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k'rom lire lirst introduction ok Obristianit^ into Unhand, it8 ministers were
munibcentl^ rewarded kor tbe beneiits wbieb tlm^ dispensed. ^UAUstine bimselk
obtained from tbe LinA ok Lent a Arant ok tbe cit^ ok Oanterbur^, witb it8 depen-
deneie8. In tbe sueeeedinA aAes, tbe 8axon princes and tbanes were continually
makinA donations ok lands and Aoods to tbe cburcb. Oivil jurisdiction, a pro-
ductive source ok revenue, was expressed or implied in man^ ok tbese Arants.
Um avaricious ecclesiastics were not contented witb tlm spontaneous otkerinAS ok
tbeir docks, but exborted, persuaded, and terribed tbeir iAnorant and credulous
bearers until tlmv obtained krom tbem a ver^ considerable part ok tlmir property.
I'be d^inA were tauAbt to purcbase tbe praters ok tbe cburcb, and to seek atone-
ment kor tlmir sins b^ donations to its ministers and to tbe poor, kor tbe latter ok
wbom tbe elerA^ were trustees. Ibe penitent and devout evinced tlmir pious
sentiments b^ voluntary oblations ok Aoods and provisions. Um principal source,
bowever, ok ecclesiastical revenue, was wbieb were riAorousl^ levied, not
onl^ krom tbe produce ok tbe eartb, but on ever^ species ok annual produce,
ineludinA tbe proiits ok merebandise and ok military service?" Under tbe names
ok plouAb-alms, kirk-sbot, soul-sbot, and leot-sbot, otber contributions towards
tbe support ok tbe elerA^, tbe repairs ok tlmir buildinAS, and tbe expenses ok
reliAious ceremonies constantly exercised tbe piet^ ok tbe kaitbkul at bonm; wbiie
tbe Home-scot, keter-penee, or ro^al alms, Aranted b^ Oika, LinA ok Nereia,
and eonbrmed b^ Alfred, tbe pilArimaAes ok tbe 8axon nobles to Lome, and to
otber koreiAn cburebes distinAuisbed b^ tbe possession ok celebrated relics, witb
tbeir prodiAal donations ok Aold, jewels, and even land, to koreiAn ecclesiastics,
evinced not onl^ tbe superstition ok tbe times, but tbe Aross political iAnorance
wbieb prevailed.
^bile we remember tbat a portion ok tbe revenues ok tlm cburcb was intended
kor, and appropriated to tbe poor, kor wbom no leAal provision tben existed, it is
at tbe same time necessary to consider, tbat tbe really belpless poor (tbe leAitimate
objects ok cbarit^) were not numerous in tbis country, until manufactures bad
diverted tbe ermrAms ok tbe labourer to pursuits, wbieb, unlike aAriculture, are
liable to sudden interruptions krom external circumstances, and okten cease, un-
expectedly, to require or reward bis exertions.
I'be b^ wbieb tbe cburcb protected oikenders krom tbe
^VilKins's Ooneilia, vol. i. p. 107. 208.
k'rom lire lirst introduction ok Obristianit^ into Unhand, it8 ministers were
munibcentl^ rewarded kor tbe beneiits wbieb tlm^ dispensed. ^UAUstine bimselk
obtained from tbe LinA ok Lent a Arant ok tbe cit^ ok Oanterbur^, witb it8 depen-
deneie8. In tbe sueeeedinA aAes, tbe 8axon princes and tbanes were continually
makinA donations ok lands and Aoods to tbe cburcb. Oivil jurisdiction, a pro-
ductive source ok revenue, was expressed or implied in man^ ok tbese Arants.
Um avaricious ecclesiastics were not contented witb tlm spontaneous otkerinAS ok
tbeir docks, but exborted, persuaded, and terribed tbeir iAnorant and credulous
bearers until tlmv obtained krom tbem a ver^ considerable part ok tlmir property.
I'be d^inA were tauAbt to purcbase tbe praters ok tbe cburcb, and to seek atone-
ment kor tlmir sins b^ donations to its ministers and to tbe poor, kor tbe latter ok
wbom tbe elerA^ were trustees. Ibe penitent and devout evinced tlmir pious
sentiments b^ voluntary oblations ok Aoods and provisions. Um principal source,
bowever, ok ecclesiastical revenue, was wbieb were riAorousl^ levied, not
onl^ krom tbe produce ok tbe eartb, but on ever^ species ok annual produce,
ineludinA tbe proiits ok merebandise and ok military service?" Under tbe names
ok plouAb-alms, kirk-sbot, soul-sbot, and leot-sbot, otber contributions towards
tbe support ok tbe elerA^, tbe repairs ok tlmir buildinAS, and tbe expenses ok
reliAious ceremonies constantly exercised tbe piet^ ok tbe kaitbkul at bonm; wbiie
tbe Home-scot, keter-penee, or ro^al alms, Aranted b^ Oika, LinA ok Nereia,
and eonbrmed b^ Alfred, tbe pilArimaAes ok tbe 8axon nobles to Lome, and to
otber koreiAn cburebes distinAuisbed b^ tbe possession ok celebrated relics, witb
tbeir prodiAal donations ok Aold, jewels, and even land, to koreiAn ecclesiastics,
evinced not onl^ tbe superstition ok tbe times, but tbe Aross political iAnorance
wbieb prevailed.
^bile we remember tbat a portion ok tbe revenues ok tlm cburcb was intended
kor, and appropriated to tbe poor, kor wbom no leAal provision tben existed, it is
at tbe same time necessary to consider, tbat tbe really belpless poor (tbe leAitimate
objects ok cbarit^) were not numerous in tbis country, until manufactures bad
diverted tbe ermrAms ok tbe labourer to pursuits, wbieb, unlike aAriculture, are
liable to sudden interruptions krom external circumstances, and okten cease, un-
expectedly, to require or reward bis exertions.
I'be b^ wbieb tbe cburcb protected oikenders krom tbe
^VilKins's Ooneilia, vol. i. p. 107. 208.