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§. II. Non-Residence

1
Presence of a parish
priest absolutely necessary
to all service he can render
to his parishioners

2
To his receiving the
tax forced to be paid
to him his presence is
not necessary. By his
receiving this money
it is easy to conceive that
he will become richer
secus that they will
become better.

3
If the money forced
from the parishioners
be received by the
priest, when he does
not hold himself in
readiness to perform
the service on account
of which it was forced
from them, he receives
money under false
pretences.

4
This one of the instances
where the rulers
punish the act, or
become accomplices
according as it is their
interest.

5
The parishioner who
obtains money from
this Priest under false
pretences, is punished
with transportation &c.

6
The priest who obtains
money from his parishioner
in like manner
is abetted by the
Judges & never punishable

7
Number of priests extorting
money under
false pretences in
1810 — 5361
Non residents, but
yet doing duty 479.
residents (therefore
supposed to do duty)
4421. together 4900.
those who neither resided
nor did duty
5361.
So the large majority
of the clergy paid
for teaching do not
teach where they are
paid for it.

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§ II. Non-Residence

8
In Scotland No of
parishes 937.
No of priests the
same nec in his
quicquam damnatus
it exul

9
What shall be
said of these servants?
in no shape they do
good, — they do harm
1 by extracting the
money, 2 by the false
pretence, — 3 by the
bad example.

10
From preceptors such
as these, the rulers
of the land imbibe
their morals or opinions
which afford
a shew of justifying
them.

11
By these spiritual
men are the secular
rulers taught to become
sinecurists,
placemen & plunderers.

12
The sacred and profane
plunderers
each throws a veil
on the others transgressions,
each supports
the other in
his iniquity.

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§. III. Pluralities.

1
Among plurality
cases, the one here
in question is, where
the same man is
priest in two parishes.
If he reside half
his time in each, each
is defrauded of half —
if in neither, each
is defrauded of the
whole of it, and the
guilt is multiplied
according to the No of
benefices.

Identifier: | JB/006/116/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	1-12, 1
Box	006	Main Headings	church of englandism
Folio number	116	Info in main headings field	church
Image	001	Titles	non-residence / pluralities
Category	marginal summary sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e2
Penner	walter coulson	Watermarks	john dickinson & c<…> 1809
Marginals		Paper Producer	a. levy
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1809
Notes public		ID Number	2849
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