetous
           Miser
           preach
           up
           contempt
           of
           the
           world
           ?
           The
           man
           might
           better
           have
           spared
           his
           Rhetorick
           ;
           for
           his
           commending
           those
           good
           Qualities
           ,
           he
           neither
           hath
           the
           honesty
           ,
           or
           courage
           to
           be
           Master
           of
           ,
           is
           in
           effect
           but
           a
           Satyr
           upon
           himself
           ,
           and
           serves
           only
           to
           make
           him
           more
           despicable
           and
           ridiculous
           ;
           and
           which
           is
           worse
           ,
           the
           secret
           disdain
           the
           Audience
           hath
           for
           such
           a
           Panegyrist
           ,
           often
           insensibly
           slides
           from
           his
           Person
           to
           his
           subject
           ;
           which
           makes
           his
           exhortation
           nauseous
           ,
           &
           helps
           to
           bring
           Vertue
           it self
           into
           Disgrace
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           objected
           that
           the
           poverty
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Clergy
           forces
           them
           to
           suppress
           their
           sentiments
           
           in
           some
           things
           ,
           &
           to
           suffer
           whatever
           an
           Encroaching
           Spirit
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           put
           upon
           them
           :
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           the
           temptation
           to
           this
           sin
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           prevented
           before
           their
           going
           into
           Holy
           Orders
           :
           For
           those
           who
           cannot
           be
           supplied
           with
           a
           competent
           Fortune
           by
           themselves
           ,
           their
           Relations
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           by
           some
           creditable
           independent
           Preferment
           ,
           had
           much
           better
           choose
           some
           other
           inferiour
           Employment
           ,
           than
           expose
           themselves
           to
           such
           apparent
           danger
           in
           this
           :
           But
           if
           their
           own
           or
           their
           Friends
           imprudence
           ,
           hath
           sent
           them
           unprovided
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           't
           is
           more
           reputable
           ,
           conscientious
           ,
           &
           to
           a
           generous
           mind
           ,
           more
           easie
           too
           ,
           to
           submit
           to
           the
           inconveniencies
           of
           their
           own
           poverty
           ,
           than
           to
           the
           Pride
           of
           others
           ;
           and
           to
           prefer
           a
           homely
           ,
           unornamented
           Liberty
           ,
           to
           a
           splendid
           Servitude
           .
           And
           as
           for
           those
           (
           if
           there
           be
           any
           such
           )
           who
           do
           not
           discharge
           their
           Office
           with
           that
           plainness
           ,
           &
           discreetly
           managed
           Resolution
           which
           God
           and
           the
           Church
           expects
           from
           them
           ;
           it
           will
           not
           be
           improper
           to
           remind
           them
           of
           what
           Mr
           Herbert
           hath
           written
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ,
           
             Country
             Parson
             p.
          
           5.
           where
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             "
             That
             such
             persons
             wrong
             the
             Priesthood
             ,
             neglect
             their
             duty
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             so
             far
             from
             that
             which
             they
             seek
             by
             their
             oversubmissiveness
             and
             cringing
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             ever
             be
             despised
             .
             "
          
           Indeed
           they
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           expect
           any
           better
           Usage
           ;
           for
           as
           Flattery
           is
           deservedly
           accounted
           one
           of
           the
           most
           contemptible
           Vices
           ,
           so
           a
           Clergyman
           when
           he
           is
           guilty
           of
           it
           is
           the
           worst
           of
           Flatterers
           .
           To
           which
           we
           may
           add
           
           that
           't
           is
           hard
           to
           conceive
           how
           the
           Oath
           against
           Simony
           can
           be
           fairly
           taken
           by
           such
           persons
           ;
           for
           certainly
           he
           that
           purchases
           his
           Preferment
           with
           the
           prevarication
           of
           his
           Office
           ,
           does
           no
           less
           contradict
           the
           design
           of
           this
           Oath
           ,
           then
           if
           he
           had
           paid
           down
           the
           full
           value
           in
           money
           for
           it
           :
           He
           that
           hath
           barter'd
           away
           his
           Freedom
           and
           Usefulness
           ,
           (
           and
           as
           much
           as
           in
           him
           lies
           the
           Reputation
           of
           his
           Order
           )
           cannot
           in
           any
           reasonable
           construction
           be
           said
           to
           be
           Presented
           Gratis
           .
        
         
           Those
           therefore
           who
           are
           this
           way
           concern'd
           ,
           should
           do
           well
           to
           consider
           how
           mean
           it
           is
           to
           be
           overawed
           ,
           and
           how
           mercenary
           ,
           to
           be
           bribed
           into
           an
           Omission
           of
           their
           Duty
           !
           What
           a
           sordid
           and
           criminal
           persidiousness
           is
           it
           ,
           to
           betray
           the
           Honour
           of
           their
           Function
           ,
           and
           the
           Happiness
           of
           their
           Charge
           ,
           
             For
             handfulls
             of
             barley
             and
             pieces
             of
             bread
             ?
          
           Ezek.
           13.
           
           How
           ill
           do
           they
           Represent
           the
           God
           of
           Faithfulness
           and
           Truth
           ;
           who
           either
           by
           verbal
           or
           silent
           Flattery
           ,
           deceive
           men
           into
           a
           false
           perswasion
           of
           security
           ,
           and
           dissemble
           their
           apprehensions
           of
           danger
           ,
           when
           the
           mistake
           is
           likely
           to
           prove
           Fatal
           to
           those
           that
           lie
           under
           it
           ?
           Can
           they
           that
           pretend
           (
           and
           that
           truly
           ,
           a
           Commission
           from
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           That
           Good
           Shepherd
           ,
           
             who
             laid
             down
             his
             Life
             for
             the
             Sheep
          
           ;
           Can
           they
           have
           so
           little
           Charity
           for
           the
           Souls
           of
           Men
           ,
           as
           to
           let
           them
           miscarry
           out
           of
           Ceremony
           and
           Respect
           ,
           and
           rather
           venture
           their
           being
           damn'd
           than
           disobliged
           ▪
           How
           such
           a
           Treacherous
           Observance
           will
           be
           look'd
           upon
           in
           the
           Great
           Day
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           is
           not
           difficult
           to
           foretell
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           too
           sad
           an
           Argument
           to
           dilate
           upon
           :
           However
           something
           of
           the
           Guilt
           of
           it
           may
           be
           conceived
           by
           a
           remarkable
           Sentence
           of
           the
           forementioned
           Author
           ,
           p.
           6.
           which
           seems
           to
           be
           no
           less
           true
           than
           severe
           .
           
             "
             They
             (
             says
             he
             )
             who
             for
             the
             hope
             of
             Promotion
             ,
             neglect
             any
             necessary
             Admonition
             or
             Reproof
             ,
             sell
             ,
             with
             Iudas
             ,
             their
             Lord
             and
             Master
             .
             "
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .