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7 Jany. 1813.
Church

Topics
Ch. 11. Dignity
§.1.
Pt. 1. — quomodo —

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§.1. Abstract fitness
Pt. 1. quomodo — finis — usus

1
In the Church of England
certain situations exist
by which dignity is conferred.
p.1

2
Ex. gr. a Deanery.
p.1.

3.
Secus Scoticé, & non-
established churches.
p.1.

4
With reference to the
temporal end of religion
does dignity attached to
teachers
of religion in general,
or to one order in particular,
promise to be
of use. p.1.

5
Dignity may be shortly
defined, a causes
of respect. p.2

6.
It is — 1. natural or
2. Factitious. p.2

7.
Wealth, power, influence,
personal accomplishments,
are severally
causes of respect.
Whether desirable or
no, the effect is not the
less indisputable. In
use of power — though
power be factitious
yet the respect being
produced without
separate manifestation
of will, may be termed
natural. p.2.

8
Factitious dignity
is produced by authority
operating with
that view. p.2.

9.
That by so simple an
operation as that of
calling him by a particular
name, A should
be enabled to procure
B. respect at the hands
of C. D. &c. may at first
sight be supposed to
bear no analogy to the
other phenomena of
the mind. But being
indisputably matter
of fact, it may be referred
to whatever be
its cause. p.3.

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§.1. Abstract fitness
Pt. 1. quomodo — finis — usus

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Nothing more than
the will of the conferrer
being necessary,
it may be bestowed
as well on one person
as another, for good
cause, bad cause, or no
cause at all. By this
is factitious distinguished
from natural
dignity, &
hence is derived its
unfitness for the
purposes of good, &
its subserviency to
the end of bad government.(a)
p.3.

11.
Being an object
of desire to the many,
& thence of influence
in the hands of the few,
this circumstance
accounts for its creation.
p.4

12.
That the manufacture
of the commodity
was thought
beneficial to the few,
its existence affords
proof sufficient.

13.
Whether it is equally
beneficial to the
subject many calls
for examination:
especially as to the sort
of dignity here in
question, & thence
with reference to
political situations
generally. p.4

14
When established,
was it of use? is it
now? — These two
questions ought
never to be confounded
From its being
useful, then, it follows
not that it
is unfit now: From
its being useful now
it follows not that
it was so then. p.4

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§.1. Abstract fitness
Pt. 1. quomodo — finis — usus

In the political
15.
situation in question,
factitious dignity
may stand alone
or accompanied with
the above mentioned
causes of respect. p.5.

16
It may be conferred
as a reward, or independently
of it.
p.5.

17
When employed as
a reward, it may
be for services to an
individual, or to the
community. p.5

18
The grounds of the
utility if any, are
distinct in both
cases. p.5

19
As an appendage to
power; and as a reward
for special services,
the characters in
which the application
of it is most extensive
& the consequences most
important. p.6.

20
As an appendage to
power, it is only accidentally
the same
time, employed as
reward. p.6.

21
In the particular
situation in question
is it useful as an appendage
to power?
is it of use as a reward?

These are the questions
which occur on
the present subject,
& which, by what has
been said under the
heads — Power & Duties
— the answer may
have been suggested.
p.6

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Addenda 6 Sept. 1813

1. Definition of Dignity

2. Sources of factitious
dignity

3. Title. Of Dignity and
Dignities.

4. Ends of factitious dignity —
None good at present.

5. Application of dignity
factitious in the character of
reward — develop and illustrate
it further.

10(a)
Dignity Rank is
relative dignity.

Dignity may exist
without power: power, scarcely
without dignity — natural
dignity — it being a
natural cause of respect.
p.*3

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