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11 Feby 1813 10
Church

II Topics
Ch. 7. Pay
§.1. Abstract fitness
Part V. Fees

2

17.
To him yes. But even
in opulent families
when provision is
made for the continuance
of the family
the burden is apt to
be regarded as certain
— the benefit contingent.
p.6.

18
To the numerous
classes, whatever the
outward signs, it is
an occasion of inward
sorrow. p.8.

19
However it might
have been in Judea,
or be at present in
America, in England
no man is happy
or rich by havving his
"quiver full" of children.
p.5.

20
When the quantum
was first fixt, the
injustice was greater
than now. Not by any
sense of justice, but
by the depreciation of
money, by which the
bulk of the people has
so much suffered, has
the alleviation been
produced. p.5

21
II. So as to death.
Among the rich, death
a cause of succession —
& addition to each
member of the family;
share of the common
stock, p.7

22
But in the numerous
classes, death is a cause
of pecuniary loss —
besides sympathetic
afflictions. p.7.

23
Objector. — Surplice
fees are necessary
as they are established
in the Church of
England. p.8.

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24
Answer. Established
yes — but not necessary
for under Church of
Scotlandism, they
have no place. p.8

25
Under this, compare
the parish ministers
Scoticé and Anglicé
p.8

26
In England, the Minister
of the Gospel scarce
ever presents himself,
in fact never in necessity
— but as a tax-gatherer
— gathering
taxes for reading a
formulary, which a
parish clerk would
do as well. p.8

27
In England, the
minister adds poverty
to poverty, affliction
to affliction.
p.8

28
In Scotland, the minister
performs the
duty with all the
dignity of disinterestedness.
p.8.

29
On this, as on other
occasions, to the one
the measure of unrighteousness
is always
before his mind,
in the other, it need
not at all be thought
of. p.9.

30
Objector. It is a common
practice to
give these fees to the
Curate. Should this
addition be grudged
him? So is it not an
unexceptionable rule
that each mass of
labour should have
it's drop of reward?
They might be made
duties of perfect obligation
as they
are not susceptible
of abuse, not being
encreasable by the
minister. p.9

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31
Answer — Many are
aggrieved by them —
but one is served, and
he is not served to the
amount to which
they are burdened.
p.10.

32.
By taking the amount
out of the common
fund, the pressure
on the poor is obviated,
but the uncertainty
remains in unabated
force. Where
the maximum of
labour surpasses not
human endurance,
the evil of uncertainty
is slight — where
defalcation of what
is necessary for sustenance,
may take
place, the uncertainty
is intolerable. p.10

33
Such as it is, this
plea for surplice fees
applies to Church of
England only, for
there alone, curacies
(the spawn of sinecures)
exist. p.10

34
If taken out of a
common fund, as
it would not press on
the poor &c. as economy
need not be applied
with mathematical
exactness, these fees
when established, would
scarcely be a grievance.
p.11

(By receipt in that
case, no dishonour
would be sustained.
Though, as in Scotland,
it would be more
honourable to disdain
it.) p.11.

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