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A42335 Advice to the clergy of the diocese of Lincoln by ... James Lord Bishop of that diocese, in order to his primary visitation. Gardiner, James, 1637-1705. 1697 (1697) Wing G223A; ESTC R18382 23,819 40

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forced to expend Moneys in repairing before he receive any Prosits The like Prejudice happens to Successors in another instance in which many Clergymen are culpable which is the neglect of paying Tenths Pensions Procurations and other Duties chargeable upon their Preferments I am sensible that the Clergy cannot receive their own Dues in some places though they proceed fairly and legally to recover them Many delays and evasions are used in this case however they cannot answer the neglect of paying the forementioned Dues both as it is a Christian Duty to render to all their Dues and as they are lyable by the neglect to very great Penalties I have been much troubled to observe so great an Arrear of Tenths in this Diocese where it is my Duty to collect them It is my earnest Desire that for your own Interest and Reputation you would hasten the payment of the present Arrear for which purpose I shall appoint one in my Visitation to receive them and give Acquittances which may be of some ease to you and for the future I must advise you to make more timely and punctual payment The neglect of this has run some Benefices into so great an Arrear that Clergymen are discouraged from taking Institution to them so that they continue several Years under Sequestration in which state the Church and other Buildings become dilapidated the Tythe in a great measure unpaid and lost the Gleab untilled and purloyned the Patrons Right of Presenting extinguished and the Benefice at last turned into a sine cure So great a mischief has been occasioned only by the neglect of paying Tenths in due time Care and Honesty would have prevented this Another Neglect with which I shall conclude is that of not Residing upon Benefices which is an Omission of very ill Consequence and occasions great Complaint Not only the Canons of General Councells but the Provincial Canons allowed in this Kingdom are very strict in this Case and where they are not altered or limited by Statute Law remain in force according to the Opinion of many Learned Divines and Lawyers though some are of another Opinion and the xli Canon of the Convocation in 1603 though it supposes Licenses of Dispensation for the keeping of more Benefices with cure than one yet it ordains many Restrictions and Limitations which if they were duely observed would prevent many of those ill Consequences and Complaints of non-residence But Men have found out Evasions for these Restrictions with which however they may satisfy themselves they do not satisfie the plain design and meaning of the Canon and Sincerity would Remedy the neglect if the Law cannot I have now no more to add but only to desire you favourably to receive these Advices which proceed from that honest and sincere Intention which I have here recommended And I beseech Almighty God so to impress them upon your Hearts that I may see a good Effect of them Amen FINIS BOOKS Printed for John Everingham at the Star in Ludgate-street near the West End of St. Paul's A Sermon Preached before the House of Lords at the Abbey-Church of St. Peter's Westminster on Wednesday the 11th of December 1695. being the Day appointed for a Solemn Fast and Humiliation By the Right Reverend Father in God James Lord Bishop of Lincoln A Sermon Preached before the House of Lords at the Abbey-Church of St. Peter's Westminster on Saturday the 30th of January 169● being the Anniversary of the Death of King Charles I. of Glorious Memory By the Reverend Father in God William Lord Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield Lord Almoner to His Majesty A Sermon Preach'd before the House of Lords at the Abbey-Church of St. Peter's Westminster on Thursday 30 Jan. 1691. being the Martyrdom of King Charles I. By the Right Reverend Father in God Humphrey Lord Bishop of Bangor The Guide of a Christian directing him to such Things as are by him to be Believed Practised Feared and Hoped for There are added at the End Prayers to be used on several Occasions The Second Edition carefully Corrected Prince bound 6 d. This Book is design'd to be given as Charity throughout all Parishes in England A Declaration of the Sense of the Arch-bishops and Bishops now in and about London upon the Occasion of their Attendance in Parliament concerning the Irregular and Scandalous Proceedings of certain Clergy Men at the Execution of Sir John Friend and Sir William Parkins Animadversions on Two Pamphlets lately Publish'd by Mr. Collier The one call'd A Defence of the Absolution given to Sir William Parkins at the Place of Execution Apr. 3. The other A Vindication thereof occasion'd by a Paper entituled A Declaration of the Sense of the Arch bishops and Bishops c. Shewing the Nature of the late Absolution both as to Church and State In a Letter to a Friend The Spirit of Jacobitism or Remarks upon a Dialogue between K.W. and Benting In a Dialogue between two Friends of the Present Government A Debate on the Justice and Piety of the present Constitution under King William In two Parts The first relating to the State the second to the Church between Eucheres a Conformist and Dyscheres a Recusant By Samuel Hill Rector of Kilmington Author of Solomon and Abiathar Eight Sermons preached on several Occasions By Nathaniel Whaley Rector of Broughton in Northamptonshire