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9c8 Emgrant' Clergy might he employed.— -Hofpital of Si» Crofs. [Nov.
than once againft the common enemy-
Why the Emigrant Clergy of France,
who have here neither employment nor
means of fupi>ort but from the charity
of wel-difpofcd Cluiftians, were not
encouraged, or compelled, to enlift in
the Emigrant legions, paffes the found-
eft judgemKnt to comprehend. Very
few of The reguia-- Clsrgy have applied
themfelves to literary purfuits • which,
afts^r the duties of his f unftion, is all
all that a cl r^yman has to do. As to
♦be monks and friers, they are at beft
—fruges ccnjumere nati ; and, "if a
man will not work, neither let him
eat," is Scripture doctrine They
ought in this inftance to change their
with their feditious tenets, in the van
of the battle; not merely to bear the
brunt of the firft onfet, but to give
them a tafte of that mifchief which
they provoke while they afFtft to con-
temn it ; and, when they »re difpofed
of by fight or Right, let the friends of
their government and religion, over
theit fl.iughteied carcafes. or in iheir
place, advance agaifift the invaders,
crying, " the fword cf God and
Gideon !" while the old and infirm of
their ordtr I'uppopt the hands of Mofes
on the lii'-nint, invocating' fuccels oa
the righteoui caufe. Q_^
Mr Urban,
Hov. 19.
old mumpjlm^s for a new fumpfimus, T HAVE lately beguiled a winter's
and take up arms for the corr.mon X evening by reading an account of
good. It would be an honourable oc-
cupation, and keep them out of mif-
chief, and the rifle of perverting our
Protellant principles — ill juftihed by
the maxim that, "when minifters have
wei*;hty reafons for giving a preference
to their own fyftem, they ought to en-
deavour to make convertsvjn a prudent
and peaceable way." (See before,
p. 651). Bur, there are woife enemies
than thefe in the bofom of our own
Church : men who, having fwaitdwed
lYerK^reeds and Articles in order to
obtain her emoluments, are now try-
ing every method to diij^orge their ob-
jedtions ; and, inflead of fighting un-
der her banner, labour to leduce her
truer fubjefts to delert. If luch men
will net fight for her, let them defer t
at once, and take with them all v.ho
have the refolution to follow ihtm.
The numbers oa each fide will then be
fairly -known ; and, we truft, a good
conlcience and a good caul'e will oul-
vveigh numbers. There is yet another
clals, who, like many red- coat frib-
bles in the weak piping time of peace,
are fit only
" To c^per nimbly in a lady's chamber
. To the lafcivious pleafing of a hUe."
For what are our lounging, drelfing,
card-playing, intriguing, paragraph-
writing, horle-dealii;g, racing, and
gambling clergy fit, but to flioulder a
iiiulket ot the drum-head, where they
never preach ? To thefe add the long lift
I f finecute reiStors and halt-llarved cu-
rates, and, for pity's fake to them-
selves, their relatives, and to the na-
tion at large, let them be enrolled to
lerve their countiy. Set all the pritlis
of democrarica! principles, who io(ult
ISt. Crofs' hofpital at Winchefter,
which, ! find, was by its founderin-
tended to rtHeve and lodge 13 pX)or
men, and to give a ^aiiy dinner to 100 .
poor men in Hundicd rren's hall, in-
cluding 13 poor fcholars of the great
granimar-lchool here, befides other
charities proportioned to the revenuts
of ihe houle; and, on the annivcrfary
of the founder's de^ih, Aug. 30, pocr
men received .it the hofpitai ditferer>t
allowances, Bp. Tcclive added 100
more on the (ame alowance. (Q".
Was this addition to the 13, or to the
firft 100?) Thele were fucceeded, it
does not appear when, by 4 pricfts, ij
lecuUr clciks, and 7 chorifters. To
thefe Cardinal Beaufort added 2 prielU,
35 brethren, and 3 fifters, exciuhve of
thofe <^f the original found<Jt-onj 'and
built lodgings fo't them.' The original
revei;ue of this houfe amounted to
25011 per annum : in Wykeham's.time -
to above 300, aiiii even 4C0I. c^ar of all
dtdudlions, except 7'. 4V od. per ann.
Though cor.fiderabiy diminifhed, tbey
now maintain a mailer and nuie poor
brtthren for life, befidts 4 out-pcn-
fiontrs at »ol. perartnum; 235. d.flri-
bLited annually to the pour (the y*-
Kiiinder oj ibe'-rfnenue a^pn^pnated to
iced the poor in Hundied men's hal!) ;
and an allowance to the po? r, to give
ail \vho afk a piece of white biead and
a cup ot beer. Ibe reft of the revtriue,
which, by the doub e tound;u»v.n, a«
mounts to nine kundrfd pounds per ««•
}!um, goes to tftc >malUr^ bloWj \
would .aik any o'f your cori;efpoiui«:'nts ,
in ttie neigubourficod of. this txcel ent
fciundanonr and magnificent buildruji,
what ufe is mad* of the apittnr.ent*
Xioveinm'eat and their fellow-lubjeas formisie the whole Well, ^nd partoj
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