And a modeft PLEA for their Rights, and
better Ufage; in a LETTER to the Right
Reverend Father in GOD, JOHN Lord
Bishop of London.

By a Clergyman of the Church of ENGLAND.

Nos omnes, ftrenui, boni, nobiles, atque ignobiles, vulgus fumus, fine Gratia, fine Auctoritate, ijs obnoxij, quibus, fi Refp. Valeret, formidini effemus. Omnis Gratia, potentia, honos, Divitie apud illos funt, aut ubi illi volunt: Nobis reliquerunt Pericula, Repulfas, Judicia, Egeftatem. Sal. Bell. Catil.

LONDON:

Printed for T. PAYNE, at the Crown in Pater-
Nofter-Row, 1722. [Price ftitch'd, 2 s. 6 d.]

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And fome Incitements to the Bishop to attend to

what he has to fay

The Divifion of the whole Work

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The first thing that the inferior Clergy think they I

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have a Right to, is Honour and Respect

I. That the Clergy in general have a Right to be

refpected, 1. From the Dignity, and great Ma-

jefty of the Mafter they serve

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Bifhops,

Bishops, for this Reafon, ought to be very cautious

whom they ordain

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2. From the Awfulness of their Offices. St. Chry-

foftom's Sense upon this Matter

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3. From their Pains, and more abundant Diligence

in their Calling

The Minifter and Curate compar'd together under

this Confideration

And then the Author's Reasons for infifting fo long

upon this Privilege of Respect

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II. That they have a Right to Refpect and Benevo-

lence from one another

This prov'd from the Rules of Chriftianity, which

relate to their mutual Behaviour

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How the contrary to this is commonly practie'd 24

Some Reafons affign'd for it

Viz. 1. In fome Clergymen, their Manner of Life,

and way of coming to Preferment

And 2. In others, a common Miftake that Curates

are their Servants

This Notion turned directly upon them, and refuted

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Mr. Collier, and Bishop Burnet's Opinion on this

Subject

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